Security News > 2021 > March > How to install and configure 2FA on AlmaLinux

Once you have AlmaLinux up and running, one of the first things you should do is set up two-factor authentication for SSH. After all, you don't want to rely solely on SSH for authentication to your servers-not in today's world.

How to install the google-authenticator command on AlmaLinux.

Sudo dnf install google-authenticator grencode-libs -y How to create an SSH key.

How to generate the QR code for 2FA. In order to add AlmaLinux to your 2FA app, we have to run the google-authenticator command.

Sudo restorecon -Rv ~/.ssh/ How to configure SSH for 2FA. Now that you have 2FA set up, you'll need to configure SSH to work with it.

That's how you enable 2FA on the CentOS fork, AlmaLinux.

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