Difference between revisions of "X-Payments:Setting up user authentication with the Google Authenticator app"
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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: | + | # 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: | + | # 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: | + | # 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: | + | # 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: | + | # 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:
- Install the Google Authenticator app on your phone/mobile device. The installation instructions are available 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).
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): - 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:
- 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:
Or use the Secret code displayed below the QR code to manually register your X-Payments account in the Google Authenticator app: - 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":
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:
Now user authentication via the Google Authenticator app is enabled and configured:
At the second step of user authentication, you can now use one-time passwords generated by the Google Authenticator app:
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:
- 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:
A popup window will be displayed providing a form for you to enter a one-time password from your currently connected app:
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!": - Scan the QR code or manually enter the Secret code to re-connect the app.