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title: "Multi-factor authentication"
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date: 2018-08-23 09:40
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This is an advanced feature. If misconfigured, you will not be able to access Home Assistant anymore!
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Besides the normal authentication providers, it's also possible to configure multi-factor authentication providers. These authentication providers will require the user to solve a second challenge besides just logging in. The idea is that you ask the user for something they know, their username/password, and something they have, like a time-based authentication token from their phone.

This feature is currently a work in progress and no configurable multi-factor authentication providers are currently available.