​Okta JWT Auth Policy

Authenticate requests with JWT tokens issued by Okta. This is a customized version of the OpenId JWT Policy specifically for Okta.

See this document for more information about OAuth authorization in Zuplo.

​Configuration

The configuration shows how to configure the policy in the 'policies.json' document.

{
  "name": "my-okta-jwt-auth-inbound-policy",
  "policyType": "okta-jwt-auth-inbound",
  "handler": {
    "export": "OktaJwtInboundPolicy",
    "module": "$import(@zuplo/runtime)",
    "options": {
      "allowUnauthenticatedRequests": false,
      "audience": "api://my-api",
      "issuerUrl": "https://dev-12345.okta.com/oauth2/abc"
    }
  }
}
json

​Policy Configuration

• name <string> - The name of your policy instance. This is used as a reference in your routes.
• policyType <string> - The identifier of the policy. This is used by the Zuplo UI. Value should be okta-jwt-auth-inbound.
• handler.export <string> - The name of the exported type. Value should be OktaJwtInboundPolicy.
• handler.module <string> - The module containing the policy. Value should be $import(@zuplo/runtime).
• handler.options <object> - The options for this policy. See Policy Options below.

​Policy Options

The options for this policy are specified below. All properties are optional unless specifically marked as required.

• allowUnauthenticatedRequests <boolean> - Allow unauthenticated requests to proceed. This is use useful if you want to use multiple authentication policies or if you want to allow both authenticated and non-authenticated traffic. Defaults to false.
• issuerUrl (required) <string> - Your Okta authorization server's issuer URL. For example, https://dev-12345.okta.com/oauth2/abc.
• audience <string> - The Okta audience of your API, for example api://my-api.

​Using the Policy

Read more about how policies work