VIA for Linux Command-Line Interface

Execute the following commands to get help on VIA CLI commands.

via-cli-help

via-cli –h

Start VIA Session

Execute the following commands to run a VIA session. The force parameter restarts the VIA CLI session and interrupts a session is started by VIA Daemon in a machine connection mode

via-cli session start

via-cli session start –keypass <Password>

via-cli session start –keypass <keyring password> --force

Only one VIA client instance either CLI or GUI can be ran at the same time.

via-cli session –-force

Stop VIA Session

Execute the following commands to stop a VIA session that is in progress.

via-cli stop

via-cli session stop –-force

Display Session Info

Execute the following command to view the VIA session details that is in progress.

via-cli session info

Execute the following command to display the session status in a machine-readable (json) format. This command was introduced in VIA for Linux 3.1.0.

via-cli json-status

Get Authentication Profile List

Execute the following download connection profile command without authentication profile name, if an authentication profile name is unknown.

via-cli profile load \

--gateway 119.82.100.27 \

--username internal04 \

--userpass aruba123

Or

via-cli –u <username> -p <Password> profile load

–proxy <proxy settings> <gatewayip>

--nocertwarn

auth profiles available:

#1 : AU0101IKEv1PSK [AU0101IKEv1PSK].

#2 : AU0102IKEv1RSA [AU0102IKEv1RSA].

Download a Connection Profile

Execute the following commands and specify the name of the authentication profile or the corresponding number, to download the authentication profile.

via-cli profile load \

--gateway 119.82.100.27 \

--username internal04 \

--userpass aruba123 \

--authprofile AU0101IKEv1PSK \

OR

via-cli-nocertwarn profile load \

--gateway 119.82.100.27 \

--username internal04 \

--userpass aruba123 \

--authprofile AU0101IKEv1PSK \

OR

via-cli-nocertwarn profile load \

--gateway 119.82.100.27 \

--username internal04 \

--userpass aruba123 \

--authprofile-index 1 \

The ‘nocertwarn’ parameter enables the VIA CLI to ignore the VIA Web HTTPS error.

Print Profile

Execute the following command to print the downloaded authentication profile details.

via-cli profile print

Clear Profile

Execute the following command to erase the downloaded profile.

via-cli profile clear

List Certificates

Execute the following command to list the certificates available in the store

via-cli cert list

via-cli cert list –-client

via-cli cert list –-CA

Remove Certificates

Execute the following command to erase the certificates from the store.

via-cli cert remove <alias>

Archive logs

Execute the following command to archive logs.

via-cli logs archive

Send Logs

Execute the following command to send the archived logs.

via-cli logs send

via-cli logs send –-directory <pathtosavelogs>

Execute the following command to check the CLI version.

via-cli –v

Execute the following command to establish a VPN connection with a PSK.

via-cli vpn connect

After successful profile downloading VIA starts VPN connection automatically if the Client AutoLogin parameter is set in a connection profile.

via-cli vpn disconnect

Import User Certificate

Execute the following command to import the user certificates to the VIA store.

via-cli cert import \

--user

--keypass <keyring password> \

--certpass <certificate password><filepath/name> \

Certificate '/home/user01/internal05.p12' was successfully imported.

Alias: 836e85d5069f7620108fcb83ca37020999ddded1b90b399f71f1a2563f74b716

Subject: internal05

Issuer: ARB Internal A

StartDate: '121201115800Z'

EndDate: '131201115800Z'

Type: client

Algorithm: RSA

Hash: 5

OR

via-cli--user \

--keypass <keyring password> \

--cert import <filepath/name><certificate password> \

Import CA Certificate from File

Execute the following command to import the CA certificates to VIA store

via-clicert import --user --keypass <PW> --CA <filepath/name>

Establish VPN Connection with Certificate

Execute the following command to establish a VPN connection with certificate.

via-cli vpn connect --username <name> --userpass<PW> --keypass<PW> --cert <Alias>

via-cli vpn connect -u <name> -p<PW> --keypass<PW> --cert <Alias>

VPN Status

Execute the following command to print the status of the VPN connection.

via-cli vpn status