---
title: "POST /_system/security/methods/default - System Security · RUAL Documentation"
description: "Set default 2FA authentication method"
canonical: https://docs.rual.nl/cluster/api/system-security/system-security-methods-default-post
language: en
---

# POST /_system/security/methods/default

Set default 2FA authentication method

| Key | Type | Example | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **[authorization](https://docs.rual.nl/cluster/api#token-providing)** required | `string` | `"Bearer access_token"` | Access token |

| Key | Type | Example | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **guid** required | `string` | 'a23575f49d0af385314c1f02280163374297e018a692e5e...' | 2FA method GUID |

```
[
  {
    "_meta": {
      "cms": 1782166695813,
      "created": 1782166695,
      "entity": 1,
      "expiry": 3600,
      "guid": "a23575f49d0af385314c1f02280163374297e018a692e5e4ab85eb307ebf6ebc",
      "removed": 0,
      "ums": 1782166695813,
      "update_hash": "60e27209fa93063b5605e41605c2722ed428cae0",
      "updated": 1782166695
    },
    "default": true,
    "method": "GET",
    "phonenumber": "+31612345678",
    "secret": "JBSWY3DPEHPK3PXP",
    "token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJndWlkIjoiYjllZTZhNjMxYjI0In0"
  }
]
```

```
{
  "error": "ERROR_KEY"
}
```

| Permission | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `Bearer token` | Access token required via Authorization header, x-authtoken, x-token, query param, or cookie |
| `users_twofactorauth_create` | Required scope: users_twofactorauth_create |