Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of HowTo/InstallWireSharkOpenFlowPlugin

Timestamp:

07/18/14 08:30:46 (10 years ago)

Author:

nriga@bbn.com

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HowTo/InstallWireSharkOpenFlowPlugin

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+= Install OpenFlow Dissector for WireShark =
+These instructions are tested on the standard Ubuntu 12.04 image of InstaGENI racks
+
+== Install necessary Packages ==
+{{{
+sudo apt-get update;
+sudo apt-get install wireshark glib-2.0 gtk+-2.0 libgtk2.0-dev scons
+}}}
+
+
+== Download Source Files ==
+
+Download wireshark source:
+{{{
+wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.6.7.orig.tar.bz2
+tar xvfj wireshark_1.6.7.orig.tar.bz2 
+}}}
+Download OpenFlow dissector source:
+{{{
+wget https://bitbucket.org/barnstorm/of-dissector/get/pre-ws-1.10.0.tar.gz
+tar xvfz pre-ws-1.10.0.tar.gz 
+}}}
+
+== Configure Wireshark ==
+{{{
+cd wireshark-1.6.7/;
+./configure
+export WIRESHARK=~/wireshark-1.6.7/
+}}}
+
+== Install Dissector ==
+{{{
+cd ~/barnstorm-of-dissector-85564cc537d4/
+cd src/
+scons install
+}}}
+
+This will install the plugin at  `~/.wireshark/plugins/openflow.so`
+
+If you want to install the plugin for all users move it to the global plugin place: 
+{{{
+sudo mv ~/.wireshark/plugins/openflow.so /usr/lib/wireshark/libwireshark1/plugins/
+}}}
+
+== Verify Installation ==
+WireShark is a graphical tool, in order to run it from a remote host you need to enable X11 Forwarding. 
+On a Linux-friendly machine when you ssh to the remote host add the `-X` flag.
+
+To verify installation:
+ 1. Run `wireshark`
+ 2. Open the "Help" --> "About" menu
+ 3. Select the "Plugins" tab
+ 4. Click the "Name" header to the plugins by name
+ 5. Verify that "openflow.so" appears in the list.