basic snort configuration into docker with pulledpork actualization
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Snort in Docker for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
The Snort Version 2.9.8.0 and DAQ Version 2.0.6
You may need to run as sudo
Attach the snort in container to have full access to the network
$ docker run -it --rm --net=host -v /path/snortdir:/etc/snort/etc troptop/docker-snort-pulledpork /bin/bash
List of configuration file:
ls /etc/snort/etc/
classification.config reference.config sid-msg.map snort.conf threshold.conf unicode.map
$ docker run -it --rm --net=host -v /path/snortrules:/etc/snort/rules troptop/docker-snort-pulledpork /bin/bash
List of Rules Files
ls /etc/snort/rules/
black_list.rules iplists/default.blacklist iplistsIPRVersion.dat local.rules snort.rules white_list.rules
iplists/default.blacklist, snort.rules and iplistsIPRVersion.dat are automatically updated by pullepork every night (check crontrab)
You can export the black_list.rules, white_list.rules and local.rules to specify your own rules
$ docker run -d --rm --net=host -v /path/snortrules/local.rules:/etc/snort/rules/local.rules -v /path/snortdir/snort.conf:/etc/snort/etc/snort.conf troptop/docker-snort-pulledpork /bin/bash
Or you may need to add --cap-add=NET_ADMIN or --privileged (unsafe)
$ docker run -it --rm --net=host --cap-add=NET_ADMIN troptop/docker-snort-pulledpork /bin/bash
docker run -it -v /Path/SNORT/etc/:/etc/snort/ -v /Path/SNORT/log/:/var/log/snort --rm \
--net=host troptop/docker-snort-pulledpork snort -c /etc/snort/etc/snort.conf
For testing it's work. Add this rule in the file at /etc/snort/rules/local.rules
alert icmp any any -> any any (msg:"Pinging...";sid:1000004;)
Running Snort and alerts output to the console (screen).
$ snort -i eth0 -c /etc/snort/etc/snort.conf -A console
Running Snort and alerts output to the UNIX socket
$ snort -i eth0 -A unsock -l /tmp -c /etc/snort/etc/snort.conf
Ping in the container then the alert message will show on the console
ping 8.8.8.8
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over 8 years ago
docker pull troptop/docker-snort-pulledpork