View the information about an SSL client

Prerequisites

If your VPN gateway associated with an SSL server was created before December 10, 2022, you cannot view the connection information about SSL clients by default. To view the information, you must upgrade the VPN gateway.

If your VPN gateway was created after December 10, 2022, you can view the connection information about SSL clients by default.

View connection information about SSL clients

1. Log on to the VPN Gateway console.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Interconnections > VPN > SSL Servers.

3. In the top navigation bar, select the region of the SSL server.

4. On the SSL Servers page, find the desired SSL server and click its ID.

5. On the SSL Connection tab of the SSL server details page, you can view the information about SSL clients.

   

   Parameter	Description

   Parameter	Description
   Username	The username of the client. If the SSL server has two-factor authentication enabled, the username used for authentication is displayed. If the SSL server does not have two-factor authentication enabled, the ID and name of the SSL client certificate used by the client are displayed.
   Virtual IP	The private IP address allocated to the client by the VPN gateway when the client established an SSL-VPN connection to Alibaba Cloud.
   Received Traffic	The amount of traffic received by the VPN gateway through the SSL-VPN connection. Unit: bytes.
   Transmitted Traffic	The amount of traffic sent from the VPN gateway through the SSL-VPN connection. Unit: bytes.
   Status	The status of the SSL-VPN connection. This parameter displays only Running, which indicates that the SSL-VPN connection is established.
   Actual IP	The actual public IP address used by the client when the client established an SSL-VPN connection to Alibaba Cloud.
   Port Number	The port used by the client when the client established an SSL-VPN connection to Alibaba Cloud.
   Connected At	The time when the client established an SSL-VPN connection to Alibaba Cloud.

References

DescribeSslVpnClients: queries information about clients that are connected to a specified VPN gateway through SSL-VPN connections.