Use OTP-compatible software with Okta verify
afonari opened this issue · 5 comments
Sorry if this is wrong place to ask.
Is it possible to setup Okta verify to use standard OTP specification with OTP-supported software like for example aegis: https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis
Thanks,
Sasha
Hello @afonari. Can you please ask this question on Stack Overflow with an "okta" tag, or on our developer forums? I think you'll find more people with experience on Stack Overflow.
I found an answer to my question here: https://battlepenguin.com/tech/replacing-okta-verify-with-open-source-software/
Basically use "Can't scan" options and manually enter the key. I used aegis with all defaults when adding the secret.
Maybe you can improve your docs and add this ability to use open source software.
@afonari This is the repo for the developer blog and has very low visibility. The team that runs it does not deal with Okta Verify at all. If you'd like to help improve the docs at https://developer.okta.com/docs/, that repo is at https://github.com/okta/okta-developer-docs. If the docs you'd like to improve are on the main okta.com site, I'd suggest you contact support@okta.com. We have no control over that site.
@afonari we do have a related blog post though: https://developer.okta.com/blog/2018/08/30/build-one-time-password-token-for-mfa
Some of our end-user documentation refers to the TOTP factor as Google Authenticator.
We also have support in our SDKs for creating TOTP factors (if you don't want to go through the admin console)
https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/factors/#enroll-okta-verify-totp-factor
Some of our end-user documentation refers to the TOTP factor as Google Authenticator.
Google Authenticator hasn't been updated since Dec 2018: https://github.com/google/google-authenticator
I think it would be good to mention other open source TOTP software.