Arkime Docker image/container

This repository contains the files to build a Docker image of the Arkime software:

https://arkime.com/

Ready to use Docker images can be pulled from https://hub.docker.com/r/mammo0/docker-arkime

To run this image a working OpenSearch environment is required. Please stick to their documentation for setting this up. (E.g. for Docker: https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/opensearch/install/docker)

Please note: This Docker image does currently NOT support

• SSL connections and
• user authentication

to OpenSearch nodes. Please enshure that the following environment variables are set for the OpenSearch nodes:

• DISABLE_SECURITY_PLUGIN=true
• DISABLE_INSTALL_DEMO_CONFIG=true

Run the container

This image can be run with

docker run \
    -e OS_HOST=opensearch \
    -e OS_PORT=9200 \
    -v <config_volume>:/data/config \
    -v <pcap_volume>:/data/pcap \
    -v <log_volume>:/data/logs \
    mammo0/docker-arkime:<tag>

These parameters are available:

ENV VARIABLE	DEFAULT VALUE	NOTES
OS_HOST	opensearch	The hostname or IP address where OpenSearch is running.
OS_PORT	9200	The port where OpenSearch is reachable.
ARKIME_ADMIN_PASSWORD	admin	This is the password for the Arkime admin user that is needed for the first login. It can be changed afterwards.
ARKIME_INTERFACE	eth0	Network interface where capture process listens. This feature is not tested yet!
ARKIME_HOSTNAME	localhost	With this hostname Arkime authenticates at OpenSearch. So if you change this you'll lose your OpenSearch configuration.
CAPTURE	off	Set to "on" to activate the capture process. This feature is not tested yet!
VIEWER	on	Set to "off" to deactivate the Arkime viewer.

VOLUME	CONTAINER PATH	NOTES
config_volume	/data/config	In this directory the Arkime configuration is saved.
pcap_volume	/data/pcap	In this directory the pcap files are saved that are generated by capture.
log_volume	/data/logs	In this directory the Arkime log files are saved.

Use docker-compose

You can use docker-compose if you want to setup OpenSearch together with Arkime in one step.

Configuration

1. Copy the file env/docker-compose.env to .env before running docker-compose up:

   cp env/docker-compose.env .env

   You may want to change some of the variables inside. Each variable is documented there.

2. Check the settings in env/arkime-compose.env file. These are used for the Arkime container. The available settings and values are documented in the ENV VARIABLE table above.

3. Ensure you have done this step (otherwise OpenSearch won't start): https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/opensearch/install/docker/#important-host-settings

   To apply the setting on a live system, run:

   sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144

Start

Simply run

docker-compose up -d

It can take some time until the OpenSearch instance(s) is/are fully started.

The Arkime viewer instance can be accessed via

http://localhost:8005

Assuming you don't changed the default port in the .env file.

Import pcap files

To import existing pcap files have a look at scripts/arkime-parse-pcap-folder.sh script. It can be run within the running container:

docker exec -it <container_name> \
    /data/arkime-parse-pcap-folder.sh -d <directory_with_pcap_files> -t <tag>

If parameter -d is omitted, the script asks if you want to import the default direcotry /data/pcap.