Okta Identity as Code with Terraform: Group Rules, SAML App Assignment, and Drift Detection

In this hands-on Okta Terraform tutorial, I demonstrate how to manage Okta identity configuration as code using the Okta Terraform Provider. This PoC shows how to create an Okta group, configure an Okta group rule, create a Neobank SAML 2.0 application, assign the group to the app, and then detect manual configuration drift when another group is assigned outside Terraform. The goal of this demo is to show how Identity as Code can help IAM and security teams manage Okta access configuration with better consistency, visibility, governance, and auditability. In this video, I cover: How to use Terraform with Okta How to create Okta groups using Terraform How to create Okta group rules as code How to create a SAML 2.0 application in Okta How to assign groups to Okta applications using Terraform How manual Okta admin changes create drift How terraform plan can detect configuration drift How to respond to drift by either reverting the change or updating the Terraform code This is a beginner-friendly but practical Identity as Code project for anyone learning Okta, IAM engineering, identity automation, Terraform, SAML, app assignments, and drift detection. Identity configuration is security infrastructure. Instead of relying only on manual admin console changes, Terraform allows Okta configurations to be version-controlled, reviewed, validated, and monitored for drift. This demo is useful for: IAM Engineers Identity Security Engineers Okta Administrators Security Engineers Cloud Security Engineers DevSecOps Engineers Students learning IAM and identity automation Technologies used: Okta Terraform Okta Terraform Provider SAML 2.0 Okta Groups Okta Group Rules Okta App Assignments Terraform Drift Detection Keywords: Okta Terraform tutorial, Okta identity as code, Okta policy as code, Okta group rule Terraform, Okta SAML app Terraform, Okta app assignment Terraform, Terraform drift detection, IAM automation, identity governance, identity security, Okta SAML, Okta Terraform provider, Okta access management, infrastructure as code for IAM, identity engineering, Okta admin automation.