auth/okta: documents API token minimal permissions (#15566)
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will need to re-authenticate. You can force this by revoking the
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existing tokens.
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### Okta API Token Permissions
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The `okta` auth method uses the [Authentication](https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/authn/)
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and [User Groups](https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/users/#get-user-s-groups)
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APIs to authenticate users and obtain their group membership. The [`api_token`](/api-docs/auth/okta#api_token)
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provided to the auth method's configuration must have sufficient privileges to exercise
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these Okta APIs.
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It is recommended to configure the auth method with a minimally permissive API token.
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To do so, create the API token using an administrator with the standard
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[Read-only Admin](https://help.okta.com/en/prod/Content/Topics/Security/administrators-read-only-admin.htm)
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role. Custom roles may also be used to grant minimal permissions to the Okta API token.
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## API
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The Okta auth method has a full HTTP API. Please see the
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# Token Auth Method
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The `token` method is built-in and automatically available at `/auth/token`. It
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The `token` auth method is built-in and automatically available at `/auth/token`. It
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allows users to authenticate using a token, as well to create new tokens, revoke
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secrets by token, and more.
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