Hideez Key guide
Passwordless SSO, PS logon & logoff, password-based authentication
1. Sign in to your Hideez server using Admin account
2. 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.
3. Add Hideez Key to the Server
Navigate to Hardware Vaults → Add Hardware Vaults
In the opened tab, enter the serial numbers of the hardware vaults and click “Add.”
You can locate the serial number on the side panel of your Hideez Key or on the box containing your Key.
If other users also have a physical key, the admin must manually add their serial numbers on the server.
4. Configure Passwordless SSO:
Hideez Server allows you to enable passwordless Single Sign-On (SSO) based on the SAML and OpenID Connect (OIDC) protocols. These protocols are employed to verify a user’s identity when an employee tries to access web or mobile applications.
To configure the Hideez Server as an Identity Provider for passwordless SSO, go to Settings → Parameters, and proceed with SAML or OIDC configuration as described in our user guide.
5. Configure Login and Logout from PC:
Select the Enterprise version of the program.
Set your server address in the Hideez Client.
Select the type of connection for Hideez Key.
After installing the program on your computer, your workstation will appear in the list for confirmation on the dashboard of your server.
Go to the section Workstation on your server, select the workstation, and click Approve.
Assign a key to the user and copy the activation code
Create an account to unlock the PC
Pair a Hideez Key with your PC by Bluetooth
Go to Start → Settings → Devices → Bluetooth & other devices → Bluetooth and select your Hideez Key device in the list of devices
Enter the Activation code and activate the Key
Update the firmware on Hideez Key
Navigate to Program Files → Hideez > Client → and run Device Maintenance Application. Select Quick update and click Update.
Configure Proximity login and logout settings for the workstation
Go to Workstations→Workstation Profiles→ Select the profile and click Edit
To enable Proximity Unlock, you need to add the workstation for it on the Employee page
