Enabling two-factor authentication

Two-factor authentication(2FA) can be enabled in Keycloak using either Google Authenticator or the One-Time Password(OTP) tool FreeOTP.

For more background on OTPs, see Keycloak’s documentation on OTP.

For new users

  1. Go to Authentication.
  2. Navigate to the Required Actions tab.
  3. Under Configure OTP, select Default.
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For existing users

Note

This should be done for every user that does not have an OTP configured.

  1. Go to the user profile page.
  2. Under Required Field, select Configure OTP.