Aéza 2FA: how to set up an authenticator app for your hosting account
By the Novaz team · Updated October 29, 2026
Novaz steps checked against version 1.0.5
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Aéza is a hosting provider: your account there holds your virtual and dedicated servers, domains, balance and API keys. Two-factor authentication (2FA) is optional. Aéza offers two kinds of second step: a 6-digit code from an authenticator app, and a sign-in confirmation sent to a Telegram account you link (Aéza).
Aéza's knowledge base names Google Authenticator in its text, but the setup window itself says any app that makes RFC 6238 codes will do. RFC 6238 is the standard for time-based codes, so Authenticator App - Novaz on iPhone works, and that's the app we use below. Any other authenticator app works the same way.
How we checked this guide: the Aéza steps come from Aéza's own knowledge base (AézaWiki), in English and Russian, including the screenshots in the article, which we read on October 21, 2026. We haven't tested them on an Aéza account, so a label may differ slightly. The Novaz steps are checked against the app, version 1.0.5.
Turn on 2FA with an authenticator app
These steps follow the article and its screenshots (Aéza). The panel shows most labels in lowercase, as below.
- Sign in to your Aéza account and choose settings in the left menu.
- Open the Security tab. Scroll past change password and Linked accounts to Two-factor authentication, and choose connect.
- A window titled 2FA connection opens. Step 1 there asks you to install an app, which you've already done.
- Under 2. Scan the code, Aéza shows a QR code. In Novaz, tap +, then Scan QR code, and point the camera at it. If you're on the same iPhone, take a screenshot, then tap + and Choose a photo. See how to scan a QR code on the same iPhone.
- If the scan fails, the window shows a key under the QR code, with a copy button, for manual setup. In Novaz, tap +, then Enter key manually, type a name such as Aéza under Service, and paste the key into Setup key. More in What is a 2FA setup key?
- Under 3. Enter code, type the 6-digit code from Novaz and choose Apply. The hint above the field tells you to click "Confirm", but the button in the screenshot reads Apply.
When it works, the section thanks you for turning on two-factor authentication and shows two buttons: Backup codes and disconnect.
Aéza doesn't say how often its codes change or how long the key is. Scanning the QR code is the safer route, because the code carries those settings into Novaz.
Make your backup codes right away
Aéza's article treats backup codes as a separate step after setup. Go back to Two-factor authentication on the Security tab and choose Backup codes (Aéza). The screenshots show eight codes, along with Copy all codes and Regenerate codes buttons.
A few things Aéza explains about them:
- Each code signs you in once, without the authenticator.
- They don't expire.
- When you've used them up, you can make a new set in the same place.
- The window warns that the codes appear only when they're generated: "you cannot view them again."
Aéza suggests keeping them offline, on paper or a flash drive, not anywhere online. Novaz keeps its keys on your iPhone unless you make a Novaz backup, so if that iPhone is gone without one, these codes are how you get back in. See 2FA backup codes.
Telegram as a second option
You can also link a Telegram account under Linked accounts (Aéza). Once it's linked, Login confirmation via Telegram switches on by itself, and you can turn it off on the Security tab. At sign-in you then choose: type the app code, or tap Allow access in the message the Aéza bot sends you (Aéza).
The same Linked accounts area lets you sign in with Yandex, Discord, GitHub or Telegram. Aéza's help doesn't say whether those sign-ins also ask for your authenticator code.
When Aéza asks for a code
According to the knowledge base, once 2FA is on, you need a fresh code from the app every time you sign in. It doesn't mention trusted devices or a "remember me" option.
If Aéza rejects your code
Aéza's help doesn't cover rejected codes. The usual cause is the phone's clock. On iPhone, open Settings > General > Date & Time and turn on Set Automatically. Novaz warns you when the clock is 15 seconds or more off. For other causes, see Authenticator code not working?
Changing phones
Aéza doesn't describe moving 2FA to a new phone. In Novaz, an iCloud backup or backup file lets you restore your accounts on the new iPhone. Without one, plan to add Aéza to the new phone from scratch while you can still sign in with the old one. The help doesn't say whether disconnect asks for a code first. See How to transfer your authenticator app to a new iPhone.
If you lose your authenticator
- Backup codes: type one in place of the app code (Aéza).
- Telegram: if you linked Telegram and left login confirmation on, approve the sign-in in the bot.
- Neither: Aéza's knowledge base doesn't describe a recovery process, what proof it asks for, or how long it takes. Its contacts page lists support at support@aeza.net and the Telegram bot @aeza_support_bot (Aéza).
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Turning 2FA off
The screenshots show a disconnect button under Two-factor authentication once it's on. The article doesn't walk through what happens after you choose it.
