VPN Monitoring and Troubleshooting in CDO

Monitor Remote Access VPN Sessions

The CDO Remote Access Monitoring dashboard can be used to view consolidated information about RA VPN users, including the current status of users, device types, client applications, user geolocation information, and duration of connections. You can also disconnect RA VPN sessions as needed.

Perform the following to see the VPN sessions:

  1. In the cloud-delivered Firewall Management Center page, click Return Home.

  2. In the CDO navigation pane, click VPN > Remote Access VPN Monitoring.

See Monitor Remote Access Virtual Private Network Sessions for more information.

System Messages

The Message Center is the place to start your troubleshooting. This feature allows you to view messages that are continually generated about system activities and status. To open the Message Center, click System Status, located to the immediate right of the Deploy button in the main menu.

VPN System Logs

You can enable system logging (syslog) for threat defense devices. Logging information can help you identify and isolate network or device configuration problems. When you enable VPN logging, the threat defense devices send VPN syslogs to the Secure Firewall Management Center for analysis and archiving.

All VPN syslogs appear with a default severity level ‘ERROR’ or higher (unless changed). You can manage the VPN logging through threat defense platform settings. You can adjust the message severity level by editing the VPN Logging Settings in the threat defense platform settings policy for targeted devices (Platform Settings > Syslog > Logging Setup). See Syslog for details on enabling VPN logging, configuring syslog servers, and viewing the system logs.


Note

When you configure a device with site-to-site or remote access VPN, it automatically enables sending VPN syslogs to the management center by default.

Viewing VPN System Logs

The system captures event information to help you to gather additional information about the source of your VPN problems. Any VPN syslogs that are displayed have a default severity level ‘ERROR’ or higher (unless changed). By default the rows are sorted by the Time column.

You must be an Admin user in a leaf domain to perform this task.

Before you begin

Enable VPN logging by checking the Enable Logging to FMC check box in the threat defense platform settings (Devices > Platform Settings > Syslog > Logging Setup). See Syslog for details on enabling VPN logging, configuring syslog servers, and viewing the system logs.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Devices > VPN > Troubleshooting.

Step 2

You have the following options:

  • Search—To filter current message information, click Edit Search.
  • View—To view VPN details associated with the selected message in the view, click View.
  • View All—To view VPN details for all messages in the view, click View All.
  • Delete—To delete selected messages from the database, click Delete or click Delete All to delete all the messages.

Debug Commands

This section explains how you use debug commands to help you diagnose and resolve VPN-related problems. The commands described here are not exhaustive, this section include commands according to their usefulness in assisting you to diagnose VPN-related problems.

Usage Guidelines

Because debugging output is assigned high priority in the CPU process, it can render the system unusable. For this reason, use debug commands only to troubleshoot specific problems or during troubleshooting sessions with the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC). Moreover, it is best to use debug commands during periods of lower network traffic and fewer users. Debugging during these periods decreases the likelihood that increased debug command processing overhead will affect system use.

You can view debug output in a CLI session only. Output is directly available when connected to the Console port, or when in the diagnostic CLI (enter system support diagnostic-cli ). You can also view output from the regular Firepower Threat Defense CLI using the show console-output command.

To show debugging messages for a given feature, use the debug command. To disable the display of debug messages, use the no form of this command. Use no debug all to turn off all debugging commands.

debug feature [ subfeature] [ level]

no debug feature [ subfeature]

Syntax Description

feature

Specifies the feature for which you want to enable debugging. To see the available features, use the debug ? command for CLI help.

subfeature

(Optional) Depending on the feature, you can enable debug messages for one or more subfeatures. Use ? to see the available subfeatures.

level

(Optional) Specifies the debugging level. Use ? to see the available levels.

Command Default

The default debugging level is 1.

Example

With multiple sessions running on remote access VPN, troubleshooting can be difficult, given the size of the logs. You can use the debug webvpn condition command to set up filters to target your debug process more precisely.

debug webvpn condition {group name | p-ipaddress ip_address [{subnet subnet_mask | prefix length}] | reset | user name}

Where:

  • group name filters on a group policy (not a tunnel group or connection profile).

  • p-ipaddress ip_address [{subnet subnet_mask | prefix length}] filters on the public IP address of the client. The subnet mask (for IPv4) or prefix (for IPv6) is optional.

  • reset resets all filters. You can use the no debug webvpn condition command to turn off a specific filter.

