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IngallsSnyder
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Contributor

Is there a way to log "Client ID" of clients connecting to Connection Server?

Hello,

We need to see where are the connections coming from to a specific Desktop Pool. Client ID column showing either MAC of a zero client or an ID of a software client is there in the "Sessions" tab in the Connection server GUI, however that information is not in the syslog. Is there a way to add it to the syslog somehow? (increase logging level or maybe pull it from somewhere else?)

It's a compliance issue we have to deal with somehow....

Thanks!

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BenFB
Virtuoso
Virtuoso

The data is found in syslog from the connection servers. You are looking for the ClientIpAddress or ForwardedClientIpAddress field. Below is a sanitized log entry I just pulled off our syslog server.

<165>1 2019-01-31T14:42:45.656-05:00 CSERVER01 View - XX [View@XXXX Severity="AUDIT_SUCCESS" Module="Broker" EventType="BROKER_USERLOGGEDIN" UserSID="S-X-X-XX-XXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXX" UserDisplayName="DOMAIN\\USERNAME" BrokerSessionId="XXXXXXXX_XXXX_XXXX_XXXX_XXXXXXXXXXXX" ClientIpAddress="1.2.3.4" ForwardedClientIpAddress="1.2.3.4"] User DOMAIN\USERNAME has logged in

IngallsSnyder
Contributor
Contributor

Thanks,

Got it - it (client ip) only shows up when logging level is changed to debug

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