Typical Workflow for Managing Identity Providers

With the identity provider (IDP) feature in Oracle Identity Cloud Service, you can perform tasks such as adding, managing, and using identity providers.

Task	Description	Additional Information
Add an IDP.	Add an IDP to your identity domain using the Identity Providers page.	Add a SAML Identity Provider
View details about an IDP.	View details about an IDP using the Identity Providers page.	View Details About an Identity Provider
Activate and deactivate an IDP.	Activate and deactivate an IDP using the Identity Providers page.	Activate and Deactivate an Identity Provider
Test an IDP.	Test an IDP to verify that you can use federated SSO credentials to log in to Oracle Identity Cloud Service through an external website.	Test an Identity Provider
Modify an IDP.	Modify an IDP using the Identity Providers page.	Modify an Identity Provider
Delete an IDP.	Delete an IDP using the Identity Providers page.	Delete an Identity Provider

You can add, manage, and use identity providers by using:

• The Identity Cloud Service console

• SCIM-based APIs

In the following sections, you learn how to manage identity providers by using the Identity Cloud Service console.

For more information about how to use SCIM APIs, see REST API for Oracle Identity Cloud Service.