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Improved Admin Security installation instructions

Before extension installation

Please check if your mobile device is compatible with Google Authenticator mobile application. Our Google Authenticator extension is compatible with every iOs device such as iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, Android device or BlackBerry device. Follow next steps:

  • For Android devices please open the Google Play and search for Google Authenticator application.

  • For iOs devices please visit the Apple app store and search for Google Authenticator application.

  • For BlackBerry devices please visit http://m.google.com/authenticator on your BlackBerry.

Complete the installation:

  1. Navigate to Admin > Tools > Compilation and deactivate the compilation mode for your store.
  2. Check if your Magento store cache is enabled.
  3. Unpack all files from extension archive into your magento store root directory.
  4. Refresh your magento store cache.
  5. Logout from your store admin and then login back, to refresh your admin user access rights.

Activating the extension

  • Open your admin user account settins at Admin > System > Permisions > Users > Your User > Tab "Two Factor Authentication"

  • Scan QR code with Google Authenticator application using your smartphone.

  • Insert the key you’ve got on your mobile device into the verification key field.

  • That’s all. You’ve enabled the protection for that admin user. Try logout and login with verification key. Please notice that key is got refreshed every 30 seconds. In case you have not enabled the protection for some users, the verification key will be ignored for those users.

  • Navigate to System > Configuration > Templates-Master > ImprovedAdminSecurity and enable extension for any store you need.

Uninstall/Disable:

In case you lost your smartphone or don’t have access you can disable the extension via ftp:

  • Please copy TM_TwoFactorAuthentication_Disable from app/code/local/TM/TwoFactorAuthentication/scripts/ to your store root directory.
  • Rename it to TM_TwoFactorAuthentication_Disable.php.
  • Open url http://[base store url]/TM_TwoFactorAuthentication_Disable.php
  • Remove file TM_TwoFactorAuthentication_Disable.php in your store folder.
  • Now your can login to your store and reset or disable extension.
  • Also the protection can be disabled by renaming app/etc/modules/TM_TwoFactorAuthentication.xml to TM_TwoFactorAuthentication.xml.off. In such case the extension will not be loaded.

After you install an extension you can go to:

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