Maven error building SAMLToolkit Java web app/general Java integration guide

[grose]

Hi I’m new to Okta. I’m responsible for migrating a Java web app that had been developed to integrate with OneLogin’s SAML idP over to Okta. I thought to get started I would work with the sample Hello World Java web app included in the SAMLToolkit-2.0.5.

Out of that work I have two questions. The first is, is anyone aware of a more step-by-step oriented guide for integrating a Java web app with Okta SAML IdP? I’m more of a Java developer than a SAML export and need to understand what is happening at each step along the way.

To be specific, the primary use case is that a user clicks on a link on the onelogin landing page and is directed to a .jsp in the application that processes the SAML token, etc. This is done with a call to methods of the onelogin library.

	Auth auth = new Auth(request, response);
	auth.processResponse();

It’s kind of a black box. It’s not clear what the comparable steps would be when using Okta. The secondary use case is that a user tries to login manually, and the application redirects to onelogin. Any advice would be appreciated.

Also, I launched Maven to build the sample web app and encountered the error shown below. I got past the error below using this thread

Issue with okta-spring-boot-saml-example

Hey @nprasad18 You can remove the repository and pluginRepository from the root pom which will download the jars from central (or your where your maven settings.xml points). You will run into an issue with jndi:jndi:1.2.1:jar and jta:jta:jar:1.0.1 I’m guessing you just exclude them or install them directly in your local maven repository. I’ll create a task for us to update this project.

However the TESTS (Running TestSuite) blow up over am XML Parsing error. I will look for this error on the forum, but, an surprised that a basic demo app is so difficult to build based on errors that have been apparent for several months.

Error message

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal on project webapp: Could not resolve dependencies
for project com.okta:webapp:war:2.0.5-fa68307: Failed to collect dependencies a
t com.okta:saml-toolkit:jar:2.0.5-fa68307: Failed to read artifact descriptor fo
r com.okta:saml-toolkit:jar:2.0.5-fa68307: Could not transfer artifact com.okta:
saml-toolkit:pom:2.0.5-fa68307 from/to central-okta-topic (https://artifacts.aue
1d.saasure.com/artifactory/topic): Connect to artifacts.aue1d.saasure.com:443 [a
rtifacts.aue1d.saasure.com/10.238.58.203] failed: Connection timed out: connect
→ [Help 1]

Thanks, All!

• Gordon

[bdemers]

Hey @grose!

I’d suggest using Spring Security directly (if you have a Spring app), take a look at:

Get Started with Spring Boot, SAML, and Okta