AusweisApp2 - Official authentication app for German ID cards and residence permits

Author

       This man page was written by Lee Garrett (debian@rocketjump.eu) for Debian (but may be used by others).

Caveats

       Currently there is no way to terminate the program on gnome as the TrayIcon is mandatory.

Description

       AusweisApp2 allows you to authenticate yourself against websites via your German ID  card  and  residence
       permits.

       You will need:
       * an ID card that is enabled for online identification
       * A compatible NFC device (most NFC readers should work, NFC-enabled phones can * also be used)
       * AusweisApp2
       * A browser
       * A website that supports authentication via German ID card

       When you visit such a website, AusweisApp2 will be triggered and will ask you if you want to authenticate
       against the website.

       This program will provide a local webserver for your browser to interface against.

Environment

QT_QPA_PLATFORM={wayland|X11}
              You  may  force  the  session  type to wayland or X11. This is only needed for debugging purposes.
              XDG_SESSION_TYPE will be ignored on gnome.

Files

~/.config/AusweisApp2_CE/AusweisApp2.conf File path where the user config is saved.

Name

       AusweisApp2 - Official authentication app for German ID cards and residence permits

Options

-h,--help
              Displays a short help message.

       --help-all
              Displays help including Qt specific options.

       -v,--version
              Displays version information.

       --keep
              By default, AusweisApp2 writes a log to a file matching ${TMP}/AusweisApp2.*.log. When the program
              terminates, it will be deleted. This setting prevents deletion.

       --no-logfile
              Suppress writing a log file to ${TMP}/AusweisApp2.*.log. Logs will still be written to STDOUT.

       --no-loghandler
              Disable default log handler. This disables logging to STDOUT.

       --show Show window on startup.

       --no-proxy
              Disable system proxy.

       --ui{Qml|WebSocket}
              Use given UI plugin. "Qml" will start the program with a visible UI, "WebSocket" will let it start
              in the background as an SDK. This is only useful when integrating AusweisApp2 into other programs.
              Default is "Qml,Websocket".  This option allows multiple values.

       --portPORT
              Change  the  listening  port for the WebSocket. Default is 24727. Selecting "0" is a special case.
              AusweisApp2  will  then  select  a  random  port  and  write  the  port  number  to  a   file   in
              ${TMP}/AusweisApp2.<PID>.port.

Return Value

       AusweisApp2 will return 0 when sucessfully terminated.

Synopsis

       AusweisApp2 [-h|--help]
       AusweisApp2 [--help-all]
       AusweisApp2 [-v|--version]
       AusweisApp2 [--show]
       AusweisApp2  [--keep]  [--no-logfile]  [--no-loghandler]  [--show]  [--no-proxy] [--ui { Qml|WebSocket }]
       [--port PORT]