Connect to Okta Data in Aqua Data Studio

The CData JDBC Driver for Okta integrates Okta data with wizards and analytics in IDEs like Aqua Data Studio. This article shows how to connect to Okta data through the connection manager and execute queries.

Create a JDBC Data Source

You can use the connection manager to define connection properties and save them in a new JDBC data source. The Okta data source can then be accessed from Aqua Data Studio tools.

1. In Aqua Data Studio, select Register Server from the Servers menu.
2. In the Register Server form, select the 'Generic - JDBC' connection.
3. Enter the following JDBC connection properties:
   • Name: Enter a name for the data source; for example, Okta.
   • Driver Location: Click the Browse button and select the cdata.jdbc.okta.jar file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
   • Driver: Enter the Driver's class name, cdata.jdbc.okta.OktaDriver.

   • URL: Enter the JDBC URL, which starts with jdbc:okta: and is followed by a semicolon-separated list of connection properties.

     To connect to Okta, set the Domain connection string property to your Okta domain.

     You will use OAuth to authenticate with Okta, so you need to create a custom OAuth application.

     Creating a Custom OAuth Application

     From your Okta account:

     1. Sign in to your Okta developer edition organization with your administrator account.
     2. In the Admin Console, go to Applications > Applications.
     3. Click Create App Integration.
     4. For the Sign-in method, select OIDC - OpenID Connect.
     5. For Application type, choose Web Application.
     6. Enter a name for your custom application.
     7. Set the Grant Type to Authorization Code. If you want the token to be automatically refreshed, also check Refresh Token.
     8. Set the callback URL:
        • For desktop applications and headless machines, use http://localhost:33333 or another port number of your choice. The URI you set here becomes the CallbackURL property.
        • For web applications, set the callback URL to a trusted redirect URL. This URL is the web location the user returns to with the token that verifies that your application has been granted access.
     9. In the Assignments section, either select Limit access to selected groups and add a group, or skip group assignment for now.
     10. Save the OAuth application.
     11. The application's Client Id and Client Secret are displayed on the application's General tab. Record these for future use. You will use the Client Id to set the OAuthClientId and the Client Secret to set the OAuthClientSecret.
     12. Check the Assignments tab to confirm that all users who must access the application are assigned to the application.
     13. On the Okta API Scopes tab, select the scopes you wish to grant to the OAuth application. These scopes determine the data that the app has permission to read, so a scope for a particular view must be granted for the driver to have permission to query that view. To confirm the scopes required for each view, see the view-specific pages in Data Model < Views in the Help documentation.

     Built-in Connection String Designer

     For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Okta JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

     java -jar cdata.jdbc.okta.jar

     Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

     A typical JDBC URL is below:
     jdbc:okta:Domain=dev-44876464.okta.com;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH

Query Okta Data

You can now query the tables exposed.