Can not get User name from openvpn-status.log..

pada123

Hi experts, I can get Common Name from

openvpn-status.log..

I want to get Userid / password Entered By client ( auth-user-pass-verify / auth-user-pass)
from openvpn-status.log So that I can calculated Bandwidth.

Settings client-cert-not-requirednot helping

Can you pls help.

I dont want to run Management server in production..Can you pls tell Running Management server gives performance impact.

OpenVPN CLIENT LIST
Updated,Mon May 14 13:36:23 2012
Common Name,  Real Address,   Bytes Received,  Bytes Sent,   Connected Since
UNDEF,   141.99.119.14:50873,   39202,   5635,    Mon May 14 13:35:20 2012

Thank You for your time

janjust

try adding

username-as-common-name

to the server config and restart - it should fill in the suppied username as the (missing) certificate common name.

pada123

Yes yes Thanks janjust

Can you also pls tell me 1 thing ....While writing to <openvpn-status.log>
does Openvpn process lcak the file 🙂

I want to read the file every 2 minutes for bandwidth calculation..Is there any possibility of getting ambiguous value 🙂
Thanks
pada

janjust

the openvpn-status.log file is closed and recreated every time; if you want to get more continuous values you're beter off using the management interface - it can query all the things that are found in the status file, and it can be accessed using either Unix sockets or a TCP socket.

pada123

Thanks janjust. Pls I want to know if enabling management server has any performance impact in production.

I can tell to enable this type of monitoring thing in JAVA server it creates other lots of stubs to keep track and has performance impact.
Pls provide your inputs.

Thanks
Pada

janjust

no it should not have any effect on performance, as long as you don't poll the client status every 5 seconds.

pada123

Many Thanks janjust.