  • user name filters by username.

If you configure more than one condition, the conditions are conjoined (ANDed), so that debugs appear only if all conditions are met.

After setting up the condition filter, use the base debug webvpn command to turn on the debug. Setting the conditions alone does not enable the debug. Use the show debug and show webvpn debug-condition commands to view the current state of debugging.

The following shows an example of enabling a conditional debug on the user jdoe.


firepower# debug webvpn condition user jdoe

firepower# show webvpn debug-condition
INFO: Webvpn conditional debug is turned ON
INFO: User name filters:
INFO: jdoe

firepower# debug webvpn
INFO: debug webvpn  enabled at level 1.

firepower# show debug
debug webvpn  enabled at level 1
INFO: Webvpn conditional debug is turned ON
INFO: User name filters:
INFO: jdoe

Related Commands

Command

Description

show debug

Shows the currently active debug settings.

undebug

Disables debugging for a feature. This command is a synonym for no debug .

debug aaa

See the following commands for debugging configurations or authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) settings.

debug aaa [ accounting | authentication | authorization | common | internal | shim | url-redirect]

Syntax Description

aaa

Enables debugging for AAA. Use ? to see the available subfeatures.

accounting

(Optional) Enables AAA accounting debugging.

authentication

(Optional) Enables AAA authentication debugging.

authorization

(Optional) Enables AAA authorization debugging.

common

(Optional) Specifies the AAA common debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

internal

(Optional) Enables AAA internal debugging.

shim

(Optional) Specifies the AAA shim debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

url-redirect

(Optional) Enables AAA url-redirect debugging.

Command Default

The default debugging level is 1.

Related Commands

Command

Description

show debug aaa

Shows the currently active debug settings for AAA.

undebug aaa

Disables debugging for AAA. This command is a synonym for no debug aaa .

debug crypto

See the following commands for debugging configurations or settings associated with crypto.

debug crypto [ ca | condition | engine | ike-common | ikev1 | ikev2 | ipsec | ss-apic]

Syntax Description

crypto

Enables debugging for crypto . Use ? to see the available subfeatures.

ca

(Optional) Specifies the PKI debug levels. Use ? to see the available subfeatures.

condition

(Optional) Specifies the IPsec/ISAKMP debug filters. Use ? to see the available filters.

engine

(Optional) Specifies the crypto engine debug levels. Use ? to see the available levels.

ike-common

(Optional) Specifies the IKE common debug levels. Use ? to see the available levels.

ikev1

(Optional) Specifies the IKE version 1 debug levels. Use ? to see the available levels.

ikev2

(Optional) Specifies the IKE version 2 debug levels. Use ? to see the available levels.

ipsec

(Optional) Specifies the IPsec debug levels. Use ? to see the available levels.

condition

(Optional) Specifies the Crypto Secure Socket API debug levels. Use ? to see the available levels.

vpnclient

(Optional) Specifies the EasyVPN client debug levels. Use ? to see the available levels.

Command Default

The default debugging level is 1.

Related Commands

Command

Description

show debug crypto

Shows the currently active debug settings for crypto.

undebug crypto

Disables debugging for crypto. This command is a synonym for no debug crypto .

debug crypto ca

See the following commands for debugging configurations or settings associated with crypto ca.

debug crypto ca [ cluster | messages | periodic-authentication | scep-proxy | transactions | trustpool] [ 1-255]

Syntax Description

crypto ca

Enables debugging for crypto ca . Use ? to see the available subfeatures.

cluster

(Optional) Specifies the PKI cluster debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

cmp

(Optional) Specifies the CMP transactions debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

messages

(Optional) Specifies the PKI Input/Output message debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

periodic-authentication

(Optional) Specifies the PKI periodic-authentication debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

scep-proxy

(Optional) Specifies the SCEP proxy debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

server

(Optional) Specifies the local CA server debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

transactions

(Optional) Specifies the PKI transaction debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

trustpool

(Optional) Specifies the trustpool debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

1-255

(Optional) Specifies the debugging level.

Command Default

The default debugging level is 1.

Related Commands

Command

Description

show debug crypto ca

Shows the currently active debug settings for crypto ca.

undebug

Disables debugging for crypto ca. This command is a synonym for no debug crypto ca .

debug crypto ikev1

See the following commands for debugging configurations or settings associated with Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1).

debug crypto ikev1 [ timers] [ 1-255]

Syntax Description

ikev1

Enables debugging for ikev1 . Use ? to see the available subfeatures.

timers

(Optional) Enables debugging for IKEv1 timers.

