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# Okta
> Okta provides cloud software that helps companies manage and secure user authentication into applications, and for developers to build identity controls into applications, website web services and devices.
## Creating an Okta connection
To create the connection you need:
* An API token
* An API address
### Obtaining the credentials
1. Sign in to your Okta organization as a user with [administrator privileges](https://help.okta.com/okta_help.htm?id=ext_Security_Administrators).
API tokens have the same permissions as the user who creates them, and if the user permissions change, the API token permissions also change.
2. Click **Admin** in the top right corner to go to the Admin Console.
3. In the Admin Console, select **Security** > **API** > **Tokens**.
4. Click **Create Token**.
5. Name your token and click **Create Token**.
6. Copy and save the token. This is the only opportunity to see it and save it.
## Creating your connection
1. In the Blink platform, navigate to the **Connections** page > **Add connection**. A New Connection dialog box opens displaying icons of external service providers available.
2. Select the **Okta** icon. A dialog box with name of the connection and connection methods appears.
3. (Optional) Edit the name of the connection. At a later stage you cannot edit the name.
4. Select **API Token** as the method to make the connection.
5. Fill in the parameters:
* The API token
* The API address
6. (Optional) Click **Test Connection** to test it.
7. Click **Create connection**. The new connection appears on the **Connections** page.
Token expiration and deactivation:
Tokens expire automatically after a certain period and can also be deactivated at any time.
* Token expiration: Tokens are valid for 30 days from creation or last use, so that the 30-day expiration automatically refreshes with each API call. Tokens that are not used for 30 days expire. The 30-day period is currently fixed and cannot be changed for your organization.
* Token deactivation: If a user account is deactivated in Okta, any API token created by that user account is deprovisioned at the same time.