Configuring Email Challenge in the Oracle Advanced Authentication Self-Service Portal.

Introduction

This tutorial shows you how to use the Self-Service Portal to configure an Email Challenge with Oracle Advanced Authentication (OAA), for the purposes of multi-factor authentication.

Objectives

In this tutorial you will perform the following tasks:

  1. Configure the Email challenge factor in the Self-Service Portal.

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial ensure you have met these requirements:

  1. An Oracle Advanced Authentication deployment is available with Factor Verification enabled. See, Configuring Factor Verification.

  2. The Oracle Advanced Authentication deployment is configured for use with the Email messaging provider. See Configuring Oracle UMS Server for Email and SMS and Customizing E-Mail and SMS Messaging Provider.

  3. You have access to the Self-Service Portal and can login with your user credentials.

Note: You can still follow this tutorial if factor verification is disabled, but you will not be able to verify if the factor is working.

Configure Email Challenge in the Self-Service Portal

  1. Access the Self-Service Portal. For example, https://oaa.example.com/oaa/rui.

  2. Enter your user credentials. For example, testuser/<password>.

  3. In the left navigation menu, select My Authenticators.

  4. Select Add Authentication Factor and from the drop down menu select Email Challenge:

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  5. In the Setup Security Code via Email screen, enter a Friendly Name and your email address. For example:

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  6. Click Verify Now:

    Note: If factor verification isn’t enabled, Verify Now and Verify Later will not show. Instead, click Save.

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  7. You will received a One Time Passcode (OTP) in your email. Enter this OTP in the Verification code field. Click Verify and Save:

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  8. If the verification is successful, the Self-Service Portal will show the factor has been added:

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