Overview
Maltego ID is the single unified login account for all your Maltego products and services, consisting of an email address and a password. Maltego ID also ensures more secure access by enabling 2-factor authentication.
You can use your Maltego ID to securely log in, activate and manage your Maltego products through the Admin section of Maltego's Browser App through a single account.
Activating your Maltego Products using Maltego ID
After you have downloaded the Maltego Graph (Desktop) Client, double-click the installer to begin the installation process. The Maltego Activation Wizard will start up and continue to guide you through installation.
Activation Options
You will be presented with two options for activating the Maltego Desktop Client.
To activate Maltego Graph using Maltego ID, select the Maltego ID option and click Next.
Online Activation using your Maltego ID
Proceed through Online Activation (this is the default, preferred activation method). Alternatively, follow the steps for Offline Activation below.
Once you have registered and activated your account, you can click the Browser Login button or copy the link into a browser of your choice (on the same system running the Client).
In the browser, use your Maltego ID registration details to login to your account.
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is supported. You will need the Authenticator app to scan the QR code and enter the code generated.
Once authentication is complete, close the browser and return to the Maltego Desktop Client.
Following successful activation, you may continue to initial data source installation.
Offline Activation using your Maltego ID
If your prefer to activate your Maltego Graph (Desktop) Client application offline, please follow the same steps above, however, once you are presented with the activation options window (shown below), select the Offline Activation option, and click "Next".
You will be presented with the next screen in the offline activation process which includes steps for offline activation using your Maltego ID.
The license request window will be populated with an activation file request blob and serves to generate a license file in the next steps. You will return to this window later to add the license file generated.
Click on the https://redirect.maltego.com/maltego/redirect/offline-activation link, or copy and paste the URL into your browser address bar.
You may be required to sign in using your Maltego ID before being directed to the License Request Window.
Following sign-in, select the relevant Organisation you wish to perform activation for and proceed to the next steps.
Copy and paste the text blob from your Maltego Graph (Desktop) application's license request window and paste the content into the the Offline Activation window in your browser. Next, click “Generate file”.
Succesful generation of your license file will be confirmed in the browser.
A .lic file (client_response.lic) license file will be automatically downloaded through your browser and accessible through your browser downloads, or your local “Downloads” folder.
Return to your Maltego Graph (Desktop) application and click “Browse”.
Navigate to the location where the generated license file is stored on your machine and select it, click “Open”.
The license file location selected will be populated to the File Name field.
Click “Next”
You will be prompted to accept Maltego’s Terms & Conditions
Select the checkbox, and click “Next”.
Successful offline activation of your Maltego Graph (Desktop) application will be confirmed in the next window:
Following successful activation, you may continue to initial data source installation.
Note: Because you have activated Maltego Graph Desktop with the Maltego ID Offline Activation option, selecting data sources from the Data Hub List will be unavailable. Installation of a Local Transform Server can be performed, and more Internal Hub Items can be added later through the Maltego Data Hub, however it will not be possible to install hub items from public Maltego Data Hub Partners.
Watch the Offline Activation tutorial video:
User and cache folder location customization
Please take note that it is possible to specify the User and Cache folder locations by providing startup commands:
- --userdir <new_user_foler>
- --cachedir <new_cache_dir>
Considerations when using these settings:
- By default, the cache folder (--cachedir) is a subfolder of the user folder (--userdir).
- The cache folder (--cachedir) requires high-speed disk access; do not place it on a network folder. Hence, if you plan to use a network folder for the user folder (--userdir), you have to set a local disk cache folder (--cachedir).
- The use of network folders are not recommended as they will impact your Maltego Client's performance significantly. Windows caches file writes. This results in Maltego exceptions when it attempts to write to files it created but which have not yet persisted to disk storage.