Get Started

Let’s get you started with Affinidi Trust Network.

Before you begin using our products and developer tools like  Affinidi Portal and Affinidi CLI, you have to set up Affinidi Vault. We use the Affinidi Login to authenticate developers and grant access to our products with Affinidi Vault as the identity provider.

Additionally, once you integrate Affinidi Login into your application, you can use your Affinidi Vault to test and verify the integration.

Set up Affinidi Vault

Affinidi Vault provides a Web Vault and Mobile Vault (for Android) version to quickly onboard users into the Affinidi Trust Network. Both applications store the data securely on the local storage of your device (edge).

Affinidi Vault User Note

1. If you are a new user, depending on the device you are using, the system will prompt you to register using the web app if you are on a desktop or install the mobile app if you are on a mobile device.

2. If you are trying to log in to a website using a mobile device and have both the mobile and web apps set up, the system will use the mobile app to authenticate. Otherwise, it will use the web app for both devices.

3. The web and mobile app version of Affinidi Vault are separate accounts with different Decentralised Identifiers (DID). To use the same Affinidi Vault account across various devices and apps, back up your Affinidi Vault and use it to restore and create an account.

Create an Affinidi Vault Account

Set up an Affinidi Vault account using the Web Vault or install the Mobile Vault (for Android).

The same setup steps for Mobile Vault.

1. Click on Get started if you are creating a new account, or click on Restore from Backup if you have an existing backup of your Affinidi Vault. Provide the Passphrase to secure your Affinidi Vault.

You have the option to enable Biometrics to unlock your Affinidi Vault easily instead of using Passphrase.

2. Enter your email address to register with the Affinidi Vault. An OTP will be sent to this email for verification.

3. Enter the OTP sent to the email you have provided for verification to complete the setup.

After successfully providing the OTP, you are redirected to the Affinidi Vault dashboard.

Vault Passphrase

Remember to keep your passphrase in a secure location. Use the Passphrase Reset feature in Affinidi Vault settings to generate the PDF files and keep them safe, which you can use to recover access to your Affinidi Vault if you forget your passphrase.

Migrate from Chrome Ext.

If you are an existing Chrome Extension user and you wish to migrate your data from the Chrome Extension of Affinidi Vault to the new app, download a backup of your data from the Chrome Extension and select Restore from Backup option to create your new account.

Use this guide for the step-by-step instructions for migrating from Chrome Extension.

Affinidi Vault chrome extension can still be used to log in to the websites while on a desktop but we recommend migrating to web or mobile app.

Create a Project

All resources and integrations within the Affinidi Trust Network, such as Affinidi Login and Credential Issuance, are associated with a Project. If you would like to access and manage the resources in your project using  Affinidi TDK, the authorisation token called Project Scoped Token is generated.

To create a project, simply log in to the  Affinidi Portal. It will automatically create a default project on your first login. To learn more about the Affinidi Portal, refer to this page.

Alternatively, you can install the Affinidi CLI in the next section to create a project.

Install Affinidi CLI

npm install -g @affinidi/cli

affinidi --version

You’re all set!

What You Can Do Next

After setting up your Affinidi Vault, you can login to  Affinidi Portal, explore how Affinidi Vault and Affinidi Login work, or go through our simple guides below on integrating Affinidi Login to get you up and running and experience first-hand a seamless passwordless experience using your Affinidi Vault.