Articles tagged api-gateway
Set Access Control Policies With Kong Konnect and Okta
In our last Kong and Okta tutorial, we will implement a basic access control policy based on Okta’s groups and planes. This series will show you how to implement service authentication and authorization for Kong Konnect and Okta using the OpenID Connect (OIDC) plugin. Parts 1, 2 and 3 covered: Implement client credentials for application authentication Authorization Code for user authentication Implement introspection flow for token validation Table of Contents How Access Control Works Configure...
Implement Introspection Flow With Kong Konnect and Okta
In our third Kong and Okta tutorial, we’ll go through the introspection flow implementation. This series will show you how to implement service authentication and authorization for Kong Konnect and Okta using the OpenID Connect (OIDC) plugin. Parts 1, 2 and 4 cover: Implement Client Credentials with Kong Konnect and Okta Authorization Code for user authentication Access control based on Okta’s groups and planes Table of Contents Konnect and Okta Integration Topology Introspection Flow Set...
Apply Authorization Code Flow With Kong Konnect and Okta
We’ll go through the authorization code flow applied to user authentication processes in our second Kong and Okta tutorial. This series will show you how to implement service authentication and authorization for Kong Konnect and Okta using the OpenID Connect (OIDC) plugin. Parts 1, 3, and 4 cover: Implement Client Credentials with Kong Konnect and Okta Implement Introspection Flow With Kong Konnect and Okta Access control based on Okta’s groups and planes Table of Contents...
Implement Client Credentials with Kong Konnect and Okta
Using Kong’s OpenID Connect (OIDC) plugin, Kong and Okta work together to solve three significant application development challenges: Connectivity Authentication Authorization The OIDC plugin enables Kong, as the API gateway, to communicate with Okta via the OAuth/OIDC flows. That way, your app teams don’t have to configure and diagnose authentication and authorization for each service individually. With these challenges solved, app teams have more time to build and innovate. Table of Contents Kong Konnect and...
Use Kong Gateway to Centralize Authentication
A customer once asked me: “Hey – Can Okta integrate with Kong?” Spoiler alert: You totally can integrate Kong with Okta using its OpenID Connect plugin. Still stuck wondering what an API gateway even is? Here’s a metaphor that works for me: You know that sci-fi movie trope in which you have a centralized hub that “jumps” you to other places in the galaxy? In that kind of system all the screening and security happens...
Validating Okta Access Tokens in PHP using AWS API Gateway and Lambda Authorizers
Running REST APIs with AWS Lambda and AWS API Gateway has recently become a very popular option. Although AWS provides its own mechanisms to add an authentication and authorization layer to these APIs, you may want to use your Okta centralized user database and credentials instead. Today we’ll talk about how you can use Okta as the authentication and authorization layer of your REST API hosted in AWS Lambda, validating Okta access tokens using a...
Spread Serverless Holiday Cheer with Lambda and API Gateway
It’s that time of year again: Christmas music on the radio, festive decorations in the workplace, and a chill in the air. Except in the Southern Hemisphere, where it’s warm and balmy. And on the International Space Station, where the temperature is strictly regulated. But I digress. It’s a season for reconnecting with loved ones, exchanging gifts, and eating delicious food. And, if you’re like me, a little downtime to work on fun projects. Looking...
Use Kong Gateway to Centralize Authentication
NOTE: The video and code in this post has just been updated for 2021! A customer once asked me: “Hey – Can Okta integrate with Kong?” My first thought was: “What’s Kong?” A Google result later, I was introduced to the Kong API Gateway – an open-source API Gateway and Microservices management layer. Spoiler alert: You totally can integrate Kong with Okta using its OpenID Connect plugin. Still stuck wondering what an API gateway even...