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MotherDuck to Okta integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep MotherDuck and Okta in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect MotherDuck and Okta

Land the users, groups, and access events from Okta in MotherDuck continuously for security analytics, and write computed results back — without building or maintaining a pipeline.

Okta is the record of who exists and what they can reach; MotherDuck is where the business measures everything else. The two overlap on people and their access — the same users, groups, roles, and events that Okta governs are what security, compliance, and analytics teams want to query in MotherDuck. Getting them there usually means a brittle export that runs overnight and hands auditors a snapshot that is already out of date.

Stacksync syncs System Log, Devices, Users, Groups from Okta into tables in MotherDuck in real time, and the connection works in both directions: values computed in MotherDuck, such as risk scores or access-review decisions, can be written back to attributes in Okta where the identity team acts on them. Schema changes are handled, API limits are managed, and the sync is something you configure rather than a pipeline you keep alive.

Common use cases

  • 01 Sync modeled MotherDuck tables outward to operational tools for activation
  • 02 Share curated, synced datasets with other teams through read-only database shares
  • 03 Mirror the System Log into Postgres or a warehouse for security analytics, access reviews, and audit retention beyond Okta's log window.
  • 04 Read Application assignments and Factors into a database to report on who can reach which app and which users have strong MFA enrolled.

Common sync patterns

Access governance on joined data

Join Okta's users and group memberships with HR, product, and usage data already in MotherDuck to surface who holds access they no longer need.

Queryable history for audit and compliance

A continuously synced copy in MotherDuck gives you a durable, queryable record of identity and access state for access reviews, SOC 2, and audit questions.

Risk and review results back on the account

Risk scores, anomaly flags, or access-review outcomes computed in MotherDuck write back to attributes on the matching user in Okta, where the identity team can act on them.

What you can sync between MotherDuck and Okta

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

MotherDuck objects Okta objects How this pairing syncs
Attached Local DuckDB Databases Local files attached alongside cloud databases for hybrid queries. System Log Immutable audit event stream of logins, admin changes, and lifecycle events; read-only, polled by timestamp and used as the change feed and SIEM source. Attached Local DuckDB Databases is specific to MotherDuck and System Log to Okta — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Databases Cloud-hosted DuckDB databases that scope a sync's reads and writes. Devices Registered and managed device records tied to users; read to correlate access with device posture and to feed inventory or conditional-access reporting. Databases is specific to MotherDuck and Devices to Okta — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Schemas Namespaces within a database used to organize synced tables. Users Universal Directory user records with profile attributes, credentials, and lifecycle status (staged, active, suspended, deprovisioned); full CRUD, so users are created, updated, activated, and deactivated to match an HR or identity source. Schemas is specific to MotherDuck and Users to Okta — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Tables The main landing target for synced records and source for analysis. Groups Okta groups (OKTA_GROUP, APP_GROUP, BUILT_IN) and their memberships; OKTA_GROUP records and membership are written to drive app and resource access. Tables is specific to MotherDuck and Groups to Okta — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Views Modeled projections used as outbound sync sources. Applications App integrations (SAML, OIDC, SWA) with per-user and per-group assignments; read and updated to manage which identities can reach each downstream app. Views is specific to MotherDuck and Applications to Okta — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Database Shares Read-only copies of a database shared with other users or teams. Group Rules Dynamic rules that add users to groups from profile attributes; read and written to automate access based on department, title, or location. Database Shares is specific to MotherDuck and Group Rules to Okta — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between MotherDuck and Okta

Each direction of the sync is driven by what the source system can signal and what the destination accepts — detection, delivery, and expected latency below.

MotherDuck Okta Interval-based propagation

DetectionStacksync polls MotherDuck for changes on an incremental schedule, reading only records changed since the previous pass. Polling.

DeliveryEach detected change is written to Okta through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

Okta MotherDuck Sub-second propagation

DetectionOkta notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Event Hooks send an HTTPS POST to a subscribed endpoint on events such as user.lifecycle.create and group.user_membership.add (after a one-time.

DeliveryEach detected change is applied to MotherDuck as a row-level write, with types converted between the two schemas.

Rate-limit considerations

  • MotherDuck: Subject to the platform's compute and concurrency limits rather than per-request API rate limits.
  • Okta: Rate limits are enforced per org, per endpoint group, per minute and vary by Okta edition; responses carry X-Rate-Limit-Limit, X-Rate-Limit-Remaining, and X-Rate-Limit-Reset headers and exceeding one returns HTTP 429. The System Log is more tightly limited (about 120 requests/minute) and a separate concurrent-request cap (default 75 in-flight transactions) also applies.
What ships with MotherDuck ⇄ Okta

Connect MotherDuck and Okta for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every MotherDuck–Okta connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in MotherDuck or Okta instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever MotherDuck or Okta data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single MotherDuck or Okta record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your MotherDuck ⇄ Okta sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

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EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between MotherDuck and Okta.

How the MotherDuck and Okta connectors work

MotherDuck

Integration surface
SQL through DuckDB clients and drivers using a MotherDuck (md:) connection
Authentication
Access token created in MotherDuck (Settings > General > Create Token), pasted into Stacksync; database name and schema configurable if not using defaults
Change detection
Polling; no log-based CDC or webhook surface is exposed
Capabilities
read · write
Rate limits
Subject to the platform's compute and concurrency limits rather than per-request API rate limits
MotherDuck setup guide

Okta

Integration surface
REST API (Okta Management API, /api/v1) with Event Hooks for outbound events and the System Log API as the change feed
Authentication
SSWS API tokens (Authorization: SSWS {token}) scoped to the creating admin's permissions, or OAuth 2.0 for Okta service apps using a private-key-JWT client-credentials grant with granular scopes (DPoP supported)
Change detection
Event Hooks send an HTTPS POST to a subscribed endpoint on events such as user.lifecycle.create and group.user_membership.add (after a one-time verification handshake); the System Log API (/api/v1/logs) is polled by the since parameter and the next Link header for a near-real-time change feed
Capabilities
read · write · webhooks
Rate limits
Rate limits are enforced per org, per endpoint group, per minute and vary by Okta edition; responses carry X-Rate-Limit-Limit, X-Rate-Limit-Remaining, and X-Rate-Limit-Reset headers and exceeding one returns HTTP 429. The System Log is more tightly limited (about 120 requests/minute) and a separate concurrent-request cap (default 75 in-flight transactions) also applies.
How it works

How to connect MotherDuck to Okta — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate MotherDuck and Okta with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    MotherDuck connected
    Okta connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the MotherDuck and Okta objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · MotherDuck ⇄ Okta
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    MotherDuck Okta
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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Alerts

Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.

Secure connection options

Securely connects to your systems with:

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