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gns3util project start-capture

Start a packet capture in a project on a given link

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Synopsis

Start a packet capture in a project on a given link on the GNS3 server. 
gns3util project start-capture [project-name/id] [link-name/id] [flags]

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Examples

gns3util -s https://controller:3080 project start-capture my-project my-link

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Options

  -h, --help   help for start-capture

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Options inherited from parent commands

  -c, --cluster string    Cluster name from keyfile. Mutually exclusive with --server
  -i, --insecure          Ignore unsigned SSL-Certificates. Can be set via GNS3_INSECURE
  -k, --key-file string   Path to authentication keyfile. Can be set via GNS3_KEY_FILE or config.toml
  -o, --output string     Output format: [json, json-colorless, collapsed, yaml, toml, table, table-ascii]. Can be set via GNS3_OUTPUT (default "table")
  -s, --server string     GNS3v3 Server URL. Can be set via GNS3_SERVER or config.toml

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