traffic statistics about connected clients.
To set up OpenVPN to write to the status file periodically, use the
-B<--status> option of OpenVPN. Since OpenVPN can write two different formats,
-you need to set the required format, too. This is done by setting
-B<--status-version> to B<2>.
+B<--status> option of OpenVPN.
So, in a nutshell you need:
openvpn $OTHER_OPTIONS \
- --status "/var/run/openvpn-status" 10 \
- --status-version 2
+ --status "/var/run/openvpn-status" 10
Available options:
<Plugin table>
<Table "/proc/slabinfo">
+ #Plugin "slab"
Instance "slabinfo"
Separator " "
<Result>
=over 4
+=item B<Plugin> I<Plugin>
+
+If specified, I<Plugin> is used as the plugin name when submitting values.
+Defaults to B<table>.
+
=item B<Instance> I<instance>
-If specified, I<instance> is used as the plugin instance. So, in the above
-example, the plugin name C<table-slabinfo> would be used. If omitted, the
+If specified, I<instance> is used as the plugin instance. If omitted, the
filename of the table is used instead, with all special characters replaced
with an underscore (C<_>).