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Agnease 1.18 1 {{velocity}}
2 #set ($discard = $xwiki.ssx.use('PublicWebSite.WebHome'))
3 #set ($discard = $xwiki.ssx.use('products.WebHome'))
Agnease 10.1 4
Agnease 23.1 5 #set ($mainCapabilityItems = [{
6 'title': 'Second verification step',
7 'icon': 'key',
8 'content': 'Add an additional verification screen after the normal XWiki username and password login.'
Agnease 10.1 9 },{
Agnease 23.1 10 'title': 'Authenticator app codes',
11 'icon': 'mobile',
12 'content': 'Let users verify access with time-based TOTP codes generated by authenticator applications.'
Agnease 10.1 13 },{
Agnease 23.1 14 'title': 'Recovery and trusted devices',
15 'icon': 'shield',
16 'content': 'Provide backup access with recovery codes and reduce repeated prompts on trusted browsers.'
Agnease 10.1 17 }])
18
Agnease 23.1 19 #set ($adminExperienceItems = [{
20 'title': 'MFA policy',
Agnease 22.5 21 'icon': 'cog',
Agnease 23.1 22 'content': 'Make MFA optional or required for all users from the XWiki Administration section.'
Agnease 10.1 23 },{
Agnease 23.1 24 'title': 'Configuration options',
25 'icon': 'sliders',
26 'content': 'Set the authenticator issuer name, recovery-code count and trusted-device duration.'
Agnease 10.1 27 },{
Agnease 23.1 28 'title': 'Administration overview',
Agnease 22.5 29 'icon': 'table',
Agnease 23.1 30 'content': 'Review MFA adoption with summary indicators and a filterable Live Data table.'
Agnease 10.1 31 }])
32
Agnease 23.1 33 #set ($userExperienceItems = [{
Agnease 22.5 34 'title': 'Self-service setup',
35 'icon': 'qrcode',
Agnease 23.1 36 'content': 'Users configure MFA from their profile by scanning a QR code or entering the setup key manually.'
Agnease 10.1 37 },{
Agnease 23.1 38 'title': 'Login verification',
39 'icon': 'sign-in',
40 'content': 'After the normal login, users enter the code generated by their authenticator app.'
Agnease 10.1 41 },{
Agnease 22.5 42 'title': 'Trusted browser option',
43 'icon': 'desktop',
44 'content': 'Users can trust the current browser for the configured duration after successful verification.'
Agnease 10.1 45 }])
46
Agnease 23.1 47 #set ($selfServiceItems = [{
48 'title': 'Recovery codes',
Agnease 22.5 49 'icon': 'life-ring',
Agnease 23.1 50 'content': 'Recovery codes provide backup access when a user loses access to the authenticator application.'
Agnease 10.1 51 },{
Agnease 23.1 52 'title': 'Trusted devices',
53 'icon': 'desktop',
54 'content': 'Trusted devices can be reviewed and removed from the user profile.'
Agnease 22.6 55 },{
Agnease 23.1 56 'title': 'Profile management',
57 'icon': 'user',
58 'content': 'Users can review MFA status, generate recovery codes, manage trusted devices and reset MFA.'
Agnease 10.1 59 }])
60
Agnease 22.3 61 #set ($adminSupportItems = [{
Agnease 22.5 62 'title': 'User MFA status',
63 'icon': 'user',
Agnease 23.1 64 'content': 'Administrators can open a user profile and check the MFA status for that account.'
Agnease 22.3 65 },{
Agnease 23.1 66 'title': 'MFA reset',
Agnease 22.5 67 'icon': 'refresh',
Agnease 23.1 68 'content': 'Administrators can reset MFA when a user needs to restart the configuration process.'
Agnease 22.3 69 },{
Agnease 23.1 70 'title': 'Controlled recovery',
71 'icon': 'unlock-alt',
Agnease 22.5 72 'content': 'Resetting MFA removes the authenticator setup, recovery codes and trusted devices for that user.'
Agnease 22.3 73 }])
74
Agnease 10.1 75 #set ($rolloutItems = [{
Agnease 22.5 76 'title': 'Start with a pilot group',
77 'content': 'Test the extension with administrators or a small user group before enabling it widely.'
Agnease 10.1 78 },{
Agnease 22.5 79 'title': 'Define the MFA policy',
80 'content': 'Decide whether MFA should be optional at first or required for all users.'
Agnease 10.1 81 },{
Agnease 22.5 82 'title': 'Configure recovery options',
83 'content': 'Choose the number of recovery codes and whether trusted devices should be allowed.'
Agnease 10.1 84 },{
Agnease 23.1 85 'title': 'Inform users',
Agnease 22.5 86 'content': 'Explain how users configure MFA, save recovery codes and manage trusted devices.'
