Moloch viewer is a Vue.js web app.
Read the main Moloch README for more information on how to build and run the app for demo or production. These instructions are for running in development mode out of the source tree.
The viewer uses a number of node.js tools for initialization and testing. You must have node.js and its package manager (npm) installed. You can get them from http://nodejs.org/.
The viewer mostly uses development dependencies that are all bundled using webpack.
We get dependencies via npm, the node package manager.
In the viewer directory, execute:
npm install
You should find that you have a new folder:
node_modules- contains the npm packages for the dependencies
To run the web application, you must have an elasticsearch cluster running and already built and configured Moloch. Read the main Moloch README for more information.
npm run start:test
For this command to work, your tests/config.test.ini must be valid.
This command starts the node server and bundles all Vue app files into viewer/vueapp/dist.
Webpack watches for changes to relevant Vue files, and re-bundles the Vue app after each save.
Now browse to the app at http://localhost:8123.
npm run addtestuser
npm run start:testuser
For this to work, your tests/config.test.ini must be valid.
These first command adds an "admin" user. The second command starts the node server and bundles all Vue app files into viewer/vueapp/dist.
Webpack watches for changes to relevant Vue files, and re-bundles the Vue app after each save.
Now browse to the app at http://localhost:8123 and login using username "admin" and password "admin".
npm start
For this command to work, your config.ini must be valid.
This command starts the node server and bundles and minifies all Vue app files into viewer/vueapp/dist.
Now browse to the app at http://localhost:8123.
View the contributing guide for more information.