
Setting up a YubiKey can often differ from service to service. In the step-by-step instructions below we have covered the basics of registering your YubiKey with services that support the protocols Yubico OTP, U2F and WebAuthn/FIDO2. Since it’s up to each service provider, themselves, to implement both security key support and their respective set-up instructions, this process differs from service to service. Because of this we strongly recommend you to get a spare key if you haven’t already. Just like you wouldn’t want to lose those keys, you don’t want to lose your only YubiKey either. A spare YubiKey is as important as your house key, car key or other keys. In general, we recommend you set up your main YubiKey, as well as your Spare Key, at the same time. Most of the time there is no need for installation of softwares or drivers for the YubiKey to work, as it is entirely up to the service provider to implement support for the YubiKey.

The YubiKey works directly out of the package.
