Typical workflow for deploying on-premises provisioning

This table lists the tasks that you need to complete to deploy on-premises provisioning, including procedures for installing the Okta Provisioning Agent and configuring your environment.

Task	Description
Enable TLS 1.2	The Transport Layer Security (TLS) v1.2 protocol is required to install the Linux and Windows Okta Provisioning Agent
Install the Okta Provisioning Agent	Before configuring provisioning for an on-premises application, install the Linux or Windows Okta Provisioning Agent
Create an instance of your on-premises app in Okta	Create an instance of your on-premises application inside Okta
Create and test SCIM connectors	Create a SCIM connector if your on-premises application does not natively support SCIM
Connect to a SCIM connector	Configure your Okta app integration to communicate with your SCIM connector
Configure the API call timeout period	Specify how long your org waits for an API call to complete before a timeout occurs
Make an on-premises app the profile source	Specify Okta as the identity authority for assigned users

Optional tasks

These tasks are not essential to deploying on-premises provisioning, but may be useful for future configuration.

Task	Description
Upgrade Okta Provisioning Agent	Upgrade the Okta Provisioning Agent to get the latest features and functionality
Uninstall and reinstall the Okta Provisioning Agent	Cleanly remove and reinstall the Okta Provisioning Agent