How to enable Two-Factor Authentication for Plesk

Enable Two-Factor Authentication for Plesk

In this article, you will learn how you can enable two-factor authentication for your Plesk admin. Please follow the instructions below.

Prerequisites

• A Webhosting plan or VPS plan with  Plesk Panel
• Google Authenticator on your phone, or another software/password manager where you can scan the QR code which generates the one-time codes.

Step 1: Log in to Plesk

Go to https://plesk.snel.com:8443/ and log in.

Step 2: Install Google Authenticator

Install “Google Authenticator” plugin

Step 3: Enable Google Authenticator

Navigate to Extensions -> Google Authenticator . Select Enable Multi-factor Authentication and scan the QR code.

The “Remember Device” functionality will cause your browser to remember your Google Authenticator authentication information for a certain period of days. Clearing the browser cache will enforce a new authentication process. You should use this feature only on your personal devices!

Enter the verification code. You also need to enable the following options:

• Enable “Remember Device” functionality
• Pre-select “Remember Device” checkbox
• Remember device in days “30”

Click “OK” to save the changes and activate the Two-factor authentication for your Plesk user.

Step 5: Re-login to test two-factor authentication

Log out and re-login to Directadmin to check if two-factor authentication is working. Once the username and password are entered correctly, it will ask for your one-time code:

Conclusion

In this article, we have shown how to enable and use two-factor authentication for your Plesk admin user.