Creating a Packet Capture Task to Check the Network Status

Specification Limitations

Only the professional edition instances can capture network packets.

Constraints

• Only one packet capture task can be executed at a time.
• A maximum of 20 packet capture tasks can be created every day.
• A maximum of 1 million packets can be captured.

Creating a Packet Capture Task to Check the Network Status

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
3. In the navigation pane on the left, click and choose Security & Compliance > Cloud Firewall. The Dashboard page will be displayed.
4. (Optional) Switch firewall instance: Select a firewall from the drop-down list in the upper left corner of the page.
5. In the navigation tree on the left, choose System Management > Packet Capture.
6. Click Create Capture Task and configure parameters.

   Table 1 Packet capture task parameters

   Parameter Name	Description	Example Value
   Task Name	Task name. It must meet the following requirements: Only uppercase letters (A to Z), lowercase letters (a to z), numbers (0 to 9), and the following special characters are allowed: -_ Enter up to 30 characters.	cfw
   Max. Packets Captured	Maximum number of captured packets. Enter an integer in the range 1 to 1,000,000.	100000
   Capture Duration (min)	Maximum duration for capturing packets. Enter an integer in the range 1 to 10.	3
   IP Type	IP address type for packet capture. The value is IPv4 by default.	IPv4
   Protocol Type	Protocol type of captured packets. It can be: Any TCP UDP ICMP	Any
   Source Address	It can be: A single IP address, for example, 192.168.10.5 Consecutive IP addresses, for example, 192.168.0.2-192.168.0.10 Address segment, for example, 192.168.2.0/24	192.168.10.5
   Source Port	(Optional) Source port. The input rules are as follows: If this parameter is left blank, it indicates all port numbers (1 to 65535). Enter a single port number in the range 1 to 65535.	80
   Destination Address	It can be: A single IP address, for example, 192.168.10.5 Consecutive IP addresses, for example, 192.168.0.2-192.168.0.10 Address segment, for example, 192.168.2.0/24	192.168.10.6
   Destination Port	(Optional) Destination port. The input rules are as follows: If this parameter is left blank, it indicates all port numbers (1 to 65535). Enter a single port number in the range 1 to 65535.	-

7. Click OK.

Related Operations

• To copy a task, click Copy in its Operation column. In the displayed dialog box, enter the task name and click OK.
• To stop a packet capture task, click Stop in its Operation column.
• To delete packet capture tasks, select them and click Delete above the list.
• Viewing a Packet Capture Task
• Downloading Packet Capture Results