<![CDATA[Script to Check if OpenVPN is Up or Down]]>I am wanting to make a script that periodically checks it see if my OpenVPN client is up or down. What command can I issue from an SSH session that will tell me if the VPN client is Up or Down?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/90103/script-to-check-if-openvpn-is-up-or-downRSS for NodeWed, 11 Mar 2026 19:36:29 GMTThu, 08 Oct 2015 23:30:55 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Script to Check if OpenVPN is Up or Down on Fri, 09 Oct 2015 20:57:55 GMT]]>go into the developer shell once and create a script:


pfSense shell: record checkopenvpn_status 
Recording of checkopenvpn_status started.
pfSense shell: require_once("openvpn.inc");
pfSense shell: $clients = openvpn_get_active_clients();
pfSense shell: print_r(array_values($clients));
pfSense shell: stoprecording 
Recording stopped.

then either do from devshell


playback checkopenvpn_status

or from normal shell or console:


[2.3-ALPHA][root@pfsense.xxxx]/root: pfSsh.php playback checkopenvpn_status

Starting the pfSense developer shell....

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [port] => 
            [name] => vpn to xxxx
            [vpnid] => 1
            [mgmt] => client1
            [status] => up
            [connect_time] => Sat Oct 3 1:49:14 2015
            [virtual_addr] => xxxx
            [remote_host] => xxxxx

            [bytes_recv] => 151003156

            [bytes_sent] => 151211004

        )

)

adjust however you want offcourse.

relevant functions:


openvpn_get_active_servers();
openvpn_get_active_servers("p2p");
openvpn_get_active_clients();

for more insight: https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/master/src/usr/local/www/status_openvpn.php

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