Get status of IPsec VPN tunnels on Peplink Balance

peplink_ipsec.py

import requests, time
from urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
from xml.etree import ElementTree

# Ignore self-signed SSL
requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(category=InsecureRequestWarning)

# Build login payload
payload = {
	'username': 'admin',
	'password': 'mypassword',
	'func': 'login'
}

# IP of PepLink Balance device
# Tested on Balance 580 series w/ firmware 7.0.2+
ip = '192.168.1.1'

# Current time
t = int(time.time())

# URLs for login and IPsec status
login_url = 'https://%s/cgi-bin/MANGA/api.cgi' % ip
ipsec_url = 'https://%s/cgi-bin/MANGA/data.cgi?option=ipsec_status&_=%d' % (ip, t)

# Start session to save cookies
session = requests.session()

# Submit login request
login_response = session.post(login_url, data=payload, verify=False)

# Get as JSON
data = login_response.json()

# Check for successful login
if(data['stat'] != 'ok'):
	print 'Failed login: %s' % data['message']
	exit()

# Request IPsec status
ipsec_response = session.get(ipsec_url, verify=False)

# Parse XML
ipsec_tree = ElementTree.fromstring(ipsec_response.content)

# Iterate the profiles
for ipsec_profile in ipsec_tree[1].iter('ipsec_profile'):

	# Output ID and tunnel name
	print "ID: %s\nName: %s" % (ipsec_profile.get('id'), ipsec_profile.find('name').text)
	
	# Iterate the paths
	for ipsec_path in ipsec_profile.iter('ipsec_path'):
		# Output local and remote IPs
		print "Local: %s\nRemote: %s" % (ipsec_path.find('local').text, ipsec_path.find('remote').text)
		
		# Output whether path is active
		print "Active: %s" % ('Yes' if ipsec_path.find('active') is not None else 'No')
	
	print "\n"