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To set up user authentication via the Google Authenticator app, follow these steps:
 
To set up user authentication via the Google Authenticator app, follow these steps:
 
# Install the Google Authenticator app on your phone/mobile device. The installation instructions are available [https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1066447?hl=en here].
 
# Install the Google Authenticator app on your phone/mobile device. The installation instructions are available [https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1066447?hl=en here].
# In the X-Payments back end, go to the configuration page for the authentication method based on using Google Authenticator ('''2-step authentication with Google Authenticator''').<br />[[File:xp3_2step_ga_method_config.png|border]]<br />This page opens automatically after you select Google Authenticator as your preferred user authentication method when you log in to X-Payments for the first time. Also, you can access this page at any time using the "Google Authenticator app <u>configure</u>" link on your profile details page ('''Profile''' > '''View details'''):<br />[[File:xp3_2step_ga_configure_link.png|border]]<br />
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# In the X-Payments back end, go to the configuration page for the authentication method based on using Google Authenticator ('''2-step authentication with Google Authenticator''').<br />[[File:xp3_2step_ga_method_configuration.png|border]]<br />This page opens automatically after you select Google Authenticator as your preferred user authentication method when you log in to X-Payments for the first time. Also, you can access this page at any time using the "Google Authenticator app <u>configure</u>" link on your profile details page ('''Profile''' > '''View details'''):<br />[[File:xp3_2step_ga_configure_link.png|border]]<br />
# Sync the time on the device where you have installed the Google Authenticator app with the time in X-Payments. Never mind the time zone difference; it is only the minutes and seconds that need to be synchronized. The current time in X-Payments is displayed right on the '''2-step authentication with Google Authenticator''' page:<br />[[File:xp3_2step_ga_method_config1.png|border]]<br />
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# Sync the time on the device where you have installed the Google Authenticator app with the time in X-Payments. Never mind the time zone difference; it is only the minutes and seconds that need to be synchronized. The current time in X-Payments is displayed right on the '''2-step authentication with Google Authenticator''' page:<br />[[File:xp3_2step_ga_method_configuration1.png|border]]<br />
# Add your X-Payments account to the Google Authenticator App. To do so, scan the QR code on the right-hand side of the '''2-step authentication with Google Authenticator''' page:<br />[[File:xp3_2step_ga_method_config2.png|border]]<br />Or use the Secret code displayed below the QR code to manually register your X-Payments account in the Google Authenticator app:<br />[[File:xp3_2step_ga_method_config3.png|border]]<br />
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# Add your X-Payments account to the Google Authenticator App. To do so, scan the QR code on the right-hand side of the '''2-step authentication with Google Authenticator''' page:<br />[[File:xp3_2step_ga_method_configuration2.png|border]]<br />Or use the Secret code displayed below the QR code to manually register your X-Payments account in the Google Authenticator app:<br />[[File:xp3_2step_ga_method_configuration3.png|border]]<br />
# To test the configuration, enter a one-time password from your Google Authenticator application on the '''2-step authentication with Google Authenticator''' page and click "Check":<br />[[File:xp3_2step_ga_check.png|border]]<br />Note that the lifetime of a one-time password is one minute, and the same code cannot be used more than once.<br />
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# To test the configuration, enter a one-time password from your Google Authenticator application on the '''2-step authentication with Google Authenticator''' page and click "Check":<br />[[File:xp3_2step_ga_checking.png|border]]<br />Note that the lifetime of a one-time password is one minute, and the same code cannot be used more than once.<br />
 
Provided that the password from the Google Authenticator has been entered correctly, you should see a popup message saying that the authentication method has been configured successfully:
 
Provided that the password from the Google Authenticator has been entered correctly, you should see a popup message saying that the authentication method has been configured successfully:
 
:[[File:xp3_2step_ga_check_success0.png|border]]<br /><br />
 
:[[File:xp3_2step_ga_check_success0.png|border]]<br /><br />
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To re-connect the app:
 
