Activate the 2-Factor Authentication

You will need to contact the customer support team to install the google-authenticator¹ tool.

Once google-authenticator is installed on the server, here is how you activate the 2-factor authentication for each account:

1. Log in to your account with SSH;

2. Create a new secret key,

   • for TOTP verification:

   $ google-authenticator -tDfuw 3
   

   • for HOTP verification:

   $ google-authenticator -cfuw 3
   

The script will then send back to you:

• a QR code and the new secret key to enter in your password generating application²,
• several emergency codes for recovering your code.

For TOTP verifications, you will need to indicate the code sent by your software.

The installation is complete, the SSH 2-factor authentication is now activated.