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Capturing Traffic from the Host System
editCapturing Traffic from the Host System
editBy default, Docker networking will connect the Packetbeat container to an
isolated virtual network, with a limited view of network traffic. You may wish
to connect the container directly to the host network in order to see traffic
destined for, and originating from, the host system. With docker run, this can
be achieved by specifying --network=host.
docker run --cap-add=NET_ADMIN --network=host docker.elastic.co/beats/packetbeat:5.6.16
On Windows and MacOS, specifying --network=host will bind the
container’s network interface to the virtual interface of Docker’s embedded
Linux virtual machine, not to the physical interface of the host system.