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Authentication Failure with AWS Amazon Workspaces with Okta MFA
Okta Classic Engine
Multi-Factor Authentication
Overview

This article explains an authentication failure that occurs when attempting to sign in to AWS Amazon Workspaces with Okta Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) over a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) connection. The following error is displayed:

 

Please check your username and password to make sure you typed them correctly. Please note that depending on the policy of your organization, you may also need to enter domain\username in the username text box.



AWS error 

Applies To
  • Okta RADIUS
  • Amazon Workspaces
Cause

The AWS directory account credentials are incorrect.  Amazon Workspaces performs the primary authentication and then requests Okta to perform the secondary authentication (MFA).  This error indicates the primary authentication attempt is failing.

Solution

In this kind of situation, AWS credentials might not be correctly introduced. Please confirm that the correct AWS credentials are used.

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Authentication Failure with AWS Amazon Workspaces with Okta MFA