[Openvpn-users] log files???

[Leandro Tracchia]

where are my openvpn logs???

cat /var/log/messages | grep openvpn
cat /var/log/syslog | grep openvpn
cat /var/log/auth.log | grep openvpn

all of these commands show nothing!

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Post by Leandro Tracchia
where are my openvpn logs???
cat /var/log/messages | grep openvpn
cat /var/log/syslog | grep openvpn
cat /var/log/auth.log | grep openvpn
all of these commands show nothing!

You may want to take a look at your openvpn-configuration.
Especially the config-options

log and log-append

will answer your questions ;-)
If those aren't specified you might do this on your own and your
openvpn-server will redirect its logs to stdout.
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Post by Leandro Tracchia
cat /var/log/syslog | grep

Try
cat /var/log/syslog | grep ovpn

[Leandro Tracchia]

aren't these only command line options??? can i add these options to
server.conf ??

++
--daemon [progname]
Become a daemon after all initialization functions are completed. This
option will cause all message and error output to be sent to the syslog
file (such as /var/log/messages), except for the output of shell scripts
and ifconfig commands, which will go to /dev/null unless otherwise
redirected. The syslog redirection occurs immediately at the point that
--daemon is parsed on the command line even though the daemonization
point occurs later. If one of the --log options is present, it will
supercede syslog redirection.
The optional progname parameter will cause OpenVPN to report its
program name to the system logger as progname. This can be useful in
linking OpenVPN messages in the syslog file with specific tunnels. When
unspecified, progname defaults to "openvpn".
When OpenVPN is run with the --daemon option, it will try to delay
daemonization until the majority of initialization functions which are
capable of generating fatal errors are complete. This means that
initialization scripts can test the return status of the openvpn command
for a fairly reliable indication of whether the command has correctly
initialized and entered the packet forwarding event loop.
In OpenVPN, the vast majority of errors which occur after
initialization are non-fatal.
--syslog [progname]
Direct log output to system logger, but do not become a daemon. See
--daemon directive above for description of progname parameter.

Post by Leandro Tracchia

Den 3. november 2008 kl. 14:54, i meldingen

"Leandro

Post by Leandro Tracchia
where are my openvpn logs???
cat /var/log/messages | grep openvpn
cat /var/log/syslog | grep openvpn
cat /var/log/auth.log | grep openvpn
all of these commands show nothing!

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Post by Leandro Tracchia
aren't these only command line options??? can i add these options to
server.conf ??

all commandline options can be included in server/client config files ,
with the leading '--' removed. Thus
openvpn --log-append /var/log/openvpn.log
is equivalent to having
log-append /var/log/openvpn.log
in the corresponding config file.

HTH,

JJK

Post by Leandro Tracchia

++
--daemon [progname]
Become a daemon after all initialization functions are completed. This
option will cause all message and error output to be sent to the syslog
file (such as /var/log/messages), except for the output of shell scripts
and ifconfig commands, which will go to /dev/null unless otherwise
redirected. The syslog redirection occurs immediately at the point that
--daemon is parsed on the command line even though the daemonization
point occurs later. If one of the --log options is present, it will
supercede syslog redirection.
The optional progname parameter will cause OpenVPN to report its
program name to the system logger as progname. This can be useful in
linking OpenVPN messages in the syslog file with specific tunnels. When
unspecified, progname defaults to "openvpn".
When OpenVPN is run with the --daemon option, it will try to delay
daemonization until the majority of initialization functions which are
capable of generating fatal errors are complete. This means that
initialization scripts can test the return status of the openvpn command
for a fairly reliable indication of whether the command has correctly
initialized and entered the packet forwarding event loop.
In OpenVPN, the vast majority of errors which occur after
initialization are non-fatal.
--syslog [progname]
Direct log output to system logger, but do not become a daemon. See
--daemon directive above for description of progname parameter.

[Leandro Tracchia]

great! thanks for your help.

Post by Leandro Tracchia
aren't these only command line options??? can i add these options to
server.conf ??

all commandline options can be included in server/client config files , with
the leading '--' removed. Thus
openvpn --log-append /var/log/openvpn.log
is equivalent to having
log-append /var/log/openvpn.log
in the corresponding config file.
HTH,
JJK

Post by Leandro Tracchia

++
--daemon [progname]
Become a daemon after all initialization functions are completed. This
option will cause all message and error output to be sent to the syslog
file (such as /var/log/messages), except for the output of shell scripts
and ifconfig commands, which will go to /dev/null unless otherwise
redirected. The syslog redirection occurs immediately at the point that
--daemon is parsed on the command line even though the daemonization
point occurs later. If one of the --log options is present, it will
supercede syslog redirection.
The optional progname parameter will cause OpenVPN to report its
program name to the system logger as progname. This can be useful in
linking OpenVPN messages in the syslog file with specific tunnels. When
unspecified, progname defaults to "openvpn".
When OpenVPN is run with the --daemon option, it will try to delay
daemonization until the majority of initialization functions which are
capable of generating fatal errors are complete. This means that
initialization scripts can test the return status of the openvpn command
for a fairly reliable indication of whether the command has correctly
initialized and entered the packet forwarding event loop.
In OpenVPN, the vast majority of errors which occur after
initialization are non-fatal.
--syslog [progname]
Direct log output to system logger, but do not become a daemon. See
--daemon directive above for description of progname parameter.

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On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:54:59 -0500 Leandro Tracchia

Post by Leandro Tracchia
where are my openvpn logs???
cat /var/log/messages | grep openvpn
cat /var/log/syslog | grep openvpn
cat /var/log/auth.log | grep openvpn
all of these commands show nothing!
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I believe they reside in the default installation directory for
OpenVPN. For example /etc/openvpn/openvpn.log.

HTH...nD
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On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:54:59 -0500 Leandro Tracchia

Post by Leandro Tracchia
where are my openvpn logs???
cat /var/log/messages | grep openvpn
cat /var/log/syslog | grep openvpn
cat /var/log/auth.log | grep openvpn
all of these commands show nothing!
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I believe that the log for each daemon running is stored in the
default installation directory. For example,
/etc/openvpn/openvpn.log, /etc/openvpn/openvpn1.log, etc. Note that
this is based on the 2.0 version - I don't know if it changed w/
the 2.1 version.


HTH...nD
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[jessica six]

Is there an easy way to roll the log files?  It seems a HUP/kill -1 doesn't do the trick, either.  If openvpn could log to a syslog facility, that would solve the problem too.

[Jan Just Keijser]

/var/log/openvpn.log {
rotate 5
copytruncate
missingok
notifempty
size 512k
}
Is there an easy way to roll the log files? It seems a HUP/kill -1
doesn't do the trick, either. If openvpn could log to a syslog
facility, that would solve the problem too.

openvpn supports syslog: add --daemon and do not specify
--log/--log-append and all messages are automatically sent to syslog.

I mostly use 'log-append' and the following logrotate script:

/var/log/openvpn.log {
rotate 5
copytruncate
missingok
notifempty
size 512k
}


HTH,

JJK