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title: 'Video: How to Set Up an Access Server (3.0) Cluster'
canonical: https://openvpn.net/as-docs/v3/videos/video--set-up-access-server-cluster/
product: Access Server Docs
description: Set up an Access Server cluster to scale horizontally and achieve active-active redundancy for VPN connections.
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# Video: How to Set Up an Access Server (3.0) Cluster

This video shows you how to set up an Access Server cluster to scale horizontally and achieve active-active redundancy.

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| **Date published:** | Nov 5, 2025 |
| **Functionality covered:** | Setting up a cluster of Access Servers to share configuration data through a common database, use a DNS round-robin setup for client connections, and activate a global subscription licensing pool for all VPN connections. |
| **Description** | VPC DigitalOcean setup with DNS round-robin configuration. Initial Access Server with user and group configurations. SQL database running on DigitalOcean in the same VPC network. Create a new cluster by entering SQL database details. Connect additional Access Servers by joining to the cluster and using the same SQL database. Configure all Access Servers to use the DNS round-robin. Clients connect to any available Access Server in the cluster setup. |
| **Access Server version** | 3.0.1 |
| **Length** | 06:43 |

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