Agnease 10.1 87 },{
Agnease 22.5 88 'title': 'Monitor adoption',
89 'content': 'Use the administration overview to identify users who still need to configure MFA.'
Agnease 10.1 90 }])
91
Agnease 1.18 92 {{html clean="false"}}
Agnease 1.2 93
Agnease 10.1 94 <section class="hero hero-centered" aria-labelledby="product-title">
Agnease 1.18 95 <div class="container hero-inner">
96 <div class="hero-kicker">
Agnease 1.2 97 <i class="fa fa-lock" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Agnease 1.18 98 XWiki 2FA and MFA
Agnease 1.2 99 </div>
100
Agnease 23.6 101 <h1 id="product-title">XWiki Two-Factor Authentication (2FA/MFA)</h1>
Agnease 1.2 102
Agnease 22.5 103 <p class="lead">
Agnease 23.1 104 Protect XWiki logins with a second verification step using authenticator app codes,
105 recovery codes and trusted devices.
Agnease 22.5 106 </p>
Agnease 1.2 107
Agnease 22.5 108 <div class="hero-actions">
109 <a class="btn btn-primary" href="$xwiki.getURL('contact.WebHome')">Ask about this extension</a>
110 <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="$xwiki.getURL('products.WebHome')">View all products</a>
111 </div>
Agnease 1.18 112 </div>
113 </section>
114
115 <section aria-labelledby="overview-title">
116 <div class="container">
117 <div class="product-layout">
118 <article class="product-summary-card">
Agnease 23.1 119 <h2 id="overview-title">Two-factor authentication built into XWiki</h2>
Agnease 1.18 120
Agnease 22.5 121 <p>
Agnease 23.1 122 XWiki Two-Factor Authentication adds MFA support to the standard XWiki login flow.
123 Users continue to sign in with their normal username and password, then confirm access
124 with a time-based verification code from an authenticator application.
Agnease 22.5 125 </p>
Agnease 1.18 126
Agnease 22.5 127 <p>
Agnease 23.1 128 The extension is designed for organizations that want stronger access protection for
129 internal knowledge bases, intranets, documentation platforms, customer portals and other
130 XWiki-based applications.
Agnease 22.5 131 </p>
132 </article>
Agnease 1.18 133
Agnease 22.5 134 <aside class="product-info-card" aria-labelledby="quick-facts-title">
135 <h3 id="quick-facts-title">Quick facts</h3>
136 <ul>
137 <li>Works with the standard XWiki login flow</li>
Agnease 23.1 138 <li>Supports TOTP authenticator applications</li>
Agnease 22.5 139 <li>Can require MFA for all users</li>
140 <li>Includes one-time recovery codes</li>
Agnease 23.1 141 <li>Can remember trusted browsers or devices</li>
Agnease 22.5 142 <li>Includes user self-service controls</li>
Agnease 23.1 143 <li>Includes an administration overview</li>
Agnease 22.5 144 </ul>
145 </aside>
146 </div>
Agnease 1.18 147 </div>
148 </section>
149
Agnease 23.1 150 <section aria-labelledby="capabilities-title">
Agnease 1.18 151 <div class="container">
Agnease 23.1 152 <h2 id="capabilities-title">Main capabilities</h2>
Agnease 1.18 153
Agnease 22.5 154 <p class="section-intro">
Agnease 23.1 155 A focused set of MFA features for stronger XWiki account protection without replacing the familiar login experience.
Agnease 22.5 156 </p>
Agnease 1.18 157
Agnease 22.5 158 <div class="product-feature-grid">
Agnease 23.1 159 #foreach ($entry in $mainCapabilityItems)
Agnease 22.5 160 <article class="product-feature">
161 <div class="card-heading">
162 <div class="feature-icon">
163 <i class="fa fa-$entry.icon" aria-hidden="true"></i>
164 </div>
165 <h3>$entry.title</h3>
166 </div>
Agnease 6.7 167
Agnease 22.5 168 <p>$entry.content</p>
169 </article>
170 #end
171 </div>
Agnease 10.1 172 </div>
173 </section>
174
Agnease 23.1 175 <section class="product-section-muted" aria-labelledby="security-title">
Agnease 10.1 176 <div class="container">
Agnease 23.1 177 <div class="product-layout">
178 <article class="product-summary-card">
179 <h2 id="security-title">Useful for XWiki security and access protection</h2>
Agnease 10.1 180
Agnease 23.1 181 <p>
182 Many organizations use XWiki to store internal documentation, procedures, operational
183 knowledge and business-critical information. Adding a second authentication factor helps
184 reduce the risk of account compromise when a password is exposed or reused.
