{"id":46690,"date":"2026-10-27T20:13:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asfa.gr\/?p=46690"},"modified":"2026-10-28T16:13:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T14:13:19","slug":"instructions-for-accessing-the-asfa-virtual-private-network-vpn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asfa.gr\/en\/ict\/instructions-for-accessing-the-asfa-virtual-private-network-vpn\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructions for Accessing the ASFA Virtual Private Network (VPN)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Start by visiting: <a href=\"https:\/\/uvpn.asfa.gr\">https:\/\/uvpn.asfa.gr<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong><br>You need to install a VPN app. We recommend <strong>OpenVPN Connect v3<\/strong>, the latest version. It lets you import a ready-made profile that already contains all the settings you need. The download link is on the page above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pick the version that matches your device (computer, tablet or smartphone) and its operating system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong><br>Once the app is installed and running on your device, click <strong>\u201cDownload profile\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/uvpn.asfa.gr\">https:\/\/uvpn.asfa.gr<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then click <strong>Confirm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong><br>Enter your login credentials when asked, then click <strong>Import<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this step you can also choose either of these options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a) <strong>\u201cImport autologin profile\u201d<\/strong>: the VPN connects automatically every time you turn on your device. <em>We do not recommend this.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>b) <strong>\u201cConnect after import\u201d<\/strong>: the VPN connects right after setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may then see a <strong>\u201cMissing external certificate\u201d<\/strong> warning. You can ignore it by clicking <strong>Continue<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depending on the options you chose, you will either connect right away or need to click the <strong>Connect\/Disconnect<\/strong> button and enter your password again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If it doesn\u2019t connect on the first try, try again.<br>Remember to disconnect when your session is over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You only need to do these steps once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To connect again later, use the OpenVPN Connect v3 client. It starts automatically when your computer starts, and you can connect from here: <em>(see screenshot)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a tablet or smartphone, just open the OpenVPN Connect v3 app you installed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start by visiting: https:\/\/uvpn.asfa.gr Step 1:You need to install a VPN app. We recommend OpenVPN Connect v3, the latest version. It lets you import a ready-made profile that already contains all the settings you need. The download link is on the page above. Pick the version that matches your device (computer, tablet or smartphone) and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":21656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[233],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ict"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asfa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asfa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asfa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asfa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asfa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.asfa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46691,"href":"https:\/\/www.asfa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46690\/revisions\/46691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asfa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asfa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asfa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asfa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}