Tutorial: Adding Users to Access Server⁠

• An installed Access Server.

• Admin Web UI access.

Configure your server's authentication before adding any user accounts. The default authentication method is local, where the authentication resides on your server.

Refer to the appropriate tutorials:

• Local tutorials

• LDAP tutorials

• RADIUS tutorials

• SAML tutorials

• PAM tutorials

1. Sign in to the Admin Web UI.

2. Click Users.

3. Click Add New User.

4. Enter the Username and click Save. (Optionally, you can click Add another user to add more than one user at a time.)

   • The Single User page is displayed for the new user. (Optionally, if you added multiple users, the Users page displays. Click on individual users to modify settings.)

5. Set the user's permissions by optionally assigning them to a group, promoting them to an admin, or allowing auto-login profiles.

6. Select the user's authentication method.

7. Enable MFA if desired.

8. Select between dynamic or static IP address assignments.

9. Permit traffic from the server to the client with the DMZ settings.

10. Select whether to create the user as a gateway client.

11. Define routing or NAT rules under Group and User Access Rules.

12. Click Save.

Once you've set up your users, they can sign in to your Access Server Client Web UI and download either a preconfigured OpenVPN Connect app or a connection profile. If you’ve already set up a hostname, your users can navigate to that hostname in a browser, such as vpn.example.com. If you aren’t using a hostname, your users must go to the IP address of your server. Users sign in with their credentials on the Client Web UI and choose which app they want to download for their OS.

Your users can also download OpenVPN Connect directly from our website. After downloading, they install and launch the app, click to add a new connection, enter the Client Web UI URL with their credentials, and import their profile.

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.

You can find details about pricing here: Access Server Pricing.