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SMS authenticator setup stage

This stage configures an SMS-based authenticator using either Twilio, or a generic HTTP endpoint.

Twilio​

Navigate to https://console.twilio.com/, and log in to your existing account, or create a new one.

In the sidebar, navigate to Explore Products, then Messaging, and Services below that.

Click on Create Messaging Service to create a new set of API credentials.

Give the service a Name, and select Verify users as a use-case.

In the next step, add an address from your Sender Pool. Instructions on how to create numbers are not covered here, please check the Twilio documentation here.

The other two steps can be skipped using the Skip setup button.

Afterwards, copy the value of Messaging Service SID. This is the value for the Twilio Account SID field in authentik.

Navigate back to the root of your Twilio console, and copy the Auth token. This is the value for the Twilio Auth Token field in authentik.

Generic​

For the generic provider, a POST request will be sent to the URL you have specified in the External API URL field. The request payload looks like this

{
    "From": "<value of the *From number* field>",
    "To": "<the phone number of the user's device>",
    "Body": "<the token that the user needs to authenticate>,
}

Authentication can either be done as HTTP Basic, or via a Bearer Token. Any response with status 400 or above is counted as failed, and will prevent the user from proceeding.