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Working With Access Server User Accounts

When you connect employees and devices to Access Server, you set up user accounts. Access Server provides great flexibility for setting these up by supporting multiple authentication methods and connection profile types.

This page provides a good overview of the documentation available.

Setting up authentication

Configure your server’s authentication before adding any user accounts. The default authentication method is local, which means it resides on your server. If you choose this method, you can start adding new users immediately after installation.

Access Server also supports these methods:

First-time setup: users and groups

If you're looking for resources on setting up users and groups with a new Access Server installation, you can check the section, First-time setup, specifically the section, Users and groups.

Add new users

To add user accounts, follow our tutorial: Adding Users to Access Server.

Connect users

If you have user accounts and want to connect employees and devices, refer to Connecting Clients.

OpenVPN Connect is our VPN client, developed and maintained by OpenVPN, Inc. Its documentation is available here.

Adding more connections

Access Server provides you with two free connections. You can test out your network setup before making any commitments or purchases. You can purchase a subscription when you’re ready to add more devices.

Find details about pricing here: Access Server Pricing.