[Spce-user] Has anyone managed to get HOMER to work?

[gerry kernan]

Hi 
We use homer with our spce server 
We use the capagent daemon and its  config file to configure where to send captured traffic 
Works really well 

Gerry

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> On 10 Mar 2017, at 04:25, William Fulton <wfulton at thirdhatch.com> wrote:
> 
> William,
>  
> Are you using a network tap in your hardware configuration?  I haven’t used homer yet, but I know for doing these kinds of captures it is often required.  Some Cisco switches have a tap port built in, if you don’t have this type of hardware try doing a search for Network Tap.  Here are some that I have used with good results:
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002BSF112
> or
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0175EODCE
>  
> Good luck!
> Bill in Seattle
>  
> From: Spce-user [mailto:spce-user-bounces at lists.sipwise.com] On Behalf Of William Hilsum
> Sent: Thursday, March 9, 2017 5:16 PM
> To: spce-user at lists.sipwise.com
> Subject: [Spce-user] Has anyone managed to get HOMER to work?
>  
> Hi
>  
> I am trying to diagnose an issue for a client and am getting a bit fed up of tracing through Wireshark.
>  
> I have seen Homer for some time and had a few hours spare, so, I thought I would set it up…
>  
> I edited my config.yml homer section to:
>  
> homer:
>   capture_id: 'homer01'
>   capture_pass: 123
>   enabled: yes
>   host: --homer-ip-address
>   port: '9060'
>  
> “Ngcpcfg build” followed by “ngcp apply homer”
>  
> I setup a new box, installed Debian and ran the install script as per the instructions on github. There were a few errors relating to region settings – but, it looks like everything installed fine (Mysql, Apache etc.).
>  
> I can see the web interface fine, but, it just doesn’t get populated with anything.
>  
> I ran “tcpdump host –homer-ip-address” and couldn’t see anything. I then ran “sngrep -H udp:--homer-ip-address:9060” along with “ngrep -W byline port 9060” on the Homer server, and, I could see the HEP packets coming through.
>  
> So, I was wondering:
> Is Homer supported on community edition/did I do something wrong? (I wasn’t sure what capture_pass is / I tried various default passwords)
> Has anyone managed to get it work?
> Can anyone give me some hints? I can’t see any community/IRC etc.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> William
>  
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