Managing an existing account on CopPhil

In this article, you will learn how to manage an account on CopPhil.

Prerequisites

No. 1 Account

You need a CopPhil account. See Register and create a new account on CopPhil

No. 2 Two-factor authentication

On CopPhil, it is possible to use two-factor authentication. It is optional, but if you want to learn more, check these articles:

What We Are Going To Cover

  • Logging in to your account

  • Personal info page

  • Set up account security – signing in & the password

  • Two-factor authentication

  • Device activity

  • Active applications

Logging in to your account, Personal info screen

If you have already signed into CopPhil site, on Data Explorer screen a Settings icon will be present. Clicking on it, option User profile settings will become present:

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Or, you can use the following link directly https://auth.copphil.cloudferro.com/auth/realms/copphilinfra/account/:

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Fill in the credentials and click Sign In.

If you have two-factor authentication set up, you will be prompted for your 6-digit TOTP code:

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If this happens, generate that code, enter it and click Sign In.

If two-factor authentication is new to you, see Prerequisite No. 2.

Personal info page

Once you’re logged in, you should be directed to section Personal info

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You can edit this information using this form. To save changes, click Save.

You can switch to account management options using the bar on the left of the page:

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If you can’t see this bar because your browser window is too narrow, click the “hamburger” button:

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The bar should now appear.

Account Security

Section Account Security contains various options for securing your account:

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Signing in

On this page, you can configure how you want to sign in:

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Basic authentication

Basic authentication consists of credentials consisting of only

  • your user name and

  • email address.

Password

In this section, you can check when was your password last changed.

To change your password, click on Update

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You might now be requested to reauthenticate. Follow the prompts and prove your identity by providing requested security information.

Eventually, you should get to this form:

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Enter new password twice and click Submit.

If you were successful, you should be returned to the page Signing in. The timestamp provided in field Created for your password should be changed:

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Two-factor authentication

To increase security of your account, on this page you can optionally set two-factor authentication. See Prerequisite No. 2 for more details.

Device activity

This page lists current login sessions:

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In this example, there are two sessions:

  • The session from which the screenshot was taken which uses Firefox 132 running on Ubuntu

  • Other session which uses Chromium-based browser

To refresh the status of your sessions, click Refresh the page.

From here, you can sign out from other sessions by clicking Sign out next to them, for example:

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You can also sign out from all devices by clicking Sign out of all devices. If you use that option, you should see the following prompt:

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Clicking Confirm here should log you out from all sessions, including the session from which you run this command.

Applications

This sections shows applications to which your account has access.

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By default, you should have access to Account Console which is the piece of software you are currently using to manage your account.

What To Do Next

For additional security, consider setting up two-factor authentication for your account:

Two-Factor authentication to CopPhil site using mobile application

Two-Factor Authentication to CopPhil site using KeePassXC on desktop

Once you know that your account is set up to your liking, you can move to using CopPhil services, such as: