captures.file - Radiator Server

Radiator Server Documentation — v10.33.2

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file
Configuration
Example

file

Stores captured RADIUS messages in files. The file type is PcapNG.

Configuration

directory (required): Specifies where capture files should be stored.
filename (optional): Specifies the exact filename for the capture file. When specified, all captured packets are written to this single file. When omitted, a separate file is automatically created for each authentication context, named <context_id>.pcapng where context_id is the hexadecimal authentication context ID.

Example

captures {
    # Capture to separate files per authentication context
    capture "CAPTURE_TO_DIRECTORY" {
        file {
            directory "/var/lib/radiator/captures";
        }
    }

    # Capture all packets to a single file
    capture "CAPTURE_TO_FILE" {
        file {
            directory "/var/lib/radiator/captures";
            filename "radiator-server.pcapng";
        }
    }
}

When troubleshooting authentication issues, you can correlate authentication log entries with their corresponding capture files using the Context-Id:

% sudo tail -1 radiator-server-authentication.log | jq -r '.["Context-Id"]'
abc123def456789a
% sudo ls -l /var/lib/radiator/captures/abc123def456789a.pcapng
-rw-r----- 1 radiator radiator 41256 Jun  5 09:23 /var/lib/radiator/captures/abc123def456789a.pcapng