Tutorial: Setting Your VPN Client to Automatically Connect With Your VPN at Startup⁠

1. The user installs OpenVPN Connect on their device.

The administrator allows downloading an auto-login connection profile:

1. Sign in to the Admin Web UI.

2. Click User Permissions > User Management.

3. Find the user from the list and check Allow Auto-login.

   

4. Select Save Settings and Update Running Server.

The user downloads and imports an auto-login connection profile:

1. Sign in to the Client Web UI.

2. Under Available Connection Profiles, click the autologin profile.

   • The connection profile downloads to the user's device.

3. Double-click the connection profile.

   • OpenVPN Connect opens to the Import Profile screen.

4. Click Import to import the auto-login connection profile.

The user now selects the OpenVPN connect launch options appropriate to their operating system.

The last step is to connect to Access Server with the auto-login connection profile so OpenVPN Connect knows the profile to restore connection with after a restart:

1. Launch OpenVPN Connect.

2. Click the toggle next to the auto-login connection profile.

   • OpenVPN Connect makes the connection and displays the connection status.

3. The user can close the app window, and the VPN connection remains in the background.

   • When the user restarts their device, OpenVPN Connect launches at startup and restores the connection to the profile that was connected before the app shuts down.