Activate a virtual MCP connection

Request

OAuth 2.0 scope:

okta.resourceServers.virtualMcpServers.manage

Admin roles:

SUPER_ADMIN

Activates a resource connection for the virtual MCP

Path

virtualMcpServerIdstringrequired

ID of a virtual MCP

Example:wlp1aB2cD3eF4gH5iJ6k

connectionIdstringrequired

Unique identifier for the connection

Example:mcn1a2b3c4d5e6f7g8h9

POST

/workload-principals/api/v1/virtual-mcp-servers/{virtualMcpServerId}/connections/{connectionId}/lifecycle/activate

curl -i -X POST \
  https://subdomain.okta.com/workload-principals/api/v1/virtual-mcp-servers/wlp1aB2cD3eF4gH5iJ6k/connections/mcn1a2b3c4d5e6f7g8h9/lifecycle/activate

Responses

A response confirming the successful activation of the connection

Bodyapplication/json

connectionTypestringrequired

Type of connection authentication method

Value:"STS_ACCESS_TOKEN"

idstring(ResourceConnectionId)required

Unique identifier for the resource connection. Only present for resource connections.

ornstring(ResourceConnectionOrn)required

The ORN of the resource connection

resourceobject(ManagedSTSAccessTokenResourceData)required

resourceIndicatorstring, (uri)(ResourceConnectionResourceIndicator)required

Resource indicator used when requesting tokens

statusstring(ResourceConnectionStatus)required

The status of the connection

Enum Value	Description
ACTIVE	The agent connection is active
INACTIVE	The agent connection is inactive

_linksobject(ResourceConnectionLinks)required

Specifies link relations available for the resource connection

Response

{
  "connectionType": "STS_ACCESS_TOKEN",
  "id": "mcn9i0j1k2l3m4n5o6p7",
  "orn": "orn:okta:idp:00o1n8sbwArJ7OQRw406:connections:mcn9i0j1k2l3m4n5o6p7",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "resourceIndicator": "https://mcp.example.com",
  "resource": {
    "resourceType": "MCP_SERVER",
    "orn": "orn:okta:directory:00o1n8sbwArJ7OQRw406:resource-servers:mcp:mcp2c8xwvBn4h2Ry50g7",
    "name": "Code Assistant MCP Server",
    "mcpServerId": "mcp2c8xwvBn4h2Ry50g7",
    "endpointUrl": "https://mcp.example.com",
    "clientAuthSettings": { … },
    "_links": { … }
  },
  "_links": {
    "self": { … }
  }
}