185 </p>
Agnease 1.18 186
Agnease 23.1 187 <p>
188 The extension is especially useful for protecting administrator accounts, remote users,
189 private knowledge bases and customer or partner portals.
190 </p>
191 </article>
Agnease 8.1 192
Agnease 23.1 193 <aside class="product-info-card" aria-labelledby="use-cases-title">
194 <h3 id="use-cases-title">Typical use cases</h3>
195 <ul>
196 <li>Administrator account protection</li>
197 <li>Internal knowledge base security</li>
198 <li>Private documentation platforms</li>
199 <li>Remote user access protection</li>
200 <li>Customer or partner portals</li>
Agnease 23.4 201 <li>Security review, MFA rollout and compliance readiness</li>
Agnease 23.1 202 </ul>
203 </aside>
Agnease 22.5 204 </div>
Agnease 10.1 205 </div>
206 </section>
207
Agnease 23.1 208 <section aria-labelledby="admin-experience-title">
Agnease 10.1 209 <div class="container">
Agnease 23.1 210 <h2 id="admin-experience-title">Administrator configuration and monitoring</h2>
Agnease 10.1 211
Agnease 22.5 212 <p class="section-intro">
Agnease 23.1 213 Administrators can configure the MFA policy, define recovery options and monitor adoption from the XWiki Administration section.
Agnease 22.5 214 </p>
Agnease 10.1 215
Agnease 22.5 216 <div class="product-feature-grid">
Agnease 23.1 217 #foreach ($entry in $adminExperienceItems)
Agnease 22.5 218 <article class="product-feature">
219 <div class="card-heading">
220 <div class="feature-icon">
221 <i class="fa fa-$entry.icon" aria-hidden="true"></i>
222 </div>
223 <h3>$entry.title</h3>
224 </div>
Agnease 1.18 225
Agnease 22.5 226 <p>$entry.content</p>
227 </article>
228 #end
229 </div>
Agnease 10.1 230
231 {{/html}}
232
233 {{gallery}}
Agnease 23.1 234 [[image:mfa-admin-configuration.png]]
Agnease 10.1 235 [[image:mfa-admin-overview.png]]
Agnease 17.2 236 [[image:mfa-admin-full.png]]
Agnease 10.1 237 {{/gallery}}
238
239 {{html clean="false"}}
240
Agnease 22.5 241 <p class="product-gallery-caption">
Agnease 23.1 242 Administration screens for configuring MFA and reviewing MFA adoption across users.
Agnease 22.5 243 </p>
Agnease 7.2 244 </div>
245 </section>
246
Agnease 23.1 247 <section class="product-section-muted" aria-labelledby="user-experience-title">
Agnease 6.11 248 <div class="container">
Agnease 23.1 249 <h2 id="user-experience-title">User setup and login verification</h2>
Agnease 10.1 250
Agnease 22.5 251 <p class="section-intro">
Agnease 23.1 252 Users can configure MFA from their profile or during the enforced setup flow, then verify future logins with their authenticator app.
Agnease 22.5 253 </p>
Agnease 10.1 254
Agnease 22.5 255 <div class="product-feature-grid">
Agnease 23.1 256 #foreach ($entry in $userExperienceItems)
Agnease 22.5 257 <article class="product-feature">
258 <div class="card-heading">
259 <div class="feature-icon">
260 <i class="fa fa-$entry.icon" aria-hidden="true"></i>
261 </div>
262 <h3>$entry.title</h3>
263 </div>
Agnease 10.1 264
Agnease 22.5 265 <p>$entry.content</p>
266 </article>
267 #end
268 </div>
Agnease 10.1 269
270 {{/html}}
271
272 {{gallery}}
273 [[image:mfa-user-setup-qr.png]]
Agnease 15.2 274 [[image:mfa-login-verification-setup.png]]
275 [[image:mfa-login-verification-code.png]]
Agnease 10.1 276 {{/gallery}}
277
278 {{html clean="false"}}
279
Agnease 22.5 280 <p class="product-gallery-caption">
Agnease 23.1 281 User setup, enforced MFA configuration and login verification screens.
Agnease 22.5 282 </p>
Agnease 10.1 283 </div>
284 </section>
285
Agnease 23.1 286 <section aria-labelledby="self-service-title">
Agnease 10.1 287 <div class="container">
Agnease 23.1 288 <h2 id="self-service-title">Recovery codes and trusted devices</h2>
Agnease 10.1 289
Agnease 22.5 290 <p class="section-intro">
Agnease 23.1 291 Recovery codes and trusted devices help balance stronger access protection with a smoother user experience.
