Cloudexmachina Authentication

generated: '2026-08-17'
method: searched
source: https://docs.cloudexmachina.io/setup/sso/okta
scope: platform-sso
api_authentication: none
note: >-
  IMPORTANT SCOPE NOTE — read before using this artifact. Cloud ex Machina publishes NO public API,
  so there is no API authentication scheme to document: no OpenAPI securitySchemes, no API keys, no
  bearer tokens, no OAuth authorization server, no personal access tokens. derive-authentication.py
  was not run because there is no OpenAPI in this repo to derive from. What this artifact records is
  the authentication Cloud ex Machina DOES publish and document: how a human operator authenticates
  into their per-tenant web application. The API keys that appear in Cloud ex Machina's integration
  docs are THIRD-PARTY credentials (Anthropic, GitLab, ServiceNow) that a customer supplies TO Cloud
  ex Machina so it can call those vendors — they are not credentials Cloud ex Machina issues.
tenancy:
  model: per-tenant subdomain
  app_url_pattern: https://<tenant_id>.cloudexmachina.io
  auth_url_pattern: https://auth.<tenant_id>.cloudexmachina.io
  shared_app_host: https://app.cloudexmachina.io
schemes:
- name: saml-sso
  type: saml2
  idp_documented: Okta
  federation_broker: Amazon Cognito
  source: https://docs.cloudexmachina.io/setup/sso/okta
  details:
    acs_url: https://auth.<tenant_id>.cloudexmachina.io/saml2/idpresponse
    audience_uri: 'urn:amazon:cognito:sp:<cxm_cognito_pool_id>'
    default_relay_state: https://<tenant_id>.cloudexmachina.io/cloud-explorer
    name_id_format: Unspecified
    response_signed: true
    assertion_signed: true
    assertion_encryption: unencrypted
    signature_algorithm: RSA_SHA256
    digest_algorithm: SHA256
    single_logout: disabled
    signed_request: disabled
    authn_context_class_ref: PasswordProtectedTransport
    force_authn_honored: true
    username_format: email
    attribute_statements: [given_name, last_name, email]
  provisioning:
    self_service: false
    note: >-
      SSO is not self-service. The setup guide instructs the customer to "share the Metadata URL
      with CxM on Slack or email. We will enable the SSO for you as fast as we can." Cloud ex
      Machina must also hand the customer the internal cxm_cognito_pool_id before the IdP app can
      be configured, so onboarding is a human, vendor-mediated step.
cloud_access:
  model: read-only, agentless cross-account role assumption
  aws:
    mechanism: cross-account IAM role
    provisioned_by:
    - terraform module cxmlabs/cxm-integration/aws
    - cloudformation template cxmlabs/cloudformation-aws-cxm-integration
    source: https://docs.cloudexmachina.io/setup/csp-configuration/aws-setup
  azure:
    source: https://docs.cloudexmachina.io/setup/csp-configuration/azure-setup/overview
  gcp:
    source: https://docs.cloudexmachina.io/setup/csp-configuration/gcp-setup
  kubernetes:
    source: https://docs.cloudexmachina.io/setup/csp-configuration/k8s-setup
outbound_credentials_collected:
  note: >-
    Credentials the customer gives Cloud ex Machina for third-party systems. Listed for
    completeness — these belong to the named vendor, not to Cloud ex Machina.
  entries:
  - {provider: Anthropic, mechanism: analytics API key + API version header (default 2023-06-01)}
  - {provider: Anthropic, mechanism: Administrator API key}
  - {provider: ServiceNow, mechanism: OAuth 2.0 client credentials}
  - {provider: GitHub, mechanism: OAuth app connect flow}
  - {provider: GitLab, mechanism: OAuth connect flow + API base URL for self-hosted}
  - {provider: Slack / Microsoft Teams, mechanism: OAuth connect flow}
  - {provider: Jira / Linear / Notion, mechanism: OAuth connect flow}
  integration_broker: Nango (named as a subprocessor for "Product integrations")