Docker capture packets

General
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I have a docker host with 3 containers running 3 different apps.

I’d like to install Suricata (IDS) / tcpdump on the host itself, to be able to: 1. Capture packets from a container and outside. 2. Capture packets between 2 containers.

Are 2 options possible? What is the procedure to get my goals?

2

Seems perfectly doable. Take a look at the docker0 bridge which containers use for communication by default.

3

Great!!! Thanks…

BTW, if I want to run a different container for capturing those packets ( mirroring), for example, running tcpdump on another container - how can I do mirroring from docker0 to that container?

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‫ב-14 ביולי 2016, בשעה 20:51, ‏‏Nathan Le Claire ‏docker@discoursemail.com כתב/ה:‬

4

You could potentially create them in the same docker network or just use --net host on the tcpdump container.

5

Hey Nathan, thanks for your help!

Another question please,

Assume I have container A with IP 172.10.12.22 that gets some TCP/UDP traffic on port 3000.

Now assume I have another container, B, with IP 172.10.12.33 that listens on port 4000.

I’d like B to set as a tap for container A (able to monitor all of the traffic that A gets)

In other words, I’d like to mirror every traffic that A gets (whether it come from outside or from another container), into container B.

Is there a docker command for this?

Thanks,
Efrat!

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‫ב-14 ביולי 2016, בשעה 23:22, ‏‏Nathan Le Claire ‏docker@discoursemail.com כתב/ה:‬

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I’d just have a reverse proxy container and direct all inbound requests to that first before reverse proxying to the destination container. That way you can do whatever you like with the data streams.

7

Thanks! Can you provide with some detailed instructions of how to do this? Maybe a Dockerfile sample? It might help me a lot.

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‫ב-1 באוג׳ 2016, בשעה 21:00, ‏‏Nathan Le Claire ‏docker@discoursemail.com כתב/ה:‬

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Hi,

got another question for you, regarding Swarm,

I’ve got a Swarm manager and 3 workers.

I’d like to write a python script that subscribes to changes that are made
with Swarm (for example, getting an alert once a container is being created
and running, or getting an alert once a container is stopped).

Is it possible?

Thanks,
Efrat