Lifesize Admin Console

Last Updated: Dec 13, 2022

Configure using Okta Identity Management

Configure your Okta settings

  1. Sign in to Okta as administrator to display the Okta dashboard. If the dashboard is not visible, click the Admin button.
  2. Click Add Applications.
  3. Search for Lifesize Cloud, then click Add.
  4. The Lifesize Cloud app appears in your General Settings tab. Click Next.
  5. In Assign Lifesize Cloud to People, select the users you want to add and click Next.
  6. Confirm your assignments and click Done.
  7. Select the Sign On tab and click View Setup Instructions to open How to Configure SAML 2.0 for Lifesize.
  8. Copy and save the Lifesize X.509 security certificate to a file named lifesize.crt.
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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
  1. In the Sign On tab, click Edit to make the fields editable.
  2. For the Encryption Certificate, click Browse and select the lifesize.crt file you just saved then click Upload to upload it to Okta.
  3. Click Save when complete.

Configure your Lifesize admin settings 

  1. Sign in to the Lifesize admin console.
  2. Click your name in the upper right corner, and then choose Advanced Settings.
  3. In the SSO Configuration section, refer to the How to Configure SAML 2.0 for Lifesize window that you opened in Okta to complete the following fields.
Lifesize settingEnter the following:
Identity Provider IssuerCopy the URL from Okta’s Identity Provider Issuer field and paste it here. 
Login URLCopy the Login URL field from the Okta window and paste it here. 
CertificateCopy the X.509 security certificate shown from the Okta window Certificate field and paste it here. 
  1. In the SAML Attribute Mapping section in the Lifesize Cloud Advanced Settings, enter the following attribute values:

firstname

lastname

email

  1. Click Test to validate your Lifesize settings against your Okta configuration.
  2. Once testing is successful, select Enable SSO.
  3. Click Update.
  4. Copy the URL in the Relay State field to your clipboard. Note: The Relay State field is populated after you enter your settings and click Test in the Lifesize app.
  5. Go back to your Okta instance, select the Sign On tab and click Edit to make the fields editable.
  6. Paste the Relay State URL you just copied from the Lifesize app into the Default Relay State field in Okta.
  7. Click Save.