{"id":40828,"date":"2016-11-15T15:50:57","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T10:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/?p=40828"},"modified":"2016-11-18T10:48:01","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T05:18:01","slug":"how-to-update-and-view-timeout-session-in-openvpn-access-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/how-to-update-and-view-timeout-session-in-openvpn-access-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Update and View Timeout Session in OpenVPN Access Server?"},"content":{"rendered":"

OpenVPN Access Server (AS) is a paid package based on OpenVPN<\/a> Server which provides management of users, connections, even LDAP integration simplified through a web interface.<\/p>\n

This helps in deployment<\/a> of a VPN solution for multiple users in a matter of minutes.<\/p>\n

\"AcessServer\"<\/p>\n

But, OpenVPN AS by default comes with a 24-hour session time-out period. This can be taxing at times to reconnect to the OpenVPN Server and start the processes all over again.<\/p>\n

The OpenVPN AS uses SQLite at backend to store its certificates, configuration, logs and user related data.<\/p>\n

The data stored in SQLite is in encrypted format and to decrypt the data to text format OpenVPN AS provides a “sqlite3<\/strong>” script.<\/p>\n

All the OpenVPN AS’s scripts are located in “\/usr\/local\/openvpn_as\/scripts<\/strong>” and all the related database is stored in “\/usr\/local\/openvpn_as\/etc\/db<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

i) To view the current OpenVPN AS’s timeout session<\/strong> run this script:<\/p>\n

[sourcecode language=”bash”]
\n\t\t\t\/usr\/local\/openvpn_as\/scripts\/sqlite3 \/usr\/local\/openvpn_as\/etc\/db\/config.db .dump > \/tmp\/config.txt
\n[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n

Now, view config.txt file<\/strong> and locate “vpn.server.session_expire<\/strong>” and its corresponding value in seconds.<\/p>\n

\"timeout_as_openvpn\"<\/p>\n

In the above picture, session timeout is specified as 604800 seconds equivalent to 7 days.<\/p>\n

To change the timeout period there is another script provided by OpenVPN AS, i.e. “sacli<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

ii) To set your own customized session timeout<\/strong> let’s say 30 days (2592000 seconds), use “sacli” script as follows:<\/p>\n

[sourcecode language=”bash”]
\n\t\t\t\/usr\/local\/openvpn_as\/scripts\/sacli –key vpn.server.session_expire –value 2592000 ConfigPut
\n[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n

iii)<\/strong> To reload the configuration<\/strong>, follow the process below and don’t worry it will not stop your running server:<\/p>\n

[sourcecode language=”bash”]
\n\t\t\t\/usr\/local\/openvpn_as\/scripts\/sacli start
\n[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n

The OpenVPN AS will now run smoothly without dropping any connections for a period of 30 days, it can be customized according your requirements.<\/p>\n

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OpenVPN Access Server (AS) is a paid package based on OpenVPN Server which provides management of users, connections, even LDAP integration simplified through a web interface. This helps in deployment of a VPN solution for multiple users in a matter of minutes. But, OpenVPN AS by default comes with a 24-hour session time-out period. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":913,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":92,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2348,1],"tags":[1892,2561,4046,4047],"class_list":["post-40828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devops-technology","category-technology","tag-devops","tag-openvpn","tag-openvpn-access-server","tag-timeout"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t