libvirt/tools/wireshark/README.md
Yuto KAWAMURA(kawamuray) 4f32c5f793 Introduce Libvirt Wireshark dissector
Introduce Wireshark dissector plugin which adds support to Wireshark
for dissecting libvirt RPC protocol.
Added following files to build Wireshark dissector from libvirt source
tree.
* tools/wireshark/*: Source tree of Wireshark dissector plugin.

Added followings to configure.ac or Makefile.am.
configure.ac
* --with-wireshark-dissector: Enable support for building Wireshark
  dissector.
* --with-ws-plugindir: Specify wireshark plugin directory that dissector
  will installed.
* Added tools/wireshark/{Makefile,src/Makefile} to  AC_CONFIG_FILES.
Makefile.am
* Added tools/wireshark/ to SUBDIR.
2014-01-20 17:09:41 +01:00

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About

This is the project of Google Summer of Code 2013 accepted by QEMU.org and libvirt community. The goal of this project is, provide Wireshark dissector for Libvirt RPC protocol. It will provide Libvirt packet overview/detail analysing in Wireshark. Furthermore, it will be able to build(generated) from RPC protocol definition placed in Libvirt source tree to support latest protocol specification.

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Installation

Run ./configure with --with-wireshark-dissector option enabled. Then dissector will compiled with libvirt itself.

Add/Remove protocol from dissector's support

Modify variable WS_DISSECTOR_PROTO_FILES in tools/wireshark/src/Makefile.am.

Changing installation directory

You can change installation directory of pluggable shared object(libvirt.so) by specifying --with-ws-plugindir=.

You can install libvirt.so into your local wireshark plugin directory:

./configure --with-wireshark-dissector \
    --with-ws-plugindir=$HOME/.wireshark/plugins