Network Management

Advanced Authentication Options for the SolarWinds Platform

This article provides information about authentication options within the SolarWinds Platform. While Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is not supported natively in the SolarWinds Platform, you can use CAC/PKI smart card or SAML authentication.

First published date

4/8/2019 6:38 PM

Last published date

1/13/2026 5:23 PM

Overview

This article covers advanced authentication options for securing the SolarWinds Platform. MFA, also known as 2 Factor Authentication (2FA) is not available, but CAC/PKI smart card authentication or SAML authentication is available.

Product section

Orion Platform

Resolution

All currently-supported SolarWinds Platform products support Smart Card (CAC/PKI) user authentication. See Enable Smart Card (CAC/PKI) user authentication for Orion Web Console.

Starting with SolarWinds Platform 2018.4, you can log into the SolarWinds Web Console using the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) v2 protocol for supported identity providers, including Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and Okta. See Authenticate Orion users with SAML v2.

To learn more about using MFA in the SolarWinds Platform, refer to these resources:

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