This is an experimental project to view pcaps in the browser with tshark from a server. This is a starter project, and works for small pcap files.

1. Install pip dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. start the app

python app.py

file upload view

The following dependencies are required for this tool installation.

Install tshark package, instructions for all platforms here: https://tshark.dev/setup/install/

Here are the steps for Ubuntu:

https://pkgs.org/search/?q=tshark

sudo apt install tshark

verify the tshark location

$ whereis tshark
tshark: /usr/bin/tshark /usr/share/man/man1/tshark.1.gz

$ tshark -v
TShark (Wireshark) 3.6.2 (Git v3.6.2 packaged as 3.6.2-2)