1-255

(Optional) Specifies the debugging level.

Command Default

The default debugging level is 1.

Related Commands

Command

Description

show debug crypto ikev1

Shows the currently active debug settings for IKEv1.

undebug crypto ikev1

Disables debugging for IKEv1. This command is a synonym for no debug crypto ikev1 .

debug crypto ikev2

See the following commands for debugging configurations or settings associated with Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2).

debug crypto ikev2 [ ha | platform | protocol | timers]

Syntax Description

ikev2

Enables debugging ikev2 . Use ? to see the available subfeatures.

ha

(Optional) Specifies the IKEv2 HA debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

platform

(Optional) Specifies the IKEv2 platform debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

protocol

(Optional) Specifies the IKEv2 protocol debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

timers

(Optional) Enables debugging for IKEv2 timers.
Command Default

The default debugging level is 1.

Related Commands

Command

Description

show debug crypto ikev2

Shows the currently active debug settings for IKEv2.

undebugcrypto ikev2

Disables debugging for IKEv2. This command is a synonym for no debug crypto ikev2 .

debug crypto ipsec

See the following commands for debugging configurations or settings associated with IPsec.

debug crypto ipsec [ 1-255]

Syntax Description

ipsec

Enables debugging for ipsec . Use ? to see the available subfeatures.

1-255

(Optional) Specifies the debugging level.

Command Default

The default debugging level is 1.

Related Commands

Command

Description

show debug crypto ipsec

Shows the currently active debug settings for IPsec.

undebugcrypto ipsec

Disables debugging for IPsec. This command is a synonym for no debug crypto ipsec .

debug ldap

See the following commands for debugging configurations or settings associated with LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol).

debug ldap [ 1-255]

Syntax Description

ldap

Enables debugging for LDAP. Use ? to see the available subfeatures.

1-255

(Optional) Specifies the debugging level.

Command Default

The default debugging level is 1.

Related Commands

Command

Description

show debug ldap

Shows the currently active debug settings for LDAP.

undebugldap

Disables debugging for LDAP. This command is a synonym for no debug ldap .

debug ssl

See the following commands for debugging configurations or settings associated with SSL sessions.

debug ssl [ cipher | device] [ 1-255]

Syntax Description

ssl

Enables debugging for SSL. Use ? to see the available subfeatures.

cipher

(Optional) Specifies the SSL cipher debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

device

(Optional) Specifies the SSL device debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

1-255

(Optional) Specifies the debugging level.

Command Default

The default debugging level is 1.

Related Commands

Command

Description

show debug ssl

Shows the currently active debug settings for SSL.

undebug ssl

Disables debugging for SSL. This command is a synonym for no debug ssl .

debug webvpn

See the following commands for debugging configurations or settings associated with WebVPN.

debug webvpn [ anyconnect | chunk | cifs | citrix | compression | condition | cstp-auth | customization | failover | html | javascript | kcd | listener | mus | nfs | request | response | saml | session | task | transformation | url | util | xml]

Syntax Description

webvpn

Enables debugging for WebVPN. Use ? to see the available subfeatures.

anyconnect

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN Secure Client debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

chunk

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN chunk debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

cifs

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN CIFS debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

citrix

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN Citrix debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

compression

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN compression debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

condition

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN filter conditions debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

cstp-auth

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN CSTP authentication debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

customization

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN customization debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

failover

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN failover debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

html

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN HTML debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

javascript

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN Javascript debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

kcd

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN KCD debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

listener

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN listener debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

mus

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN MUS debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

nfs

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN NFS debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

request

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN request debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

response

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN response debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

saml

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN SAML debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

session

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN session debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

task

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN task debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

transformation

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN transformation debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

url

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN URL debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

util

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN utility debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

xml

(Optional) Specifies the WebVPN XML debug level. Use ? to see the available levels.

Command Default

The default debugging level is 1.

Related Commands

Command

Description

show debug webvpn

Shows the currently active debug settings for WebVPN.

undebug webvpn

Disables debugging for WebVPN. This command is a synonym for no debug webvpn .