Login as admin. Go to "Site administration > Mobile settings" Enable the "Enable web services for mobile devices" setting Go to "Site administration > Mobile authentication" Set any value to the "QR code access" field and "Save changes" Execute the following curl command pointing to your local installation curl 'http://localhost/m/stable_master/lib/ajax/service.php' --data-binary ' [\{"index":0,"methodname":"tool_mobile_get_public_config","args":{}}] ' | python -m "json.tool" Check that you receive in the curl response a tool_mobile_qrcodetype field with the following values: 0 when the QR configuration is set to "Access via QR code disabled" 1 when the QR configuration is set to "QR code with site URL" 2 when the QR configuration is set to "QR code with automatic login" Please note that depending on your site configuration, if it is not using https for example, you might not see the last option "QR code with automatic login" in step 2