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Sensor via Docker

Install via Docker​

Prerequisites​

  • Docker Engine version 18.03.0 and above
  • Admin (or sudo) privileges on the Docker host

Start the sensor​


sudo docker run --net=host --rm -it levoai/pcap-sensor:0.2.1 ./bin/init apidump --satellite-url "your satellite url (http(s)://hostname|IP:port)" --levo-env "your application environment (staging, production etc.)" --levoai-org-id "your levo org id"
Specify additional flags in the command ```bash --trace-export-interval "trace export interval in seconds (default 10)" --rate-limit "number of traces per minute" --filter "pcap filter string, eg. port 8080 and (not port 8081)" --host-allow "host allow regex" --path-allow "path allow regex" --host-exclusions "host exclude regex" --path-exclusions "path exclude regex" ```

Configuring sensor as per memory and CPU resource limits​

  • For normal/average case use the default config
  • For strict resources, start the sensor with below options
--rate-limit 100
--trace-export-interval 1
--max-http-length 1000000
--stream-timeout-seconds 2