How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication in the VPS Panel
Protect your FREAKHOSTING VPS Panel account with an authenticator app, save your backup codes and manage trusted devices.
Two-factor authentication (2FA) asks for a 6-digit code from an app on your phone each time you sign in. Even if someone learns your password, they can’t get in without your phone.
Install an app such as Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, Authy or 1Password on your phone.
2
Open the Two-factor Authentication tab
Go to Account and click Two-factor Authentication.
3
Scan the QR code
In the TOTP App Based box, scan the QR code with your app. Can’t scan? Type the secret key shown under the QR code into the app instead.
4
Enter the code and activate
Type the 6-digit code from your app into the six boxes, then click Activate App Based TOTP. The code changes every 30 seconds, so use the current one.
5
Save your backup codes
Click Backup codes. Ten single-use codes appear. Store them somewhere safe, such as a password manager. Each code works once and lets you sign in if you lose your phone.
Your backup codes (blurred here)
The tab now says TOTP App Based two-factor authentication is enabled on this account, and the Account card on your Dashboard shows Two-factor Authentication: ACTIVE.
2FA turned on
Have a YubiKey? Use the YubiKey OTP box below the app option instead: click in the field, insert your YubiKey and tap it, then click Activate YubiKey.
Click Deactivate, then Deactivate again in the red warning window. We recommend keeping 2FA on: without it, your password is the only thing protecting your servers.
After you sign in with a code, that browser becomes a trusted device for a while, so you aren’t asked for a code every time. The Trusted Devices list shows each one with its Device, OS, Browser, IP Address, when it was Last Used and when it Expires. Your current browser is marked CURRENT.
Click Remove to make one device ask for a code again.
Click Remove All to clear every trusted device, for example after losing a laptop or using a shared computer.
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