How to view connection logs?

sgatke

Hi all

We are running OpenVPN Access Server 1.7.1.on a VMware setup.
We would like to view a log of who of our users are actually using the VPN connection.
I am guessing that somewhere on the server, I could find a logfile with information of WHO connected WHEN and how long their session was.
But, where do I find this logfile?

m.ardito

if you set up the "status" directive in your server.conf you have a text file constantly updated with active clients/connections with some info.

see "status file" here
http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html

is something like:

# cat openvpn-status.log
OpenVPN CLIENT LIST
Updated,Mon Jun  3 17:10:52 2013
Common Name,Real Address,Bytes Received,Bytes Sent,Connected Since
client_example,xxx.yyy.zzz.www:37058,5371,7234,Mon Jun  3 17:10:35 2013
ROUTING TABLE
Virtual Address,Common Name,Real Address,Last Ref
10.8.0.5,client_xxx,192.168.x.y:37058,Mon Jun  3 17:10:40 2013
GLOBAL STATS
Max bcast/mcast queue length,0
END

keep in mind it is not real time but updated every few seconds...

another useful tool is the management interface (see just after "status file" in the howto above)

Marco