Find and view recorded sessions

This feature requires HCP Boundary or Boundary Enterprise

You can view a list of all recorded sessions, or if you know the ID of a specific recorded session, you can find any channels associated with that recording.

Note

The asciicast format is well suited for the playback of interactive shell activity. However, some aspects of the recording cannot be translated into asciicast. For example, if an SSH session uses the RemoteCommand option, or is used to exec a command, the command is not displayed in the asciicast. The output of the command may be displayed, though. If you use SSH for something other than an interactive shell, such as for file transfer, X11 forwarding, or port forwarding, Boundary does not attempt to create an asciicast.

In all cases, the SSH session is still recorded in the BSR file and you can view the BSR file in the external storage bucket.

Find all recorded sessions

Complete the following steps to find all recorded sessions using the CLI.

Authenticate to Boundary in the CLI.
Type the following command to view a list of all recorded sessions:
```
boundary session-recordings list -recursive
```
Boundary displays a list of all recorded sessions by scope.

Find a specific recorded session by ID

If you have the ID of a recorded session, you can use the following command to list the connections and channels associated with a session recording.

boundary session-recordings read -id <id>

Download recorded session channels

You can download a recording of SSH shell or exec sessions for a channel from a recorded session. The channel ID is required for the download.

If you have the ID of a recorded session, you can use the following command to list the connections and channels associated with a session recording.

boundary session-recordings read -id <id>

Complete the following steps to download a recorded session channel:

Authenticate to Boundary in the CLI.
Type the following command to download a recorded session channel. Substitute the ID of the channel for chr_1234567890:
```
boundary session-recordings download -id chr_1234567890
```

Find all recorded sessions

You can find all recorded sessions in the UI from the global scope.

Log in to Boundary.
Select Session Recordings in the navigation pane.
The Session Recordings page displays the created time, user, project, target, and duration of the recording.

View session recording details

Select View next to the session recording you want to view.
The details page has information related to the session recording and links to related information like user, target, and storage bucket.

Play back channel recording

Select Play next to the channel recording you want to view.
The recorded session appears in the media player. Click the Play button located at the bottom of the media player to watch the recording.
If a recorded session channel does not support playback, a View button is shown. The playback page displays a message stating that playback is not supported, but still shows details specific to that channel.