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This tutorial is for those who are learning, troubleshooting and developing using the OpenFlow wire protocol. Packet captures are vital to troubleshooting issues that occur between the switch and OpenFlow controller. The instructions are for installing Wireshark from package or compiling and installing from source. It also walks through installing the OpenFlow v1.0 dissector plugin for Wireshark. Once the plugin is installed you will be able to view OpenFlow messaging in the Wireshark packet captures.
Installing Wireshark From Repositories

Ubuntu Wireshark installation from Repository 1 apt-get update && apt-get install wireshark-dev wireshark RedHat (CentOS/RHEL) Wireshark installation from Repository 1 yum install wireshark-devel wireshark

Download and Installing The OpenFlow Wireshark Dissector

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git clone git://openflow.org/openflow.git cd openflow ./boot.sh ./configure make sudo make install cd utilities/wireshark_dissectors/openflow

Before you go on you need to edit packet-openflow.c to fix a problem from a change in the Wireshark API. Open the following C file in a text editor: 1 openflow/utilities/wireshark_dissectors/openflow/packet-openflow.c

Add the following constant somewhere in the file with the other definitions. Look for #define and just add wedge it in there. 1 #define NO_STRINGS NULL

Next change find the function: Change from:

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void proto_reg_handoff_openflow() { openflow_handle = create_dissector_handle(dissect_openflow, proto_openflow); dissector_add(TCP_PORT_FILTER, global_openflow_proto, openflow_handle); }

void proto_reg_handoff_openflow() { openflow_handle = create_dissector_handle(dissect_openflow, proto_openflow); dissector_add_uint(TCP_PORT_FILTER, global_openflow_proto, openflow_handle); }

Figure 1. The void proto_reg_handoff_openflow() function after edit. 1 2 make sudo make install

Copy the dynamic library or shared object (so file) packet-openflow.so into the Wireshark plugins directory. 1 cp /var/packet-openflow.so /usr/lib/wireshark/libwireshark1/plugins/

Running Wireshark with the OpenFlow Dissector

If you get the following error, verify you edited acket-openflow.c properly and recompile the dissector again to create another packet-openflow.so object file. 1

Couldn't load module /usr/lib/wireshark/libwireshark1/plugins/packet-openflow.so: /usr/lib/wireshark/libwireshark1/plugins/

Verifying OpenFlow Dissector and Wireshark Installation

In Wireshark go to Help->About->Plugins tab. You should see the OpenFlow plugin in the list.

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Figure 2. The OpenFlow Wireshark plugin

You can now view the OpenFlow header and packet type from your Wireshark captures. More information on generating OpenFlow packets can be found in these tutorials.

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Figure 3. Viewing OpenFlow messages in Wireshark.

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Video 1. Screemcast of the Wireshark and OpenFlow plugin installation.

Compiling and Installing Wireshark from Source on Ubuntu and RHEL/CentOS

Ubuntu 1 apt-get install libpcap-dev autoconf gtk2.0 flex bison libtool RedHat (CentOS/RHEL) I didnt verify the dependencies, but those should cover everything. 1 2 3 yum groupinstall Development Tools yum groupinstall "X Window System" yum install glib2-devel automake pkgconfig libtool gcc

Download the source code from http://wireshark.org 1 2 wget http://wiresharkdownloads.riverbed.com/wireshark/src/wireshark-1.8.5.tar.bz2 bunzip2 wireshark-1.8.5.tar.bz2 && tar -xvf wireshark-1.8.5.tar

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./autogen.sh ./configure make && make install sudo ldconfig ./wireshark

Additional Reseources

OpenFlow Wireshark Dissector v1.0 - The dissector used in this tutorial. OpenFlow v1.1+ Wireshark Nick Bastin put together a dissector supporting OpenFlow v1.1+. This doesnt support v1.0. So before you pull out your hair wondering why you see the protocol recognized but not dissected, be sure to use a dissector that is supporting your OF version. E.g. learn from my mistakes :*( My buddy Murphy McCauley has instructions for installing the dissector on a Mac over at Noxrepo.org. I would be remiss while on the topic of sharks, if I didnt take the chance to link to a petition against shark hunting, being used as live bait and the horrible practice of finning The Petition Site.

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