README.md
1 # bcc snap
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3 This is an unconfined snap of the BPF Compiler Collection (BCC), a toolkit for
4 creating efficient kernel tracing and manipulation programs.
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6 First, install snapcraft, e.g. on Ubuntu:
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8 sudo apt install snapcraft
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10 Clone the bcc repo (if you haven't done so already) and create the snap:
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12 git clone https://github.com/iovisor/bcc.git
13 cd snapcraft
14 make
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16 Note: running `make` just gets the version from the current bcc gito
17 repository and uses this in the snapcraft yaml file to version the bcc
18 snap. The Makefile basically runs snapcraft to snap up bcc.
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20 Install the snap by running:
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22 sudo snap install --devmode bcc_*.snap
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24 One may need to ensure the snap plugins are enabled for the snap using:
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26 sudo snap connect bcc:mount-observe
27 sudo snap connect bcc:system-observe
28 sudo snap connect bcc:system-trace
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30 Now run a bcc tool, for example, to run opensnoop use:
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32 sudo bcc.opensnoop
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34 Note that this may fail to build and run if you do not have the kernel
35 headers installed or perhaps the kernel config is not set up correctly.
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37 This snap has been tested using the mainly 4.8 and 4.9 kernels built
38 with the Ubuntu Yakkety and Zesty kernel configs as well as the default
39 Ubuntu 4.8 Yakkey and 4.9 Zesty kernels.
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41 Contact Colin Ian King <colin.king (a] canonical.com> for support on this
42 bcc snap.
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44 Thu 15 Dec 17:08:29 GMT 2016
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