https://github.com/jonlabelle/docker-network-tools
A Docker image with various network tools pre-installed.
https://github.com/jonlabelle/docker-network-tools
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A Docker image with various network tools pre-installed.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/jonlabelle/docker-network-tools
- Owner: jonlabelle
- License: mit
- Created: 2020-06-05T02:05:06.000Z (about 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-03-22T13:08:34.000Z (3 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-28T21:04:59.939Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: alpine, docker, docker-image, linux, network, network-tools
- Language: Makefile
- Homepage: https://hub.docker.com/r/jonlabelle/network-tools
- Size: 129 KB
- Stars: 150
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 24
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.txt
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# Docker Network Tools
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> A Docker image with various network tools pre-installed.
## Usage
To launch a Bash session in your terminal:
```bash
docker run --rm -it jonlabelle/network-tools
```
To launch a Bash session in your terminal on arm64:
```bash
docker run --rm -it --platform linux/arm64 jonlabelle/network-tools
```
To run a command directly and exit when finished (nmap in this case):
```bash
docker run --rm -it jonlabelle/network-tools nmap -v 10.0.10.0/24
```
> **NOTE:** To pull from [GitHub Container Registry], instead of [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/jonlabelle/network-tools),
> replace **jonlabelle/network-tools** with **_ghcr.io/jonlabelle/network-tools_**.
## Included tools
### Bandwidth
Tools for measuring network bandwidth and traffic.
| Tool | Description | Resources |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`nethogs`](https://github.com/raboof/nethogs) | Top-like monitor for network traffic. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/linux/nethogs.md) |
| [`nload`](https://github.com/rolandriegel/nload) | Console network traffic and bandwidth monitor. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/nload.md) |
| [`iperf`](https://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf2/) | A tool to measure IP bandwidth using UDP or TCP. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/iperf.md) |
| [`speedtest-cli`](https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli) | CLI for testing bandwidth using speedtest.net. | [usage](https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli#usage) |
### DNS
Tools for querying and managing DNS.
| Tool | Description | Resources |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`arpaname`](https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jammy/man1/arpaname.1.html) | Translate IP addresses to the corresponding ARPA names. | [man page](https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jammy/man1/arpaname.1.html) |
| [`ddns-confgen`](https://linux.die.net/man/8/ddns-confgen) | DDNS key generation tool. | [man page](https://linux.die.net/man/8/ddns-confgen) |
| [`delv`](https://linux.die.net/man/1/delv) | DNS lookup and validation utility. | [man page](https://linux.die.net/man/1/delv) |
| [`dig`](https://linux.die.net/man/1/dig) | DNS lookup utility. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/dig.md) |
| [`dnsdomainname`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/dnsdomainname.1.html) | Show the system's DNS domain name. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/dnsdomainname.1.html) |
| [`dnstap-read`](https://github.com/dnstap/dnstap.read) | Print dnstap data in human-readable form. | [README](https://github.com/dnstap/dnstap.read/blob/master/README.md) |
| [`domainname`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/domainname.1.html) | Show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/domainname.1.html) |
| [`drill`](https://nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns/) | DNS(SEC) query tool ala dig. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/drill.md) |
| [`host`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/host.1.html) | DNS lookup utility. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/host.md) |
| [`hostname`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/hostname.1.html) | Show or set the system's host name. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/hostname.md) |
| [`libidn`](https://www.gnu.org/software/libidn) | Encode/decode library for internationalized domain names. | [examples](https://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/manual/libidn.html#Invoking-idn) |
| [`mdig`](https://linux.die.net/man/1/mdig) | DNS pipelined lookup utility. | [man page](https://linux.die.net/man/1/mdig) |
| [`named-checkzone`](https://linux.die.net/man/8/named-checkzone) | Zone file validity checking or converting tool. | [man page](https://linux.die.net/man/8/named-checkzone) |
