Tutorial: Using the Access Server Onboarding Wizard and Admin Web UI Tour⁠

On a fresh Access Server installation, the Onboarding Wizard displays during the first sign-in to the Admin Web UI.

1. Complete the initial Access Server installation.

2. Open the Admin Web UI.

3. Sign in with your administrative credentials.

4. Review and accept the End User License Agreement (EULA), if prompted.

5. Complete Access Server activation if your deployment requires it.

   • The Onboarding Wizard displays.

The first part of the wizard helps you define the initial network access available to VPN clients.

1. Review the available access options.

2. Select whether VPN clients should have:

   • Internet access through Access Server.

   • Access to private resources behind Access Server.

   • Both, if appropriate for your deployment.

3. If private-resource access is enabled, review the network CIDRs Access Server detected.

4. Confirm that those networks match the resources VPN users should be allowed to access.

5. Remove or change any networks that VPN users shouldn't be able to access.

6. Select Continue.

The wizard lets you download OpenVPN Connect and prepare your first VPN connection.

1. Review the OpenVPN Connect download offered by the wizard.

2. Confirm that the download matches the operating system of the device you're using.

3. Select Download.

4. Install OpenVPN Connect.

5. Return to the Onboarding Wizard.

6. Select Continue.

The wizard waits for a VPN connection so you can verify the basic setup.

1. Launch OpenVPN Connect.

2. Use the connection profile provided during onboarding.

3. Connect to Access Server.

4. Confirm that the VPN connection succeeds.

5. Return to the Admin Web UI.

6. Select Finish Wizard.

You can also close the wizard if you prefer to finish configuration later.

After the Onboarding Wizard, Access Server can display an Admin Web UI tour. The tour uses tooltips to introduce important areas of the Admin Web UI:

• Client Web UI.

• Users.

• Access Controls.

• Authentication.

• Activation.

Follow the tooltips to move through the tour, or close the tour if you don't need it. For detailed information about the interface and available settings, refer to the Admin Web UI User Manual.

Use the command line to see whether the Onboarding Wizard and Admin Web UI tour are currently enabled. The following steps use sacli, the Access Server command-line configuration tool.

1. Connect to the console and get root privileges.

2. Run:

   sacli activeconfig | grep onboarding

3. Review the values for:

   admin_ui.onboarding.show_wizard
   admin_ui.onboarding.show_tour

   • A value of true enables the corresponding experience.

After the wizard or tour has been displayed, Access Server suppresses it by changing the associated behavior so it doesn't appear again automatically.

Use the admin_ui.onboarding.show_wizard configuration key to re-enable the wizard.

1. Connect to the console and get root privileges.

2. Run:

   sacli -k "admin_ui.onboarding.show_wizard" -v "true" ConfigPut

3. Apply the configuration:

   sacli start

4. Verify the value:

   sacli activeconfig | grep onboarding

   • The Onboarding Wizard is available to display again.

Use the admin_ui.onboarding.show_tour configuration key to re-enable the tooltips tour.

1. Connect to the console and get root privileges.

2. Run:

   sacli -k "admin_ui.onboarding.show_tour" -v "true" ConfigPut

3. Apply the configuration:

   sacli start

4. Verify the value:

   sacli activeconfig | grep onboarding

5. Sign in to the Admin Web UI again.

   • The Admin Web UI tour is available to display again.

1. To re-enable both the Onboarding Wizard and Admin Web UI tour, run:

   sacli -k "admin_ui.onboarding.show_wizard" -v "true" ConfigPut
   sacli -k "admin_ui.onboarding.show_tour" -v "true" ConfigPut
   sacli start

2. Verify the configuration:

   sacli activeconfig | grep onboarding