Okta Privileged Access Workloads lets CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, cloud workloads, scripts, and AI agents authenticate using platform-signed OIDC tokens or managed API keys. This article explains workload connections, roles, policies, Principal SSH access, and secret retrieval, with a GitHub Actions lab demonstrating both SSH and secret reveal. It also covers static JWKS support for JWT workload connections.
I published a small set of community Docker images for Okta Privileged Access ScaleFT packages: one with the sft client for automation and CI/CD jobs, and one with the gateway package for lab experiments. They are built from Debian slim, tagged with the package version, and published on GitHub Container Registry.
Set up an Okta MCP Server lab for AI-assisted administration using Docker Compose or native install, with practical examples for Claude, Gemini, and VS Code workflows.
Automate AWS EC2 power management and DNS updates using Okta Workflows, AWS Lambda, and CloudWatch. Start and stop VMs from the Okta dashboard, enforce scheduled shutdowns, and dynamically update DNS records. The guide covers setup steps, security considerations, and cost management in AWS demo environments.
Automate Mac OS window resizing with AppleScript to set precise dimensions and position for applications, useful for video recording or screen sharing.
