Mobile 2FA

Owned by HostBill
Last updated: Jan 31, 2022 by HostBill
2 min read

Overview

Mobile 2FA is the plugin aimed at strengthening your HostBill admin and client portal protection. With mobile two-factor authentication your staff members and customers who opted in for this feature will receive a one-time passcode upon login.

This method of two factor authentication can be enabled/disabled per staff member / customer. The message user receives with the passcode can be easily edited in message templates.

Activating the module

  1. The plugin is free and available to all HostBill users. In order to activate the plugin go to Settings→ Modules→ Plugins → Inactive, find and activate Mobile 2FA plugin. 

  2. Once the plugin is activated you will be directed to Settings→ Modules→ Plugins to configure the module.

Please note that this module requires active mobile notifications setting and any active notification module to send an SMS.

You can read about mobile notifications here.

Module configuration

This module does not require additional configuration.

Using the module

The module adds additional registration field to staff member & customer profile:

  • Two-Factor auth (Mobile 2FA) checkbox to enable/disable 2factor authentication in their profiles

Once Mobile 2Fa is enabled, to finish the configuration enter a security code sent via text message to the phone number provided in account details. 

Once successfully configured, when logging in, an authorization page appears in which you must authorize using the password sent via text message.

After successful login, you will be redirected to the main page.