Agnease 22.5 292 </p>
Agnease 10.1 293
Agnease 22.5 294 <div class="product-feature-grid">
Agnease 23.1 295 #foreach ($entry in $selfServiceItems)
Agnease 22.5 296 <article class="product-feature">
297 <div class="card-heading">
298 <div class="feature-icon">
299 <i class="fa fa-$entry.icon" aria-hidden="true"></i>
300 </div>
301 <h3>$entry.title</h3>
302 </div>
Agnease 10.1 303
Agnease 22.5 304 <p>$entry.content</p>
305 </article>
306 #end
307 </div>
Agnease 10.1 308
309 {{/html}}
310
311 {{gallery}}
Agnease 23.1 312 [[image:mfa-user-profile-overview.png]]
Agnease 22.2 313 [[image:mfa-recovery-codes-not-generated.png]]
314 [[image:mfa-recovery-codes-generated.png]]
Agnease 10.1 315 [[image:mfa-trusted-devices.png]]
Agnease 22.2 316 [[image:mfa-user-profile-full.png]]
Agnease 10.1 317 {{/gallery}}
318
319 {{html clean="false"}}
320
Agnease 22.5 321 <p class="product-gallery-caption">
Agnease 23.1 322 User profile screens for recovery codes, trusted devices and MFA self-service management.
Agnease 22.5 323 </p>
Agnease 10.1 324 </div>
325 </section>
326
Agnease 22.3 327 <section class="product-section-muted" aria-labelledby="admin-support-title">
Agnease 10.1 328 <div class="container">
Agnease 22.3 329 <h2 id="admin-support-title">Administrator support and user recovery</h2>
330
Agnease 22.5 331 <p class="section-intro">
332 Administrators can help users recover from lost devices or restart MFA setup when needed.
333 </p>
Agnease 22.3 334
Agnease 22.5 335 <div class="product-feature-grid">
336 #foreach ($entry in $adminSupportItems)
337 <article class="product-feature">
338 <div class="card-heading">
339 <div class="feature-icon">
340 <i class="fa fa-$entry.icon" aria-hidden="true"></i>
341 </div>
342 <h3>$entry.title</h3>
343 </div>
Agnease 22.3 344
Agnease 22.5 345 <p>$entry.content</p>
346 </article>
347 #end
348 </div>
Agnease 22.3 349
350 {{/html}}
351
352 {{gallery}}
353 [[image:mfa-admin-user-management.png]]
354 {{/gallery}}
355
356 {{html clean="false"}}
357
Agnease 22.5 358 <p class="product-gallery-caption">
359 Administrator view for checking and resetting a user MFA setup.
360 </p>
Agnease 22.3 361 </div>
362 </section>
363
364 <section aria-labelledby="rollout-title">
365 <div class="container">
Agnease 8.1 366 <div class="product-layout">
367 <article class="product-summary-card">
Agnease 10.1 368 <h2 id="rollout-title">Rollout recommendations</h2>
Agnease 6.11 369
Agnease 22.5 370 <p>
371 For a smooth rollout, start with a small administrator or pilot group before requiring MFA for everyone.
372 This helps validate the configuration, prepare user communication and reduce support issues.
373 </p>
Agnease 6.11 374
Agnease 22.5 375 <ol class="process-list">
376 #foreach ($entry in $rolloutItems)
377 <li>
378 <strong>$entry.title</strong>
379 $entry.content
380 </li>
381 #end
382 </ol>
383 </article>
Agnease 6.11 384
Agnease 22.5 385 <aside class="product-info-card" aria-labelledby="planning-title">
386 <h3 id="planning-title">Useful information before installation</h3>
Agnease 10.1 387
Agnease 22.5 388 <p class="product-card-note">
389 These details help evaluate compatibility, rollout scope and configuration options.
390 </p>
Agnease 8.1 391
Agnease 22.5 392 <ul>
393 <li>XWiki version</li>
394 <li>Single wiki or wiki farm with subwikis</li>
395 <li>Current authentication setup</li>
396 <li>Optional or globally required MFA policy</li>
397 <li>Trusted-device policy</li>
398 <li>Recovery-code policy</li>
399 <li>Rollout communication needs</li>
400 </ul>
401 </aside>
402 </div>
Agnease 7.2 403 </div>
404 </section>
405
Agnease 1.18 406 <section class="cta-section" aria-labelledby="cta-title">
407 <div class="container">
408 <div class="cta-panel">
409 <h2 id="cta-title">Interested in using this extension?</h2>
Agnease 10.1 410
Agnease 22.5 411 <p>
412 Send a short message with your XWiki version, current authentication setup and MFA rollout goal.
413 </p>
Agnease 10.1 414
Agnease 22.5 415 <a class="btn btn-primary" href="$xwiki.getURL('contact.WebHome')">Contact Agnease</a>
416 </div>
Agnease 1.18 417 </div>
418 </section>
419
420 {{/html}}
421 {{/velocity}}