End-to-end testing Single Sign On (SSO) with Okta
Schedule a DemoSingle Sign-on (SSO) allows a user to authenticate in one place (the identity provider) across multiple third-party applications. SSO is an essential element of managing multiple applications in a secure way, and is often a hard requirement in large enterprise software contracts.
SSO with Okta can be a pain to test end-to-end for a variety of reasons:
- Testing SSO end-to-end with Okta introduces a dependency on the Okta's authentication experience. If the service updates the authentication UI, you may need to update your tests.
- Testing Okta SSO involves managing multiple users and multiple sets of credentials (one for the Okta admin and one for the test user), which can be a pain to maintain.
- The entire SSO flow encompasses many different experiences, and is hard to test. You need to verify that granting access to a third-party app enables the user to login, but also that removing access to the third-party app blocks the user from logging in.
What's the easiest way to test SSO with Okta?
walrus.ai enables engineers to test SSO using Okta without any of the pain:
- When Okta's UI changes, walrus.ai handles any updates needed on their end, so you never need to refactor your tests based on any third-party dependency outside of your control.
- Writing the full end-to-end test takes minutes, because it's just written in plain English.
- walrus.ai can handle any test setup or teardown within the test itself, simply add those steps to the test instructions.
A one-size-fits-most end-to-end test for SSO with Okta using walrus.ai:
1---2name: 'Okta SSO'3url: 'https://your-site.com'4variables:5 third_party_login_url: 'https://your-site.com'6 Okta_url: 'https://your-site.Okta.com/app/UserHome'7 Okta_admin_email: 'Okta_admin_emal@your-site.com'8 Okta_admin_password: 'Okta_admin_email@your-site.com'9 test_user_email: 'user_email@your-site.com'10 test_user_password: 'Okta_password'11instructions:12 - 'Login to :Okta_url: with :Okta_admin_email: and :Okta_admin_password:'13 - 'In Okta, create a new user with the email :test_user_email:'14 - 'In Okta, assign :test_user_email: to your-site'15 - 'Log out of :Okta_url:'16 - 'Login to :third_party_login_url: with :test_user_email:'17 - 'Vefify login to :third_party_login_url: with :test_user_email: is successful'18 - 'Logout of :third_party_login_url: with :test_user_email:'19 - 'Login to :Okta_url: with :Okta_admin_email: and :Okta_admin_password:'20 - 'In Okta, remove :test_user_email: from the your-site'21 - 'Log out of :Okta_url:'22 - 'Attempt to login to :third_party_login_url: with :test_user_email:'23 - 'Verify logging in with :test_user_email: fails'