linuxserver/wireshark
Wireshark is the world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer. It lets you see what’s happening on your network at a microscopic level and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many commercial and non-profit enterprises, government agencies, and educational institutions. Wireshark development thrives thanks to the volunteer contributions of networking experts around the globe and is the continuation of a project started by Gerald Combs in 1998.
Simply pulling
lscr.io/linuxserver/wireshark:latest should retrieve the correct image for your arch, but you can also pull specific arch images via tags.The architectures supported by this image are:
Architecture | Available | Tag |
|---|---|---|
x86-64 | ✅ | amd64-<version tag> |
arm64 | ✅ | arm64v8-<version tag> |
armhf | ✅ | arm32v7-<version tag> |
The application can be accessed at:
- http://yourhost:3000/
By default the user/pass is abc/abc, if you change your password or want to login manually to the GUI session for any reason use the following link:
- http://yourhost:3000/?login=true
In order to dump from an interface you will need to pass
NET_ADMIN at a minimum, optionally you can use host networking to capture from your host level device or specify a Docker network you want to capture from.If you do not specificy host networking you will need to map port 3000 with
-p 3000:3000.To help you get started creating a container from this image you can either use docker-compose or the docker cli.
---
version: "2.1"
services:
wireshark:
image: lscr.io/linuxserver/wireshark:latest
container_name: wireshark
cap_add:
- NET_ADMIN
security_opt:
- seccomp:unconfined #optional
network_mode: host
environment:
- PUID=1000
- PGID=1000
- TZ=Europe/London
volumes:
- /path/to/config:/config
ports:
- 3000:3000 #optional
restart: unless-stopped
docker run -d \
--name=wireshark \
--net=host \
--cap-add=NET_ADMIN \
--security-opt seccomp=unconfined `#optional` \
-e PUID=1000 \
-e PGID=1000 \
-e TZ=Europe/London \
-p 3000:3000 `#optional` \
-v /path/to/config:/config \
--restart unless-stopped \
lscr.io/linuxserver/wireshark:latest
Docker images are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those above). These parameters are separated by a colon and indicate
<external>:<internal> respectively. For example, -p 8080:80 would expose port 80 from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port 8080 outside the container.Parameter | Function |
|---|---|
3000 | WireShark desktop gui, only use this if you are not using host mode and sniffing Docker network traffic. |
Networking (
--net)Parameter | Function |
|---|---|
--net=host | Use Host Networking |
Env | Function |
|---|---|
PUID=1000 | for UserID - see below for explanation |
PGID=1000 | for GroupID - see below for explanation |
TZ=Europe/London | Specify a timezone to use EG Europe/London. |
Volume | Function |
|---|---|
/config | Users home directory in the container, stores program settings and potentially dump files. |
Miscellaneous Options
Parameter | Function |
|---|---|
--security-opt seccomp=unconfined | For Docker Engine only, many modern gui apps need this to function on older hosts as syscalls are unknown to Docker. |
This image utilises
cap_add or sysctl to work properly. This is not implemented properly in some versions of Portainer, thus this image may not work if deployed through Portainer.You can set any environment variable from a file by using a special prepend
FILE__.As an example:
-e FILE__PASSWORD=/run/secrets/mysecretpassword
Will set the environment variable
PASSWORD based on the contents of the /run/secrets/mysecretpassword file.For all of our images we provide the ability to override the default umask settings for services started within the containers using the optional
-e UMASK=022 setting. Keep in mind umask is not chmod it subtracts from permissions based on it's value it does not add. Please read up here before asking for support.When using volumes (
-v flags), permissions issues can arise between the host OS and the container, we avoid this issue by allowing you to specify the user PUID and group PGID.Ensure any volume directories on the host are owned by the same user you specify and any permissions issues will vanish like magic.
In this instance
PUID=1000 and PGID=1000, to find yours use id user as below: $ id username
uid=1000(dockeruser) gid=1000(dockergroup) groups=1000(dockergroup)
We publish various Docker Mods to enable additional functionality within the containers. The list of Mods available for this image (if any) as well as universal mods that can be applied to any one of our images can be accessed via the dynamic badges above.
- Shell access whilst the container is running:
docker exec -it wireshark /bin/bash
- To monitor the logs of the container in realtime:
docker logs -f wireshark
- Container version number
docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' wireshark
- Image version number
docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' lscr.io/linuxserver/wireshark:latest
- 23.10.22: - Rebase to Alpine 3.16, migrate to s6v3.
- 14.02.22: - Rebase to Alpine.
- 31.03.20: - Initial release.
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