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THi_89722
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Feb 25, 2015

How to tcpdump traffic between APM Http Auth AAA object and a layered virtual server

Trying to debug APM http auth traffic to a layered virtual server. I have an APM http auth AAA object which sends custom http post to a layered VS, which in turn converts http to https and forwards t...
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  • Gianrico_D_Ang1's avatar
    Gianrico_D_Ang1
    Apr 08, 2015

    There was a recent ticket in support open for it so i thought it is worth sharing the solution.

     

    You have to capture on the vlan that traffic to the AAA server leaves through, and use the :l switch.

     

    Example:

     

    tcpdump -i external:l

     

    thanks

     

    gianrico

     

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Gianrico_D_Ang1
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There was a recent ticket in support open for it so i thought it is worth sharing the solution.

 

You have to capture on the vlan that traffic to the AAA server leaves through, and use the :l switch.

 

Example:

 

tcpdump -i external:l

 

thanks

 

gianrico

 

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THi
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Apr 08, 2015
Thanks, I think it was my ticket, that I opened a month ago. Got the same reply from support earlier today. Haven't had time to test it yet. Perhaps tomorrow.