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title: Access Server Administration Guide and Tools 🛠️
canonical: https://openvpn.net/as-docs/administration/
product: Access Server Docs
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# Access Server Administration Guide and Tools 🛠️

Whether you're deploying Access Server for the first time or maintaining a production instance, this section is your home base for administration docs.

From system requirements to backups, command-line options to advanced configurations — these topics are tailored for sysadmins who want control, stability, and security.

## 🔍 Find What You Need

To explore the relevant administration docs for your version of Access Server:

- Use the **navigation menu** to browse available sections.
- Select your Access Server version from the **dropdown at the top** of the page.
  - This ensures you're seeing instructions and features that match your deployment (e.g., Admin Web UI for 3.0 vs. 2.x).

## 🧰 Topics You'll Find Here

This section includes documentation to help you:

- ✔️ Verify system requirements before installation.
- 🧱 Build out a simple infrastructure with best practices.
- 🔐 Improve your security posture, including TLS settings and VPN access control.
- 📜 Understand and manage logging and audit trails.
- 🛠️ Work with the configuration database directly.
- 💾 Create and restore backups.
- 🔄 Follow procedures for upgrades and downgrades.
- 💻 Use the command-line interface (CLI) for deeper control.
- ⚙️ Explore advanced settings like networking, legacy options, and automation.

> **Tip**
>
> Want to compare your current deployment with best practices? Use this section as a checklist for hardening, performance tuning, and future-proofing your server.

## In this section:

- [System Requirements](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/system-requirements.md)
- [Simple Infrastructure](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/simple-infrastructure.md)
- [Security](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/security.md)
- [Logging](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/logging.md)
- [Config Database](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/config-database.md)
- [Backups](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/backups.md)
- [Upgrading](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/upgrading.md)
- [Downgrading](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/downgrading.md)
- [Command Line](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/command-line-interface.md)
- [Advanced Options](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/advanced-options.md)

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