Cherry-pick #11366 to 7.x: packetbeat: Enable setting promiscuous mode automatically #16104
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Cherry-pick of PR #11366 to 7.x branch. Original message:
This PR tries to enable promiscuous mode when using
af_packet
.Few things to mention
any
is used it does not set the mode to promiscuous - followingpcap
Fixes #700
Manual testing guide:
Basic check:
ip link show {device}
) (look forPROMISC
keyword)packetbeat.interfaces.auto_promisc_mode: true
into packetbeat configip link show {device}
)ip link show {device}
)Already on promisc check:
ifconfig {device} promisc
orip link set {device} promisc on
packetbeat.interfaces.auto_promisc_mode: true
into packetbeat configip link show {device}
)ip link show {device}
)