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== NAME

falcodump - Dump log data to a file using a Falco source plugin.

== SYNOPSIS

.Common options
[manarg]
*falcodump*
[ *--help* ]
[ *--version* ]
[ *--plugin-api-version* ]
[ *--extcap-interfaces* ]
[ *--extcap-dlts* ]
[ *--extcap-interface*=<interface> ]
[ *--extcap-config* ]
[ *--extcap-capture-filter*=<capture filter> ]
[ *--capture* ]
[ *--fifo*=<path to file or pipe> ]
[ *--plugin-source*=<source path or URL> ]
[ *--log-level*=<log level> ]
[ *--log-file*=<path to file> ]

.System call options
[manarg]
[ *--include-capture-processes=<TRUE or FALSE> ]
[ *--include-switch-calls=<TRUE or FALSE> ]


.CloudTrail plugin options
[manarg]
[ *--cloudtrail-s3downloadconcurrency*=<number of concurrent downloads> ]
[ *--cloudtrail-s3interval*=<timeframe> ]
[ *--cloudtrail-s3accountlist*=<comma separated account IDs> ]
[ *--cloudtrail-sqsdelete*=<true or false> ]
[ *--cloudtrail-useasync*=<true or false> ]
[ *--cloudtrail-uses3sns*=<true or false> ]
[ *--cloudtrail-aws-region*=<AWS region> ]
[ *--cloudtrail-aws-profile*=<AWS profile> ]
[ *--cloudtrail-aws-config*=<path> ]
[ *--cloudtrail-aws-credentials*=<path to file> ]


== DESCRIPTION

*falcodump* is an extcap tool that allows one to capture log messages from cloud providers.

Each plugin is listed as a separate interface.
For example, the AWS CloudTrail plugin is listed as “cloudtrail”.

== OPTIONS

--help::
Print program arguments.
This will also list the configuration arguments for each plugin.

--version::
Print the program version.

--plugin-api-version::
Print the Falco plugin API version.

--extcap-interfaces::
List the available interfaces.

--extcap-interface=<interface>::
Use the specified interface.

--extcap-dlts::
List the DLTs of the specified interface.

--extcap-config::
List the configuration options of specified interface.

--extcap-capture-filter=<capture filter>::
The capture filter.
Must be a valid Sysdig / Falco filter.

--capture::
Start capturing from the source specified by --plugin-source via the specified interface and write raw packet data to the location specified by --fifo.

--fifo=<path to file or pipe>::
Save captured packet to file or send it through pipe.

--plugin-source=<source path or URL>::
Capture from the specified location.

--log-level::
Set the log level

--log-file::
Set a log file to log messages in addition to the console

== SYSTEM CALL OPTIONS

--include-capture-processes::
Include system calls for capture processes (falcodump, dumpcap, and Stratoshark) if TRUE.
Defaults to FALSE.

--include-switch-calls::
Include "switch" calls if TRUE.
Defaults to FALSE.


== PLUGINS

=== cloudtrail (AWS CloudTrail)

--cloudtrail-s3downloadconcurrency::
Controls the number of background goroutines used to download S3 files (Default: 32)

--cloudtrail-s3interval::
Download log files over the specified interval (Default: no interval)

--cloudtrail-s3accountlist::
If source is an organization CloudTrail S3 bucket download log files for all specified account IDs (Default: no account IDs)

--cloudtrail-sqsdelete::
If true then the plugin will delete SQS messages from the queue immediately after receiving them (Default: true)

--cloudtrail-useasync::
If true then async extraction optimization is enabled (Default: true)

--cloudtrail-uses3sns::
If true then the plugin will expect SNS messages to originate from S3 instead of directly from Cloudtrail (Default: false)

--cloudtrail-aws-profile::
If non-empty overrides the AWS shared configuration profile (e.g. 'default') and environment variables such as AWS_PROFILE (Default: empty)

--cloudtrail-aws-region::
If non-empty overrides the AWS region specified in the profile (e.g. 'us-east-1') and environment variables such as AWS_REGION (Default: empty)

--cloudtrail-aws-config::
If non-empty overrides the AWS shared configuration filepath (e.g. ~/.aws/config) and env variables such as AWS_CONFIG_FILE (Default: empty)

--cloudtrail-aws-credentials::
If non-empty overrides the AWS shared credentials filepath (e.g. ~/.aws/credentials) and env variables such as AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE (Default: empty)

CloudTrail sources can be S3 buckets or SQS queue URLs. S3 bucket URLs have the form

's3://__bucket_name__/__prefix__/AWSLogs/__account-id__/CloudTrail/__region__/__year__/__month__/__day__'

For organization CloudTrail the S3 bucket URL can be

's3://__bucket_name__/__prefix__/AWSLogs/__org-id__/__account-id__/CloudTrail/__region__/__year__/__month__/__day__'

The __region__, __year__, __month__, and __day__ components can be omitted in order to fetch more or less data.
For example, the source 's3://mybucket/AWSLogs/012345678/CloudTrail/us-west-2/2023' will fetch all CloudWatch logs for the year 2023.

