Articles tagged terraform
How to Create a Secure CI/CD Pipeline Using Okta Terraform
Embarking on a DevOps journey can be exciting and daunting, especially for beginners. The landscape is vast, and the learning curve can feel steep. One of the most common challenges is setting up and managing a robust Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline that ensures seamless integration and delivery of code changes. This guide aims to simplify that process by walking you through setting up a CI/CD pipeline for Okta using Terraform, AWS, and GitHub Actions....
Enterprise Maturity Workshop: Terraform
This workshop is part of our Enterprise-Ready Workshop series. Follow along to get familiar with managing identity as code using Okta’s Terraform provider, so you can assist enterprise customers and simplify any identity setup steps that your product might require. In this workshop, you’ll use Terraform to manage users and groups in an Okta Organization, while practicing beginner and intermediate Terraform skills. Posts in the on-demand workshop series 1. How to Get Going with the...
How to Deploy Java Microservices on Amazon EKS Using Terraform and Kubernetes
Note: In May 2025, the Okta Integrator Free Plan replaced Okta Developer Edition Accounts, and the Okta CLI was deprecated. We preserved this post for reference, but the instructions no longer work exactly as written. Replace the Okta CLI commands by manually configuring Okta following the instructions in our Developer Documentation. When it comes to infrastructure, public clouds are the most popular choice these days, especially Amazon Web Services (AWS). If you are in one...
How to Secure Your Kubernetes Cluster with OpenID Connect and RBAC
A Kubernetes (k8s) cluster comprises worker machines called nodes and a control plane consisting of the API server, scheduler, etcd, controller manager, and in the case of a PaaS (platform as a service), the cloud controller manager. The containers deployed to the cluster run in pods on the worker nodes. At the same time, the control plane takes care of scheduling, responding to requests, and managing the cluster. When you communicate with a Kubernetes cluster,...
Using Okta Advanced Server Access & Terraform to Automate Identity & Infrastructure as Code
Many Okta customers who leverage Advanced Server Access to secure and automate identity across their dynamic infrastructure fleets use HashiCorp Terraform to declare and provision resources across AWS, GCP, and Azure. One customer built their own Terraform Provider as a wrapper to the Advanced Server Access API, which we recently had certified by the team at HashiCorp. You can read more about the announcement on the Okta blog. In this example, we’re going to showcase...
Managing Multiple Okta Instances with Terraform Cloud
Note: In May 2025, the Okta Integrator Free Plan replaced Okta Developer Edition Accounts, and the Okta CLI was deprecated. We preserved this post for reference, but the instructions no longer work exactly as written. Replace the Okta CLI commands by manually configuring Okta following the instructions in our Developer Documentation. Congratulations, you’ve chosen to use Okta to solve your identity problems. Welcome to the happy sunny utopia of a managed identity solution! But wait!...