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Does the mobile app work when TFA is enabled? I have two VPS hosts, the one without TFA works fine in the app. The one with TFA does not.
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Question Two-factor authentication and mobile app
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Hey, I ran into the same issue a while back — turns out the Plesk mobile app doesn’t really play nice with two-factor authentication. Once I enabled 2FA, the app just stopped letting me in properly.
What worked for me was switching to the mobile browser instead of the app. You’ll still get the 2FA prompt there, and it works without problems. Not as slick as the app, but at least you can manage things on the go.
If you really need to use the app, you might want to disable 2FA just for your user temporarily — though I’d only recommend that if you’re confident in your server’s overall security. Otherwise, stick with the browser for now and maybe let Plesk know you'd like better 2FA support in the app.
What worked for me was switching to the mobile browser instead of the app. You’ll still get the 2FA prompt there, and it works without problems. Not as slick as the app, but at least you can manage things on the go.
If you really need to use the app, you might want to disable 2FA just for your user temporarily — though I’d only recommend that if you’re confident in your server’s overall security. Otherwise, stick with the browser for now and maybe let Plesk know you'd like better 2FA support in the app.
MFA is currently not supported for the Plesk mobile app as the same uses XML API to manage Plesk and adding MFA support requires significant changes in the business logic. At this point, there is no ongoing initiative for introducing MFA support for it. If that changes, I will follow up with more details.
Apart from the workaround suggested by @NeoToad , the alternative we can suggest for limiting access from the mobile app is to restrict API access according to the following guide:
Apart from the workaround suggested by @NeoToad , the alternative we can suggest for limiting access from the mobile app is to restrict API access according to the following guide:
> Use the API
Yeah, rubbish. There is a bug I filed long many years ago which still isn't resolved. So no, what you ask is not available, and the "supposed" workaround using the API - for the mobile app - isn't working either.
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Another case of Plesk offering something buggy and then not be willing to solve it properly as - per Peter (ex Plesk support person) - there isn't enough demand of this feature to actually spend time on it and fix properly what they couldn't do right in the first place.
Yeah, rubbish. There is a bug I filed long many years ago which still isn't resolved. So no, what you ask is not available, and the "supposed" workaround using the API - for the mobile app - isn't working either.
Forwarded to devs - access limitation to API - Plesk Mobile Extension doesn't handle it correctly
Username: TITLE access limitation to API - Plesk Mobile Extension doesn't handle it correctly PRODUCT, VERSION, OPERATING SYSTEM, ARCHITECTURE Plesk 18.0.40, CentOS 7.9 PROBLEM DESCRIPTION Plesk Mobile Extension doesn't behave as expected when API access is restricted in panel.ini...
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