# Authenticate with Firebase using Okta

DevFeed: [Authenticate with Firebase using Okta](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/authenticate-with-firebase-using-okta-16350.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://firebase.blog/posts/2020/08/authenticate-with-firebase-using-okta>)

Author: Kevin Cheung

Published: 2020-08-04T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Firebase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/firebase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase.md>), [okta](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/okta.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Express](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/express.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [Single-page application (SPA)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/spa.md>), [Auth0](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/auth0.md>), [Entra ID](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/entra-id.md>)

Tags: [admin-sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/admin-sdk.md>), [auth0](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/auth0.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [azure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/azure.md>), [express](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/express.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [okta](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/okta.md>), [tutorials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorials.md>), [web-app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-app.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial showing how to integrate Okta identity services with Firebase Custom Authentication. It builds a Node.js and Express.js backend to exchange Okta access tokens for Firebase custom authentication tokens, plus a web frontend that uses those tokens to authenticate with Firebase.

## Source excerpt

News, tutorials, and updates from the Firebase team.