🚫 🔍 [Deprecated] OpenVPN Server

🚫 Deprecated: This connector has been deprecated and may be removed in future versions.

🔍 Discovered: This item was discovered by scanning the solution folder but is not listed in the Solution JSON file.

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Attribute Value
Connector ID OpenVPN
Publisher OpenVPN
Used in Solutions OpenVPN
Collection Method MMA
Connector Definition Files OpenVPN_Syslog.json

The OpenVPN data connector provides the capability to ingest OpenVPN Server logs into Microsoft Sentinel.

Tables Ingested

This connector ingests data into the following tables:

Table Transformations Ingestion API Lake-Only
Syslog ?

💡 Tip: Tables with Ingestion API support allow data ingestion via the Azure Monitor Data Collector API, which also enables custom transformations during ingestion.

Permissions

Resource Provider Permissions: - Workspace (Workspace): write permission is required.

Setup Instructions

⚠️ Note: These instructions were automatically generated from the connector's user interface definition file using AI and may not be fully accurate. Please verify all configuration steps in the Microsoft Sentinel portal.

NOTE: This data connector depends on a parser based on a Kusto Function to work as expected OpenVpnEvent which is deployed with the Microsoft Sentinel Solution.

1. Install and onboard the agent for Linux or Windows

Install the agent on the Server where the OpenVPN are forwarded.

Logs from OpenVPN Server deployed on Linux or Windows servers are collected by Linux or Windows agents. Choose where to install the Linux agent:

Install agent on Azure Linux Virtual Machine

Select the machine to install the agent on and then click Connect. - Install agent on Linux Virtual Machine

Install agent on a non-Azure Linux Machine

Download the agent on the relevant machine and follow the instructions. - Install agent on Linux (Non-Azure)

Choose where to install the Windows agent:

Install agent on Azure Windows Virtual Machine

Select the machine to install the agent on and then click Connect. - Install/configure: InstallAgentOnVirtualMachine

Install agent on a non-Azure Windows Machine

Download the agent on the relevant machine and follow the instructions. - Install/configure: InstallAgentOnNonAzure

2. Configure the logs to be collected

Configure the facilities you want to collect and their severities.

  1. Under workspace advanced settings Configuration, select Data and then Syslog.
  2. Select Apply below configuration to my machines and select the facilities and severities.
  3. Click Save. - Open Syslog settings

3. Check your OpenVPN logs.

OpenVPN server logs are written into common syslog file (depending on the Linux distribution used: e.g. /var/log/messages)


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