Configure SAML with Okta

You can configure VirusTotal to use SAML with Okta. These are the recommended steps for this set-up:

1. In the Okta Admin Panel, go to the Applications tab:
   
   
2. In the Applications tab, click on “Create App Integration”
   
   
3. Select “SAML 2.0”:
   
   
4. Provide an app name and a logo:
   
   
5. Fill the following fields with the following information:
   • Single sign on URL:
     https://virustotalcloud.firebaseapp.com/__/auth/handler
   • Audience URI: You can use any string you want as “Audience URI” as long as it's exactly the same in VirusTotal and in Okta. Alternatively, you can also introduce the Single sign on URL mentioned above
   • Name ID: “EmailAddress”
   • Application username: “Email”
   • Leave all other fields with their default values:
     
6. Once your configuration is finished, this is how your configuration should look. Click on the “View Setup Instructions” button:
   
   
7. You should see something like this:
   
   
8. Copy those values in your VirusTotal’s group configuration available at https://www.virustotal.com/gui/group/<GROUP NAME>/settings and click on Save SSO data:
   
   
   
9. Copy the URL at the “VirusTotal sign-in URL” section and use it to configure a bookmark app that will launch the sign-in process.
   
10. Your users must use the bookmark app to login into VirusTotal. Make sure the SAML app is hidden for them: