End-to-end testing Single Sign On (SSO) with Okta

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Single 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'

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