captagent

CaptAgent

The Next-Generation HEP Capture Agent for Homer

Captagent is a powerful, flexible, completely modular HEP packet capture and mirroring framework for RTC, ready for (virtually) any kind of IP protocol and encapsulation method - past, present - and future.

Status

Get Started

Setup & Configuration instructions are available on the Project Wiki

Build Dependencies (DEB/RPM)

For local builds, install the required development tools and libraries first.

Debian/Ubuntu packages:

• m4
• automake
• autoconf
• libtool
• make
• gcc
• flex
• libfl-dev
• bison
• libexpat-dev
• libpcap-dev
• libjson-c-dev
• libuv1-dev

RHEL/Fedora packages:

• m4
• automake
• autoconf
• libtool
• make
• gcc
• flex
• flex-devel
• bison
• expat-devel
• libpcap-devel
• json-c-devel
• libuv-devel

Optional auto-install helper:

• The build script supports an opt-in dependency bootstrap for DEB/RPM systems.
• Run with AUTO_INSTALL_DEPS=1 to let build.sh install Flex and libfl/flex-devel automatically before autoreconf.
• Example: AUTO_INSTALL_DEPS=1 ./build.sh

Support

If you found a bug or issue with the code, please raise an Issue on the project tracker.

If you want to send a PR, please make sure to indent your code using our format script

If you have specific questions or require professional support please contact us at [email protected]

Developers

Contributions to our project are always welcome! If you intend to participate and help us improve CAPTAGENT, we kindly ask you to sign a CLA (Contributor License Agreement) and coordinate at best with the existing team via the homer-dev mailing list.

If you use CAPTAGENT in production, please consider supporting us with a donation