Network logger

Simple network traffic capture utility that relies on gopacket/libpcap and AWS Flow Logs to visualize network traffic.

Goal

Create Vizceral network traffic visualizations using BPF filters and AWS VPC Flow Logs. The tool build a JSON model that is read by Vizceral to visualize traffic.

Usage

The program's VPC FlowLogs exporter works only if the targeted instances' VPC have flow logs enabled and the logs are in CloudWatch Logs

Run: go build in the current directory, then run it using the parameter and environment variables configuration:

• params: ./network-logger --fileowner=OWNER --out=.....vizceral-example/dist/generated.json. This will case the generated.json file to be exported in the location specified by the parameter

• environment variables:

  • SOURCE: vpc-flowlog or bpf-filter - bpf-filter implementation is in progress
  • AWS_REGIONS: comma separated AWS region values to fetch VPC flow logs from
  • INSTANCE_IDS: comma separated EC2 instance IDs
  • AWS_REGION: sdk region
  • AWS_PROFILE: sdk profile

Notes

1. BPF exporter is in progress
2. No tests