TRex Packet editor

Network packet editor GUI for TRex.

Quickstart

# Run scapy server
./scripts/run_scapy_server &

# Run all tests, including headless UI tests (optional) 
./gradlew -Pheadless test intTest uiTest

# Run application
./gradlew run

Run integration and UI tests

make sure the Scapy server is started. see ./scripts/run_scapy_server helper script you can also specify external server with an environment variable export SCAPY_SERVER=localhost:4507

./gradlew intTest uiTest
# or run tests in headless mode
./gradlew -Pheadless intTest uiTest
# to see test reports:
# open ./build/reports/tests/index.html

Howto

Install to the local Maven repository

./gradlew install

Build standalone jar file

this builds standalone jar file for UI. scapy_service is not included. jar is located in ./build/libs/TRexPacketCraftingTool.jar

./gradlew jar

Build pom

./gradlew createPom

Build package/installer

see https://github.com/FibreFoX/javafx-gradle-plugin#gradle-tasks for more options

./gradlew jfxNative

Run scapy_server with python3

PYTHON=python3 ./scripts/run_scapy_server -v --scapy-port 4507

Enable Debug logging for packed editor UI

enable logging in gradle by specifying -PpacketEditorLogger(gradle -PpacketEditorLogger <your command>) also you may need to create logging.properties(see sl4j, logback documentation)

cat <<ENDL > logging.properties
handlers= java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
.level= DEBUG
ENDL

Remove logging library from jar

gradle -Prelease jar

cisco-system-traffic-generator/trex-packet-editor