Managing multifactor authentication
Flex Appliance supports multifactor authentication for local, Active Directory (AD), and LDAP users in the Flex Appliance Console and the hostadmin user in the Flex Appliance Shell. Multifactor authentication uses time-based one-time passwords to provide secure authentication. Each user can configure multifactor authentication individually, or a security administrator can enforce multifactor authentication for all console users.
Multifactor authentication does not apply for users who have configured smart card authentication or for SSO users. For SSO users, Cohesity recommends that you configure multifactor authentication through the SSO identity provider (IDP).
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AD and LDAP user groups are not supported for multifactor authentication. You can add these users individually so they can configure multifactor authentication, or you can configure authentication with smart cards or digital certificates instead.
See Configuring or reconfiguring multifactor authentication.