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How to fix 403 Forbidden error when using Search Systems Logs card?
Okta – Search Systems Logs card allows you to search the Okta log by a keyword (and also expression, set in Options ):
When a run a flow with this card, you might get a 403 Forbidden error:
To fix this error you need to grand an additional scope to the Okta connection.
- From the Admin Console , go to Applications > Applications
- Click on Okta Workflows OAuth
- Open Okta API Scopes tab
- Find okta.logs.read scope and click Grant
- For this scope to take affect, you need to reauthorize the connection being used
After you reauthorize, run the flow again. The card is now able to search the logs:
🙏🏼 Thanks to Bryan Barrows (LinkedIn, blog) who helped with this question on MacAdmins Slack channel.
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