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Duo Duo

Duo puts an organization on the fast-track to zero trust by securing the modern workforce. The simple, all-in-one platform lets you verify user identities, assess and act on the health of devices, set adaptive access policies, and protect users' productivity with modern remote access and SSO capabilities.

Creating a Duo connection

The Duo connection uses the Admin API application.

To create the connection you need:

  • An API hostname
  • Integration Key
  • Secret Key

Obtaining the credentials

  1. Log in to Duo's admin portal.

  2. Navigate to Application > Applications.

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  3. Click on + Protect an application.

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  4. Search for the Admin API application, and click on Protect.

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  5. On the application's settings page, navigate to the Permissions section by scrolling down. To enable the execution of all Duo actions, ensure the specified permissions are selected:

    duo_admin_permissions

    duo_admin_permissions_grant

  6. Scroll down and click on Save Changes.

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  7. Scroll up and copy the connection details.

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Creating your connection

  1. In the Blink platform, navigate to the Connections page > Add connection. A New Connection dialog box opens displaying icons of external service providers available.
  2. Select the Duo icon. A dialog box with name of the connection and connection methods appear.
  3. (Optional) Edit the name of the connection. At a later stage you cannot edit the name.
  4. Select Secret Key as the method to make the connection.
  5. Fill in the parameters:
    • The Admin API hostname of the form https://api-xxxxxxxxx.duosecurity.com
    • The integration key of the Admin API
    • THe secret key of the Admin API
  6. (Optional) Click Test Connection to test it.
  7. Click Create connection. The new connection appears on the Connections page.