Admin Guide (first steps)

IPI Authentication Service – Admin Guide

First steps with IPI 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 IES server can communicate with the IPI License Server (ILS) and obtain the licenses necessary for the IPI 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 2: Deploying IPI Enterprise Server

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.

Step 5: Adding devices to the server

• Open IPI Server.

• Navigate to Hardware Vaults → Add Hardware Vaults.

• Tape IPI 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 IPI 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 IPI Client application on the user's computer

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

You can find the latest version of IPI 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.ipi.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 IPI 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 IPI as an authentication manager!

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