Vpn Connections - Start Packet Capture

Starts packet capture on Vpn connection in the specified resource group.

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/vpnGateways/{gatewayName}/vpnConnections/{vpnConnectionName}/startpacketcapture?api-version=2024-03-01

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
gatewayName
path True

string

The name of the gateway.

resourceGroupName
path True

string

The name of the resource group.

subscriptionId
path True

string

The subscription credentials which uniquely identify the Microsoft Azure subscription. The subscription ID forms part of the URI for every service call.

vpnConnectionName
path True

string

The name of the vpn connection.

api-version
query True

string

Client API version.

Request Body

Name Type Description
filterData

string

Start Packet capture parameters on vpn connection.

linkConnectionNames

string[]

List of site link connection names.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

string

Request successful. The operation packet capture started on vpn connection.

202 Accepted

Accepted and the operation will complete asynchronously.

Other Status Codes

CloudError

Error response describing why the operation failed.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name Description
user_impersonation impersonate your user account

Examples

Start packet capture on vpn connection with filter
Start packet capture on vpn connection without filter

Start packet capture on vpn connection with filter

Sample request

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/subid/resourceGroups/rg1/providers/Microsoft.Network/vpnGateways/gateway1/vpnConnections/vpnConnection1/startpacketcapture?api-version=2024-03-01

{
  "filterData": "{'TracingFlags': 11,'MaxPacketBufferSize': 120,'MaxFileSize': 200,'Filters': [{'SourceSubnets': ['20.1.1.0/24'],'DestinationSubnets': ['10.1.1.0/24'],'SourcePort': [500],'DestinationPort': [4500],'Protocol': 6,'TcpFlags': 16,'CaptureSingleDirectionTrafficOnly': true}]}",
  "linkConnectionNames": [
    "siteLink1",
    "siteLink2"
  ]
}

Sample response

"\"{\"Status\":\"Successful\",\"Data\":null}\""

Start packet capture on vpn connection without filter

Sample request

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/subid/resourceGroups/rg1/providers/Microsoft.Network/vpnGateways/gateway1/vpnConnections/vpnConnection1/startpacketcapture?api-version=2024-03-01

{
  "linkConnectionNames": [
    "siteLink1",
    "siteLink2"
  ]
}

Sample response

"\"{\"Status\":\"Successful\",\"Data\":null}\""

Definitions

Name Description
CloudError

An error response from the service.

CloudErrorBody

An error response from the service.

VpnConnectionPacketCaptureStartParameters

Vpn Connection packet capture parameters supplied to start packet capture on gateway connection.

CloudError

An error response from the service.

Name Type Description
error

CloudErrorBody

Cloud error body.

CloudErrorBody

An error response from the service.

Name Type Description
code

string

An identifier for the error. Codes are invariant and are intended to be consumed programmatically.

details

CloudErrorBody[]

A list of additional details about the error.

message

string

A message describing the error, intended to be suitable for display in a user interface.

target

string

The target of the particular error. For example, the name of the property in error.

VpnConnectionPacketCaptureStartParameters

Vpn Connection packet capture parameters supplied to start packet capture on gateway connection.

Name Type Description
filterData

string

Start Packet capture parameters on vpn connection.

linkConnectionNames

string[]

List of site link connection names.