Reset Homebridge Authentication Credentials

I had to restore my iPhone from a backup and in the process wiped out my Authenticator/two factor information, which disabled Homebridge authentication. No sweat, from Terminal.app:

sudo hb-service stop

Navigator to your home folder and Homebridge settings:

cd ~/.homebridge

Now rename auth.json:

mv auth.json auth_old.json

Restart homebridge:

sudo hb-service start

And with a browser navigate to you’ll be able to authenticate with admin/admin through Homebridge’s web user interface. In the upper righthand corner of your web browser’s tap the 3 dots, tap “User Accounts”, and finally tap “ENABLE 2FA” to re-enable two factor authentication.

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