docker-network-capture
A small utility written in Python3 that can help you debug network problems of Docker containers.
Prerequisites
Make sure you have tcpdump package installed, the execution requires root privileges
Installation
Via PIP:
$ pip3 install docker-network-capture
Usage
usage: docker-network-capture [-h] [--verbose] [-b BRIDGE] [-c CAPTURE] [-j]
[-d DOCKER]
container
positional arguments:
container
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--verbose
-b BRIDGE, --bridge BRIDGE
Docker bridge to use
-c CAPTURE, --capture CAPTURE
Direction of traffic to capture [egress,ingress]
-j, --json buffer data and output JSON at the end
-d DOCKER, --docker DOCKER
Architecture & Security
The main process starts off as root and creates two pipeline producers, one for the ethernet interface of the container and one for the namespaced loopback interface. Each pipeline launches it's own tcpdump capture process, after that is done, the main process deprivileges itself by changing it's UID/GID/Groups settings to nobody. After the tcpdump process is ready, a new process is forked, which is immediately deprivileged in the same way as the main process, and this process then handles the the parsing of raw byte stream into packets via PCAP and feeding them back to the main process via the Queue.
Example
In the following example we see the output of docker-network-capture for a container
in which curl google.com was executed:
$ sudo docker-network-capture --capture=egress,ingress 92707a5e8369
OUT: 10.38.5.26:53
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| 2F 59 01 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 67 6F 6F |/Y...........goo|
| 67 6C 65 03 63 6F 6D 00 00 01 00 01 |gle.com..... |
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------+
OUT: 10.38.5.26:53
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| CE B8 01 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 67 6F 6F |.............goo|
| 67 6C 65 03 63 6F 6D 00 00 1C 00 01 |gle.com..... |
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------+
IN: 10.38.5.26:53
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| 2F 59 81 80 00 01 00 01 00 00 00 00 06 67 6F 6F |/Y...........goo|
| 67 6C 65 03 63 6F 6D 00 00 01 00 01 C0 0C 00 01 |gle.com.........|
| 00 01 00 00 00 99 00 04 D8 3A D0 2E |.........:.. |
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------+
IN: 10.38.5.26:53
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| CE B8 81 80 00 01 00 01 00 00 00 00 06 67 6F 6F |.............goo|
| 67 6C 65 03 63 6F 6D 00 00 1C 00 01 C0 0C 00 1C |gle.com.........|
| 00 01 00 00 00 99 00 10 2A 00 14 50 40 01 08 15 |........*..P@...|
| 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 0E |...... . |
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------+
OUT: 216.58.208.46:80
IN: 216.58.208.46:80
OUT: 216.58.208.46:80
OUT: 216.58.208.46:80
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| 47 45 54 20 2F 20 48 54 54 50 2F 31 2E 31 0D 0A |GET / HTTP/1.1..|
| 48 6F 73 74 3A 20 67 6F 6F 67 6C 65 2E 63 6F 6D |Host: google.com|
| 0D 0A 55 73 65 72 2D 41 67 65 6E 74 3A 20 63 75 |..User-Agent: cu|
| 72 6C 2F 37 2E 34 37 2E 31 0D 0A 41 63 63 65 70 |rl/7.47.1..Accep|
| 74 3A 20 2A 2F 2A 0D 0A 0D 0A |t: */*.... |
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------+
IN: 216.58.208.46:80
IN: 216.58.208.46:80
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| 48 54 54 50 2F 31 2E 31 20 33 30 32 20 46 6F 75 |HTTP/1.1 302 Fou|
| 6E 64 0D 0A 43 61 63 68 65 2D 43 6F 6E 74 72 6F |nd..Cache-Contro|
| 6C 3A 20 70 72 69 76 61 74 65 0D 0A 43 6F 6E 74 |l: private..Cont|
| 65 6E 74 2D 54 79 70 65 3A 20 74 65 78 74 2F 68 |ent-Type: text/h|
| 74 6D 6C 3B 20 63 68 61 72 73 65 74 3D 55 54 46 |tml; charset=UTF|
| 2D 38 0D 0A 4C 6F 63 61 74 69 6F 6E 3A 20 68 74 |-8..Location: ht|
| 74 70 3A 2F 2F 77 77 77 2E 67 6F 6F 67 6C 65 2E |tp://www.google.|
| 63 7A 2F 3F 67 66 65 5F 72 64 3D 63 72 26 65 69 |cz/?gfe_rd=cr&ei|
