From the October release 2020 Meridix support two factor authentication through e-mail (SMTP), OTP (Authenticator apps such as Microsoft Authenticator or Google Authenticator) or SMS (twilio (SMS SaaS vendor) or SMPP).
The following providers are available: otp, twilio and email and the configuration is done through the standard property provider system. The 2FA can be configured on system, reseller or customer level but not on the user level.
The system can and should have at least two providers set (not required). To disable 2FA completely do not set any providers at all.
Property key | Valid values (bold=default) | Description |
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security.two_factor_authentication_required | true | false | Should the system enforce two factor authentication on system/reseller/customer level |
security.two_factor_authentication_scope | none | all | admin | system | system-admin | For who should the system enforce two factor authentication. Options: all | admin | system. |
security.two_factor_authentication_provider_types | email|otp|twilio | The enabled two factor authentication provider types delimited by |. Options: twilio (SMS), email (SMTP). |
security.two_factor_authentication_valid_for_minutes | -1 | integer | The time between two factor authentication requests. I.e. if the user have previously logged in the within the last X minutes the 2fa step is skipped. |
security.two_factor_authentication_enabled | true | false | To enable or disable the two factor authentication |
Configuration example
<!-- Should the system enforce two factor authentication --> <add key="security.two_factor_authentication_enabled" value="false" /> <!-- For who should the system enforce two factor authentication. Options: all | admin | system | system-admin --> <add key="security.two_factor_authentication_scope" value="all" /> <!-- The two factor authentication provider type. Options: twilio (SMS), email (SMTP) --> <add key="security.two_factor_authentication_provider_type" value="email" /> <!-- The time between two factor authentication requests. I.e. if the user have previously logged in the within the last X minutes the 2fa step is skipped. -1 will force 2fa on every login --> <add key="security.two_factor_authentication_valid_for_minutes" value="-1" />
Providers
twilio
A provider for sending SMS using Twilio. Requires an account in twilio that will be used. The required properties for the twilio provider is listed below.
<add key="twilio.account_sid" value="AC089df37bc21bd4f6d************"/> <add key="twilio.from_number" value="+12183*******"/> <add key="twilio.token" value="3781c88e7e1989a799********"/>
A provider for sending E-mails using the standard SMTP service in Meridix. No additional properties needed other than the standard SMTP configuration.