If the URL ends with '__account-id__/' or '__account-id__/CloudTrail/' (for example 's3://mybucket/AWSLOGS/012345678912/') the option '--cloudtrail-s3interval' can be used to define the time frame. A s3interval of '1d' for example would get all events of the last 24 hours from all available regions. A s3interval of '2w-1w' would get all events from all regions from two weeks ago up to one week ago. The s3invterval can also be defined as a RFC 3339-style timestamp like '2024-02-29T18:07:17Z' or '2024-02-29T00:00:00Z-2024-03-01T23:59:59Z'.

If the URL ends with 'AWSLogs/__org-id__' option '--cloudtrail-s3accountlist' can be used to specify account IDs. This can be combined with '--cloudtrail-s3interval'. A source like 's3://my-org-bucket/AWSLogs/o-123abc/' with '--cloudstrail-s3accountlist' set to '123456789012,987654321098' and '--cloudtrail-s3interval' set to '30m' would get all events of the last 30min from all regions for accounts 123456789012 and 987654321098.

If source URL is the organization CloudTrail bucket (like 's3://my-org-bucket/AWSLogs/o-123abc') and '--s3accountlist' is not set the plugin iterates over all accounts (limited by '--s3interval' if set). Attention: Depending on the size of the organization and the time interval, this can take a long time.

The cloudtrail plugin uses the AWS SDK for Go, which can obtain profile, region, and credential settings from a set of standard https://aws.github.io/aws-sdk-go-v2/docs/configuring-sdk/[environment variables and configuration files].
Falcodump will show a list of locally configured profiles and the current regions, and will let you supply a custom value as well.

More information is available in the https://github.com/falcosecurity/plugins/blob/master/plugins/cloudtrail/README.md[README] of the CloudTrail plugin.

== EXAMPLES

To see program arguments:

    falcodump --help

To see program version:

    falcodump --version

To see interfaces:

    falcodump --extcap-interfaces

Only one interface (falcodump) is supported.

.Example output
    interface {value=cloudtrail}{display=Falco plugin}

To see interface DLTs:

    falcodump --extcap-interface=cloudtrail --extcap-dlts

.Example output
    dlt {number=147}{name=cloudtrail}{display=USER0}

To see interface configuration options:

    falcodump --extcap-interface=cloudtrail --extcap-config

.Example output
    arg {number=0}{call=--plugin-source}{display=Plugin source}{type=string}{tooltip=The plugin data source. This us usually a URL.}{placeholder=Enter a source URL…}{required=true}{group=Capture}
    arg {number=1}{call=cloudtrail-s3downloadconcurrency}{display=s3DownloadConcurrency}{type=integer}{default=1}{tooltip=Controls the number of background goroutines used to download S3 files (Default: 1)}{group=Capture}
    arg {number=2}{call=cloudtrail-sqsdelete}{display=sqsDelete}{type=boolean}{default=true}{tooltip=If true then the plugin will delete sqs messages from the queue immediately after receiving them (Default: true)}{group=Capture}
    arg {number=3}{call=cloudtrail-useasync}{display=useAsync}{type=boolean}{default=true}{tooltip=If true then async extraction optimization is enabled (Default: true)}{group=Capture}

To capture AWS CloudTrail events from an S3 bucket:

    falcodump --extcap-interface=cloudtrail --fifo=/tmp/cloudtrail.pcap --plugin-source=s3://aws-cloudtrail-logs.../CloudTrail/us-east-2/... --capture

or:

    falcodump --capture --extcap-interface cloudtrail --fifo ~/cloudtrail.pcap --plugin-source s3://my-cloudtrail-bucket/AWSLogs/o-abc12345/123456789012/ --cloudtrail-s3downloadconcurrency 32 --cloudtrail-s3interval 5d-2d --cloudtrail-aws-region eu-west-1

NOTE: kbd:[CTRL+C] should be used to stop the capture in order to ensure clean termination.

== SEE ALSO

xref:stratoshark.html[stratoshark](1), xref:strato.html[strato](1), xref:dumpcap.html[dumpcap](1), xref:extcap.html[extcap](4)

== NOTES

*falcodump* is part of the *Stratoshark* distribution.
The latest version of *Stratoshark* can be found at https://www.wireshark.org.

HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages.

== AUTHORS

.Original Author
[%hardbreaks]
Gerald Combs <gerald[AT]wireshark.org>
