Define the sign-out callback

Signing out of Okta requires the app to open a browser and navigate to the end session endpoint. Okta ends the user's session and immediately redirects the user back to your application. To do this, you must define a callback route for the sign-out process, which means that you need to whitelist the post sign-out URL in your Okta application settings. If you don't specify a post_logout_redirect_uri, then the browser is redirected to the Okta sign-in page.

Open your Okta Developer Console:

Go to Console

1. Select Applications, and then select your application.

2. Select General and click Edit.

3. In the Logout redirect URIs section, add the base URI of your application.

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   Follow your base URI with /signout/callback (for example, http://localhost:3000/signout/callback).

   In ASP.NET Core, you have two redirect options for your app after the user is signed out of Okta:

   • Option 1: Whitelist the post sign-out URL in your Okta application settings in the Developer Console.

     • Follow your base URI with /account/postsignout (for example, http://localhost:3000/account/postsignout).

     • Modify the Okta configuration in your application to also include the Logout redirect URI.

     • Open the Startup.cs file and update the Configuration method to include PostLogoutRedirectUri in the Okta configuration:

     public class Startup
     {
         public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
         {
             //...
          app.UseOktaMvc(new OktaMvcOptions()
             {
                 //...
                 PostLogoutRedirectUri = "http://localhost:3000/Account/PostSignOut",
          });
         }
     }
     

     • Add the desired logic for the post sign-out callback. Open the controller where you handle the sign-out process and add a PostSignOut method:

     public class AccountController : Controller
     {
         public ActionResult PostSignOut()
         {
             // Return to the home page after sign out
             return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
         }
     }
     

   • Option 2: Modify your SignOut action to include the action that you want to redirect to (for example, Home). After you sign users out of your app and out of Okta, you can redirect users to a specific location.

     Modify your SignOut action to include the action that you want to redirect to (for example, Home):

     [HttpPost]
     public IActionResult SignOut()
     {
         return new SignOutResult(
             new[]
             {
                     OktaDefaults.MvcAuthenticationScheme,
                     CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme,
          },
             new AuthenticationProperties { RedirectUri = "/Home/" });
     }
     

4. Click Save.

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