How to Programmatically Configure SSO

Describe the problem/error/question

We are running n8n on Kubernetes using the community-supported Helm chart. Most of our configuration is handled via environment variables, which works well — except for SAML SSO.

The official SAML Okta guide and the general SAML setup guide only provide steps for configuring SSO via the UI. There doesn’t appear to be a documented or recommended way to configure SSO programmatically via environment variables or Helm values.

Is there an officially supported way to fully configure SAML SSO headlessly, particularly in containerized/Kubernetes environments?

What is the error message (if any)?

No specific error, just missing functionality — we cannot configure SSO without manually clicking through the UI.

Please share your workflow

(Not applicable — this is a platform-level configuration issue, not a workflow issue.)

Share the output returned by the last node

(Not applicable.)

What would be the best way to open a feature request for the ability to configure these?