Architecture Overview

PowerAuth architecture is designed so that the deployment can be very simple, but at the same time allows complex deployment alongside of other authentication methods (as a part of the central authentication / authorization component).

Architecture Diagram

Following diagram captures the basic deployment strategy for the PowerAuth technology.

As you can see, there are only couple components present:

• Our back-end components
• Your existing back-end components
• Our integration libraries for your back-end components
• Our mobile SDK for iOS and Android apps

Our Back-End Components

PowerAuth Deployment requires installation of just one easy to deploy component.

• PowerAuth Server
  • The core server component that manages activated devices, enables the activation process, verifies signatures and keeps system configuration.
  • Component communicates using SOAP or REST services.
  • Documentation:
    • Deploying PowerAuth Server
• PowerAuth Admin (optional)
  • Simple GUI admin for managing the PowerAuth Server.
  • Documentation:
    • Deploying PowerAuth Admin

Your Back-End Components

PowerAuth installation has impact on several of your components:

• Mobile Banking API application - Application that publishes API that is consumed by the mobile clients.
• Activation Channels - Various types of applications used to activate PowerAuth Client, for example the internet banking, ATM interface, branch applications, etc.
• Internal bank systems / ESB - Of course, you can use any systems to proxy PowerAuth Server services.

Our Back-End Integration Libraries

To simplify deployment, PowerAuth brings ready-to-use libraries for Java EE / Spring, namely:

• Easy to use PowerAuth Server SOAP service client (Axis2 or Spring-WS)
  • Documentation:
    • SOAP Service Client for Spring
    • SOAP Service Client for Axis2
• High-level integration libraries that publish all required services and simplify signature validation (Java EE or Spring)
  • Documentation:
    • RESTful API Security for Spring
    • RESTful API Security for JAX-RS

Our Mobile SDK for iOS or Android

You can integrate PowerAuth easily with your mobile app using our high-level SDK.

• Documentation:
  • PowerAuth SDK for iOS
  • PowerAuth SDK for Android