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title: Sign In and Complete First-Time Setup in the Admin Web UI
canonical: https://openvpn.net/as-docs/v3/first-time-admin-web-ui/
product: Access Server Docs
description: Sign in to the Access Server Admin Web UI for the first time — covers certificate warnings, EULA acceptance, license activation for BYOL deployments, the Onboarding Wizard, and the optional Admin Web UI tour introduced in Access Server 3.2.2.
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# Sign In and Complete First-Time Setup in the Admin Web UI

Now that you have your [Admin Web UI URL, username, and temporary password](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/v3/web-server-urls.md), you can sign in and complete the initial Access Server setup:

1. Open a web browser and enter your Admin Web UI address.
2. If a certificate warning displays, continue to the site.

   > **Tip**
   >
   > Access Server can use either a browser-trusted certificate or its default self-signed certificate, depending on how your server was deployed and configured.
   >
   > If Access Server is using a self-signed certificate, your browser displays an expected certificate warning. The connection is still encrypted, but the browser can't automatically verify the server's identity.
3. Enter your administrative username and password.

   > **Tip**
   >
   > For many new installations, the initial administrative username is `openvpn`.
4. Review the End User License Agreement (EULA), if prompted, and select **Agree**.
5. If **Activate your Access Server** displays, enter a valid license activation key to continue. If you need an activation key, select **Go to Access Server Hub** to get a new subscription.

   > **Tip**
   >
   > The activation step appears only on deployments that require activation before you can access the rest of the Admin Web UI.
6. Complete the **Onboarding Wizard**if it displays.

   > **Tip**
   >
   > The Onboarding Wizard guides you through initial access configuration, downloading OpenVPN Connect, and testing your first VPN connection.
7. After the wizard, follow the optional **Admin Web UI tour** to learn about key areas of the interface, or close the tour to continue on your own.

> **Note**
>
> Starting with Access Server 3.2.2, the Onboarding Wizard and Admin Web UI tour display during the first-run experience on a fresh installation. They don't automatically display after an Access Server upgrade.

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Prev: [Web Server URLs](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/v3/web-server-urls.md)
Next: [Activate](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/v3/activate-subscription-from-admin-web-ui.md)
Index: https://openvpn.net/as-docs/llms.txt