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A management agent that connects the MIM Synchronization Service to Okta.

The Lithnet Okta Management Agent connects the MIM Synchronization Service to Okta. It imports and manages Okta users and groups, group membership, user lifecycle state, and passwords.

The [getting started](/okta-ma/installation/getting-started.md) guide walks you through the setup from start to finish. If you already know what you're after, go straight to the page you need.

## Authentication

There are three ways to authenticate to Okta:

* An Okta API token
* OAuth 2.0 with a private JWK held in a file
* OAuth 2.0 with an X.509 certificate, which allows the private key to be non-exportable or held in a TPM or HSM

See [Choosing an authentication method](/okta-ma/authentication/choosing-an-authentication-method.md) for a comparison of the three.

## Project resources

* [Releases](https://github.com/lithnet/okta-managementagent/releases)
* [Source code](https://github.com/lithnet/okta-managementagent)
* [Issue tracker](https://github.com/lithnet/okta-managementagent/issues)
* [Lithnet enterprise support](https://lithnet.io/products/mim?utm_source=okta-ma-docs\&utm_medium=docs\&utm_campaign=mim-ups)


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