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diff --git a/doc/falcodump.adoc b/doc/falcodump.adoc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cecca017 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/falcodump.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@ +include::../docbook/attributes.adoc[] += falcodump(1) +:doctype: manpage +:stylesheet: ws.css +:linkcss: +:copycss: ../docbook/{stylesheet} + +== NAME + +falcodump - Dump log data to a file using a Falco source plugin. + +== SYNOPSIS + +[manarg] +*falcodump* +[ *--help* ] +[ *--version* ] +[ *--plugin-api-version* ] +[ *--extcap-interfaces* ] +[ *--extcap-dlts* ] +[ *--extcap-interface*=<interface> ] +[ *--extcap-config* ] +[ *--extcap-capture-filter*=<capture filter> ] +[ *--capture* ] +[ *--fifo*=<path to file or pipe> ] +[ *--plugin-source*=<source path or URL> ] + +== DESCRIPTION + +*falcodump* is an extcap tool that allows one to capture log messages from cloud providers. + +Each plugin is listed as a separate interface. +For example, the AWS CloudTrail plugin is listed as “cloudtrail”. + +== OPTIONS + +--help:: +Print program arguments. +This will also list the configuration arguments for each plugin. + +--version:: +Print the program version. + +--plugin-api-version:: +Print the Falco plugin API version. + +--extcap-interfaces:: +List the available interfaces. + +--extcap-interface=<interface>:: +Use the specified interface. + +--extcap-dlts:: +List the DLTs of the specified interface. + +--extcap-config:: +List the configuration options of specified interface. + +--extcap-capture-filter=<capture filter>:: +The capture filter. +Must be a valid Sysdig / Falco filter. + +--capture:: +Start capturing from the source specified by --plugin-source via the specified interface and write raw packet data to the location specified by --fifo. + +--fifo=<path to file or pipe>:: +Save captured packet to file or send it through pipe. + +--plugin-source=<source path or URL>:: +Capture from the specified location. + +== PLUGINS + +=== cloudtrail (AWS CloudTrail) + +CloudTrail sources can be S3 buckets or SQS queue URLs. S3 bucket URLs have the form + +s3://__bucket_name__/AWSLogs/__id__/CloudTrail/__region__/__year__/_month_/__day__ + +The __region__, __year__, _month_, and __day__ components can be omitted in order to fetch more or less data. +For example, the source s3://mybucket/AWSLogs/012345678/CloudTrail/us-west-2/2023 will fetch all CloudWatch logs for the year 2023. + +The cloudtrail plugin uses the AWS SDK for Go, which can obtain profile, region, and credential settings from a set of standard https://aws.github.io/aws-sdk-go-v2/docs/configuring-sdk/[environment variables and configuration files]. +Falcodump will show a list of locally configured profiles and the current regions, and will let you supply a custom value as well. + +== EXAMPLES + +To see program arguments: + + falcodump --help + +To see program version: + + falcodump --version + +To see interfaces: + + falcodump --extcap-interfaces + +Only one interface (falcodump) is supported. + +.Example output + interface {value=cloudtrail}{display=Falco plugin} + +To see interface DLTs: + + falcodump --extcap-interface=cloudtrail --extcap-dlts + +.Example output + dlt {number=147}{name=cloudtrail}{display=USER0} + +To see interface configuration options: + + falcodump --extcap-interface=cloudtrail --extcap-config + +.Example output + arg {number=0}{call=--plugin-source}{display=Plugin source}{type=string}{tooltip=The plugin data source. This us usually a URL.}{placeholder=Enter a source URL…}{required=true}{group=Capture} + arg {number=1}{call=cloudtrail-s3downloadconcurrency}{display=s3DownloadConcurrency}{type=integer}{default=1}{tooltip=Controls the number of background goroutines used to download S3 files (Default: 1)}{group=Capture} + arg {number=2}{call=cloudtrail-sqsdelete}{display=sqsDelete}{type=boolean}{default=true}{tooltip=If true then the plugin will delete sqs messages from the queue immediately after receiving them (Default: true)}{group=Capture} + arg {number=3}{call=cloudtrail-useasync}{display=useAsync}{type=boolean}{default=true}{tooltip=If true then async extraction optimization is enabled (Default: true)}{group=Capture} + +To capture AWS CloudTrail events from an S3 bucket: + + falcodump --extcap-interface=cloudtrail --fifo=/tmp/cloudtrail.pcap --plugin-source=s3://aws-cloudtrail-logs.../CloudTrail/us-east-2/... --capture + +NOTE: kbd:[CTRL+C] should be used to stop the capture in order to ensure clean termination. + +== SEE ALSO + +xref:wireshark.html[wireshark](1), xref:tshark.html[tshark](1), xref:dumpcap.html[dumpcap](1), xref:extcap.html[extcap](4) +//, xref:logray.html[logray](1) + +== NOTES + +*falcodump* is part of the *Logray* distribution. +The latest version of *Logray* can be found at https://www.wireshark.org. + +HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at +https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages. + +== AUTHORS + +.Original Author +[%hardbreaks] +Gerald Combs <gerald[AT]wireshark.org> |