Okta JWT Auth

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#

{
  "name": "my-okta-jwt-auth-inbound-policy",
  "policyType": "okta-jwt-auth-inbound",
  "handler": {
    "export": "OktaJwtInboundPolicy",
    "module": "$import(@zuplo/runtime)",
    "options": {
      "allowUnauthenticatedRequests": false,
      "issuerUrl": "$env(OKTA_ISSUER_URL)",
      "audience": "$env(OKTA_AUDIENCE)"
    }
  }
}

Options#

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

      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.

    • issuerUrl

      Your Okta authorization server's issuer URL. For example, https://dev-12345.okta.com/oauth2/abc

    • audience

      The Okta audience of your API, for example api://my-api

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