/v2/compute/projects/{project_id}/iou/nodes/{node_id}/adapters/{adapter_number:d+}/ports/{port_number:d+}/start_capture

POST /v2/compute/projects/{project_id}/iou/nodes/{node_id}/adapters/{adapter_number:d+}/ports/{port_number:d+}/start_capture

Start a packet capture on an IOU VM instance

Parameters

  • project_id: Project UUID

  • node_id: Node UUID

  • adapter_number: Adapter to start a packet capture

  • port_number: Port on the adapter

Response status codes

  • 200: Capture started

  • 400: Invalid request

  • 404: Instance doesn’t exist

  • 409: VM not started

Input

Name Mandatory Type Description
capture_file_name string Capture file name
data_link_type enum Possible values: DLT_ATM_RFC1483, DLT_EN10MB, DLT_FRELAY, DLT_C_HDLC, DLT_PPP_SERIAL

Sample session

curl -i -X POST 'http://localhost:3080/v2/compute/projects/a1e920ca-338a-4e9f-b363-aa607b09dd80/iou/nodes/b63d611d-066b-4673-ad6c-c0e8a93cedbb/adapters/0/ports/0/start_capture' -d '{"capture_file_name": "test.pcap", "data_link_type": "DLT_EN10MB"}'

POST /v2/compute/projects/a1e920ca-338a-4e9f-b363-aa607b09dd80/iou/nodes/b63d611d-066b-4673-ad6c-c0e8a93cedbb/adapters/0/ports/0/start_capture HTTP/1.1
{
    "capture_file_name": "test.pcap",
    "data_link_type": "DLT_EN10MB"
}


HTTP/1.1 200
Connection: close
Content-Length: 104
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 02:25:59 GMT
Server: Python/3.6 GNS3/2.2.4dev1
X-Route: /v2/compute/projects/{project_id}/iou/nodes/{node_id}/adapters/{adapter_number:\d+}/ports/{port_number:\d+}/start_capture

{
    "pcap_file_path": "/tmp/pytest-of-grossmj/pytest-41/test_json4/project-files/captures/test.pcap"
}