Admin Guide (first steps)

Hideez Authentication Service – Admin Guide

First steps with Hideez Authentication Service

System Requirements

  • Can be installed on a bare metal or virtual server

  • Linux

    • CentOS Linux 7

    • Ubuntu Server LTS 18.04

    • Ubuntu Server LTS 20.04

  • Windows Server 2012 and up

  • 4 GB RAM

Our engineers can set up a test server in the cloud for you so that you can try out its features. The production server you have to install yourself inside your local network. To do this, follow these steps:

Step 1: Import License

The API Key is required so that your HES server can communicate with the Hideez License Server (HLS) and obtain the licenses necessary for the Hideez Keys to work. To do this, you can request a pilot. The resulting API Key must be registered in the server settings in Step 4.

Step 3: Obtaining administrator rights on the server

Log on to the server using the default login admin@server and the password admin. Invite a new administrator and then delete the default administrator's account.

Step 4: Configuring the server

Go to Settings → Parameters. Fill in all required parameters and save them.

  • Open Hideez Server.

  • Navigate to Hardware Vaults → Add Hardware Vaults.

  • Tape Hideez Key serial number and click Add.

If for some reason your keys are not imported, contact support.

After adding the keys to the server, please make sure that they have the latest firmware. Firmware upgrade takes just a minute!

Step 6: Obtaining licenses

In this step, you need to add a license for your employees. You can either download the license from the Hideez portal or contact us to generate the license for you.

  1. Go to Portal→Subscriptions→Update→select the number of employees→ Confirm.

  2. Download the license.

  1. Go to Server Setting→ Parameters → Licensing section → License Import → upload license file.

Step 7: Installing the Hideez Client application on the user's computer

The Hideez Client application should be installed on all workstations where users will log in using Hideez Keys.

You can find the latest version of Hideez Client here. You can find installation instructions here.

Note! The Client settings must contain the path to the server that you just installed. To automate this step, follow this guide.

You need to specify the full server address, for example, https://publicdemo.hideez.com/ or http://192.168.10.203/, or use any port you require, for instance, http://192.168.10.203:9090/.

Step 8: Approve workstations

For using the Hideez Key on the employee's workstation, it should be approved by the administrator.

Step 9: Add Employees to your server and assign them devices

You can add employees manually or import them from AD. Don't forget to inform the activation code. Read more about the device activation mechanism.

Step 10: Add accounts

Read more about personal and shared accounts.

Now you can start using Hideez as an authentication manager!

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