Directnic 2FA: how to set up an authenticator app
By the Novaz team · Updated October 29, 2026
Novaz steps checked against version 1.0.5
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Directnic is a domain registrar that also sells hosting, email and SSL certificates, so your account there controls your domains. Two-factor authentication (2FA) is optional, and Directnic's help doesn't say it's required for anything. You can choose codes from an authenticator app on your phone or a YubiKey security key (Directnic).
Know this before you start: Directnic's help mentions no backup codes. If you lose the phone, the documented way back in is a call to Directnic support. This guide uses Authenticator App - Novaz on iPhone. Directnic's articles name Google Authenticator, but Novaz or any other authenticator app works the same way.
How we checked this guide: the Directnic steps come from Directnic's own knowledge base, linked below, which we read on October 20, 2026. We haven't tested them on a Directnic account, so a label may differ slightly. The setup article is old (it still links to apps for BlackBerry and Windows Phone), so the screens may have changed since. The Novaz steps are checked against the app, version 1.0.5.
Turn on 2FA with an authenticator app
Directnic's setup article describes this path (Directnic):
- Sign in to Directnic. Point to Settings at the top of the page and click Security Settings. Directnic also gives a direct address: directnic.com/my/profile/security.
- Click Two Factor Authentication in the menu on the left.
- Under Google Authenticator, click Enable Two Factor Auth. Despite the name, the QR code in Directnic's own example is a standard one for time-based codes.
- Directnic shows a QR code and a Secret Key. In Novaz, tap +, then Scan QR code, and point the camera at the screen. If the QR code is on the same iPhone, take a screenshot, tap +, then Choose a photo. See scanning a QR code on the same iPhone.
- To type the key instead, tap +, then Enter key manually. Put "Directnic" in Service and the Secret Key in Setup key. See What is a 2FA setup key?
The article stops there and doesn't describe a confirmation step. If the page asks for a code before switching 2FA on, enter the current code from Novaz. Its lines about Add a Token and a timer-based token are for an old version of Google Authenticator, so skip them.
Directnic says its codes have six digits but not how often they change. Scanning the QR code is the safer choice, because it passes the code settings to the app. A key typed by hand always gives 30-second codes in Novaz.
Signing in afterwards
Directnic asks for your password first, then the six-digit code your app shows (Directnic). Its help says nothing about remembering a trusted computer, so expect to need a code at every sign-in.
With the YubiKey option, you touch the key's button instead of typing a code (Directnic). Novaz doesn't handle security keys, and Directnic doesn't say whether you can use both methods at once.
No backup codes
Neither of Directnic's 2FA articles mentions backup or recovery codes. Directnic is blunt about it: "Without your smartphone, you won't be able to log in." (Directnic) Unless you back up Novaz with iCloud backup or a backup file, that phone is the only thing making your codes.
Two things help:
- At setup, keep a copy of the Secret Key somewhere safe and offline. With it, you can add Directnic to an authenticator app again. Anyone who has the key can make your codes, so guard it like a password.
- Set a phone-in PIN you'll remember (below). Directnic uses it to protect your account on calls with support.
If Directnic rejects your code
Directnic's help doesn't cover rejected codes. Start with the iPhone's clock: Settings > General > Date & Time > Set Automatically. Novaz warns you when the clock is 15 seconds or more off. More causes are in Authenticator code not working?
Changing phones or turning 2FA off
To turn 2FA off, sign in and go to Settings > Security Settings > Two Factor Authentication (Directnic). The article doesn't name the button. Then remove Directnic from Novaz: open the account and tap Remove account.
Directnic doesn't describe moving 2FA to a new phone. The practical route is to turn it off while you can still sign in with the old iPhone, then set it up again with Novaz on the new one. If you have a Novaz iCloud backup or backup file, you can restore your accounts on the new iPhone instead and leave 2FA as it is. See How to transfer your authenticator app to a new iPhone.
If you lose your authenticator
Call Directnic Customer Support. Its article on turning off 2FA gives two numbers for people who no longer have their mobile device: +1.877.856.9598 and +1.504.355.0081 (Directnic). The Contact page lists +1.504.355.0081 with phone hours of 8 am to 5 pm Central time, Monday to Friday (Directnic).
Directnic doesn't say what proof it asks for or how long a reset takes. It does describe a phone-in PIN: a numeric code, separate from your password, that protects your account on calls with support (Directnic). You can set a new one under Settings > Security Settings > Phone-in PIN, then click Save (Directnic). Do it while you can still sign in, and keep the PIN somewhere other than your phone.
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