To re-connect the app:
# On the configuration page for the authentication method based on using Google Authenticator ('''2-step authentication with Google Authenticator'''), click the '''Re-connect the app''' button:<br />[[File:xp3_2step_ga_reconnect1.png|border]]<br />A popup window will be displayed providing a form for you to enter a one-time password from your currently connected app:<br />[[File:xp3_2step_ga_reconnect2.png|border]]<br />Type in the one-time password from Google Authenticator (or an SMS/text message) and click Enter. The popup window will be closed, and the method configuration page will show the note "The authentication method is not configured!":<br />[[File:xp3_2step_ga_reconnect3.png|border]]<br />
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# On the configuration page for the authentication method based on using Google Authenticator ('''2-step authentication with Google Authenticator'''), click the '''Re-connect the app''' button:<br />[[File:xp3_2step_ga_reconnect1.png|border]]<br />A popup window will be displayed providing a form for you to enter a one-time password from your currently connected app:<br />[[File:xp3_2step_ga_reconnect2.png|border]]<br />Type in the one-time password from Google Authenticator (or an SMS/text message) and click Enter. The popup window will be closed, and the method configuration page will show the note "The authentication method is not configured!":<br />[[File:xp3_2step_ga_reconnect_3.png|border]]<br />
 
# Scan the QR code or manually enter the Secret code to re-connect the app.
 
# Scan the QR code or manually enter the Secret code to re-connect the app.

Latest revision as of 13:16, 18 February 2019

X-Payments can be set up to use an authentication method based on using the Google Authenticator application which you install on your phone. The application is connected to your X-Payments installation, after which it can generate one-time passwords that serve as the second piece of evidence to prove your identity after you have entered your X-Payments login and password.

To set up user authentication via the Google Authenticator app, follow these steps:

  1. Install the Google Authenticator app on your phone/mobile device. The installation instructions are available here.
  2. In the X-Payments back end, go to the configuration page for the authentication method based on using Google Authenticator (2-step authentication with Google Authenticator).
    Xp3 2step ga method configuration.png
    This page opens automatically after you select Google Authenticator as your preferred user authentication method when you log in to X-Payments for the first time. Also, you can access this page at any time using the "Google Authenticator app configure" link on your profile details page (Profile > View details):
    Xp3 2step ga configure link.png
  3. Sync the time on the device where you have installed the Google Authenticator app with the time in X-Payments. Never mind the time zone difference; it is only the minutes and seconds that need to be synchronized. The current time in X-Payments is displayed right on the 2-step authentication with Google Authenticator page:
    Xp3 2step ga method configuration1.png
  4. Add your X-Payments account to the Google Authenticator App. To do so, scan the QR code on the right-hand side of the 2-step authentication with Google Authenticator page:
    Xp3 2step ga method configuration2.png
    Or use the Secret code displayed below the QR code to manually register your X-Payments account in the Google Authenticator app:
    Xp3 2step ga method configuration3.png
  5. To test the configuration, enter a one-time password from your Google Authenticator application on the 2-step authentication with Google Authenticator page and click "Check":
    Xp3 2step ga checking.png
    Note that the lifetime of a one-time password is one minute, and the same code cannot be used more than once.

Provided that the password from the Google Authenticator has been entered correctly, you should see a popup message saying that the authentication method has been configured successfully:

Xp3 2step ga check success0.png

Now user authentication via the Google Authenticator app is enabled and configured:

Xp3 2step ga configured.png

At the second step of user authentication, you can now use one-time passwords generated by the Google Authenticator app:

Xp3 2step ga auth.png

Important: After setting up your preferred user authentication method, be sure to create and save a list of backup codes for access to X-Payments:

Later on, if you need to set up Google Authenticator on a different device, you will have to reconnect the app. Note that to complete the task you will be required to enter a one-time password from your currently connected Google Authenticator app (If you have authentication via SMS/text messages enabled as an additional method, you can also use a one-time password received via SMS/text message instead of the password from Google Authenticator - these passwords are the same and can be used interchangeably).

To re-connect the app:

  1. On the configuration page for the authentication method based on using Google Authenticator (2-step authentication with Google Authenticator), click the Re-connect the app button:
    Xp3 2step ga reconnect1.png
    A popup window will be displayed providing a form for you to enter a one-time password from your currently connected app:
    Xp3 2step ga reconnect2.png
    Type in the one-time password from Google Authenticator (or an SMS/text message) and click Enter. The popup window will be closed, and the method configuration page will show the note "The authentication method is not configured!":
    Xp3 2step ga reconnect 3.png
  2. Scan the QR code or manually enter the Secret code to re-connect the app.