ubuntuterminalvirtual-machinenetwork-connection

Finding out if a tool is using internet connection

I am using a tool in the VM running Ubuntu, and I suspect this tool is using internet as part of its execution. Its documentation is quite awful to figure this out directly. Is it possible to turn off internet connection to VM (I have root previlages) but still be possible for me to have access to VM? If there is a better/other way to find this out, that will work as well.

Solution

  • Download wireshark and install it on your VM. Examine the packets being sent to and from your VM

    Edit: If you need to run it from the command-line, there is a command-line version of Wireshark available.

    sudo apt-get install tshark

    You could then examine traffic by running the following command:

    sudo tshark-i any