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

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

Start a packet capture on a VirtualBox 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 (always 0)

Response status codes

  • 200: Capture started

  • 400: Invalid request

  • 404: Instance doesn’t exist

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/virtualbox/nodes/e99d891a-06ed-4923-9110-4dfae366af6d/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/virtualbox/nodes/e99d891a-06ed-4923-9110-4dfae366af6d/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: 123
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 02:27:28 GMT
Server: Python/3.6 GNS3/2.2.4dev1
X-Route: /v2/compute/projects/{project_id}/virtualbox/nodes/{node_id}/adapters/{adapter_number:\d+}/ports/{port_number:\d+}/start_capture

{
    "pcap_file_path": "/tmp/tmp3gc2avyo/projects/a1e920ca-338a-4e9f-b363-aa607b09dd80/project-files/captures/test.pcap"
}