Log records

[ismaell14]

hello how are you, would it be possible to add a log section, where you could check if any peer was restarted, reloaded or if something happened with it?
I have some very punctual problems when I have many active peers running, this would be good to better identify that problem, thanks.

[eduardogsilva]

Hello @ismaell14,

Could you clarify which events you'd like to track in the logs?

WireGuard itself doesn't emit specific events when peers restart or reload. From the server's perspective, the only clear indicator is that the "latest-handshake" counter stops updating, meaning no new packets are being exchanged. When the peer comes back online, the counter resumes as usual.

Regarding my current implementation using RRDTool, I've mainly focused on representing traffic statistics. However, I recall starting to collect peer state information—marking peers as "online" if the latest handshake occurred within the last 5 minutes, or "offline" otherwise. The main issue I faced was finding an informative and intuitive way to visualize this data clearly in the user interface.

Would such an approach cover your logging needs, or are you looking for something more specific?

Additionally, could you share more details about the exact issues you're experiencing, and what signals or symptoms you've observed so far? This information will help me better understand your situation and suggest the most appropriate solution.

Cheers!

[ismaell14]

The problem I have is that sporadically, when I have many peers online, for a few minutes the WireGuard system does not give just connection speed, this happens only for a few minutes, so in order to identify what the problem is I would need to know more data, perhaps the peers are massively restarted.

It is difficult to identify because this happens only for a few minutes every week .... and always only when there are many peers online.

[eduardogsilva]

Hello,

What do you mean by "for a few minutes the WireGuard system does not give just connection speed, this happens only for a few minutes"?

Do you mean that there's a gap in the graphics? This gap is also present on the main interface graph?

Your issue is not very clear to me at this moment.