| 3D 50 72 63 45 57 49 4F 64 49 34 4C 62 38 41 66 |=PrcEWIOdI4Lb8Af|
| 52 34 62 76 67 44 51 0D 0A 43 6F 6E 74 65 6E 74 |R4bvgDQ..Content|
| 2D 4C 65 6E 67 74 68 3A 20 32 35 38 0D 0A 44 61 |-Length: 258..Da|
| 74 65 3A 20 4D 6F 6E 2C 20 31 37 20 4F 63 74 20 |te: Mon, 17 Oct |
| 32 30 31 36 20 31 31 3A 33 34 3A 32 32 20 47 4D |2016 11:34:22 GM|
| 54 0D 0A 0D 0A 3C 48 54 4D 4C 3E 3C 48 45 41 44 |T....<HTML><HEAD|
| 3E 3C 6D 65 74 61 20 68 74 74 70 2D 65 71 75 69 |><meta http-equi|
| 76 3D 22 63 6F 6E 74 65 6E 74 2D 74 79 70 65 22 |v="content-type"|
| 20 63 6F 6E 74 65 6E 74 3D 22 74 65 78 74 2F 68 | content="text/h|
| 74 6D 6C 3B 63 68 61 72 73 65 74 3D 75 74 66 2D |tml;charset=utf-|
| 38 22 3E 0A 3C 54 49 54 4C 45 3E 33 30 32 20 4D |8">.<TITLE>302 M|
| 6F 76 65 64 3C 2F 54 49 54 4C 45 3E 3C 2F 48 45 |oved</TITLE></HE|
| 41 44 3E 3C 42 4F 44 59 3E 0A 3C 48 31 3E 33 30 |AD><BODY>.<H1>30|
| 32 20 4D 6F 76 65 64 3C 2F 48 31 3E 0A 54 68 65 |2 Moved</H1>.The|
| 20 64 6F 63 75 6D 65 6E 74 20 68 61 73 20 6D 6F | document has mo|
| 76 65 64 0A 3C 41 20 48 52 45 46 3D 22 68 74 74 |ved.<A HREF="htt|
| 70 3A 2F 2F 77 77 77 2E 67 6F 6F 67 6C 65 2E 63 |p://www.google.c|
| 7A 2F 3F 67 66 65 5F 72 64 3D 63 72 26 61 6D 70 |z/?gfe_rd=cr&|
| 3B 65 69 3D 50 72 63 45 57 49 4F 64 49 34 4C 62 |;ei=PrcEWIOdI4Lb|
| 38 41 66 52 34 62 76 67 44 51 22 3E 68 65 72 65 |8AfR4bvgDQ">here|
| 3C 2F 41 3E 2E 0D 0A 3C 2F 42 4F 44 59 3E 3C 2F |</A>...</BODY></|
| 48 54 4D 4C 3E 0D 0A |HTML>.. |
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------+
OUT: 216.58.208.46:80
OUT: 216.58.208.46:80
IN: 216.58.208.46:80
OUT: 216.58.208.46:80
And here's the same request but with a JSON formatted output:
[
{
"payload": "5be60100000100000000000006676f6f676c6503636f6d0000010001",
"src_port": "36838",
"interface": "docker0",
"src": "172.17.0.2",
"dst": "10.38.5.26",
"dst_port": "53"
},
{
"payload": "1dd30100000100000000000006676f6f676c6503636f6d00001c0001",
"src_port": "36838",
"interface": "docker0",
"src": "172.17.0.2",
"dst": "10.38.5.26",
"dst_port": "53"
},
{
"payload": "5be68180000100010000000006676f6f676c6503636f6d0000010001c00c00010001000000890004d83ad02e",
"src_port": "53",
"interface": "docker0",
"src": "10.38.5.26",
"dst": "172.17.0.2",
"dst_port": "36838"
},
{
"payload": "1dd38180000100010000000006676f6f676c6503636f6d00001c0001c00c001c00010000008900102a00145040010815000000000000200e",
"src_port": "53",
"interface": "docker0",
"src": "10.38.5.26",
"dst": "172.17.0.2",
"dst_port": "36838"
},
{
"payload": "",
"src_port": "46094",
"interface": "docker0",
"src": "172.17.0.2",
"dst": "216.58.208.46",
"dst_port": "80"
},
{
"payload": "",
"src_port": "80",
"interface": "docker0",
"src": "216.58.208.46",
"dst": "172.17.0.2",
"dst_port": "46094"
},
{
"payload": "",
"src_port": "46094",
"interface": "docker0",
"src": "172.17.0.2",
"dst": "216.58.208.46",
"dst_port": "80"
},
{
"payload": "474554202f20485454502f312e310d0a486f73743a20676f6f676c652e636f6d0d0a557365722d4167656e743a206375726c2f372e34372e310d0a4163636570743a202a2f2a0d0a0d0a",
"src_port": "46094",
"interface": "docker0",
"src": "172.17.0.2",
"dst": "216.58.208.46",
"dst_port": "80"
},
{
"payload": "",
"src_port": "80",
"interface": "docker0",
"src": "216.58.208.46",
"dst": "172.17.0.2",
"dst_port": "46094"
},
{
"payload": "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",
"src_port": "80",
"interface": "docker0",
"src": "216.58.208.46",
"dst": "172.17.0.2",
"dst_port": "46094"
},
{
"payload": "",
"src_port": "46094",
"interface": "docker0",
"src": "172.17.0.2",
"dst": "216.58.208.46",
"dst_port": "80"
},
{
"payload": "",
"src_port": "46094",
"interface": "docker0",
"src": "172.17.0.2",
"dst": "216.58.208.46",
"dst_port": "80"
},
{
"payload": "",
"src_port": "80",
"interface": "docker0",
"src": "216.58.208.46",
"dst": "172.17.0.2",
"dst_port": "46094"
},
{
"payload": "",
"src_port": "46094",
"interface": "docker0",
"src": "172.17.0.2",
"dst": "216.58.208.46",
"dst_port": "80"
}
]
License
GNU/GPL 2.0