| [`named-compilezone`](https://linux.die.net/man/8/named-compilezone) | Zone file validity checking or converting tool. | [man page](https://linux.die.net/man/8/named-compilezone) |
| [`named-journalprint`](https://linux.die.net/man/8/named-journalprint) | Print zone journal in human-readable form. | [man page](https://linux.die.net/man/8/named-journalprint) |
| [`named-rrchecker`](https://linux.die.net/man/8/named-rrchecker) | Syntax checker for individual DNS resource records. | [man page](https://linux.die.net/man/8/named-rrchecker) |
| [`nisdomainname`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/nisdomainname.1.html) | Show or set system's NIS/YP domain name. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/nisdomainname.1.html) |
| [`nslookup`](https://linux.die.net/man/1/nslookup) | Query Internet name servers interactively. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/nslookup.md) |
| [`nsupdate`](https://linux.die.net/man/1/nsupdate) | Dynamic DNS update utility. | [man page](https://linux.die.net/man/1/nsupdate) |
| [`rndc-confgen`](https://linux.die.net/man/8/rndc-confgen) | RNDC key generation tool. | [man page](https://linux.die.net/man/8/rndc-confgen) |
| [`tsig-keygen`](https://linux.die.net/man/1/tsig-keygen) | DDNS key generation tool. | [man page](https://linux.die.net/man/1/tsig-keygen) |
| [`ypdomainname`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/ypdomainname.1.html) | Show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/ypdomainname.1.html) |
### HTTP
Tools for interacting with HTTP servers.
| Tool | Description | Resources |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`ab`](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/programs/ab.html) | Apache HTTP server benchmarking tool. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/ab.md) |
| [`curl`](https://curl.haxx.se) | Tool for transferring data with URLs. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/curl.md) |
| [`grpcurl`](https://github.com/fullstorydev/grpcurl) | Command-line tool for interacting with gRPC servers | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/grpcurl.md) |
| [`jq`](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/) | A lightweight and flexible command line JSON processor. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/jq.md) |
| [`oath-toolkit-oathtool`](https://www.nongnu.org/oath-toolkit/index.html) | Generate and validate one-time passwords. | [man page](https://www.nongnu.org/oath-toolkit/man-oathtool.html) |
| [`wget`](https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html) | A network utility to retrieve files from the web. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/wget.md) |
### IP routing
Tools for managing IP routing tables.
| Tool | Description | Resources |
| --------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`bridge`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/bridge.8.html) | Show / manipulate bridge addresses and devices. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/bridge.8.html) |
| [`ctstat`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/ctstat.8.html) | Unified linux network statistics. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/ctstat.8.html) |
| [`genl`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/genl.8.html) | Generic netlink utility frontend. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/genl.8.html) |
| [`ifcfg`](https://linux.die.net/man/8/ifcfg) | Simplistic script which replaces ifconfig IP management. | [man page](https://linux.die.net/man/8/ifcfg) |
| [`ifstat`](https://linux.die.net/man/1/ifstat) | Handy utility to read network interface statistics. | [man page](https://linux.die.net/man/1/ifstat) |
| [`lnstat`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/lnstat.8.html) | Unified linux network statistics. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/lnstat.8.html) |
| [`nstat`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/nstat.8.html) | Network statistics tools. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/nstat.8.html) |
| [`route`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/route.8.html) | Show / manipulate the IP routing table. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/route.8.html) |
| [`routef`](https://linux.die.net/man/8/routef) | Flush network routes. | [man page](https://linux.die.net/man/8/routef) |
| [`routel`](https://github.com/routel/routel) | List routes with pretty output format. | [README](https://github.com/routel/routel/blob/master/README.md) |
| [`rtacct`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/rtacct.8.html) | Monitor kernel SNMP counters and network interface statistics. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/rtacct.8.html) |
| [`rtmon`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/rtmon.8.html) | Listens to and monitors RTnetlink. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/rtmon.8.html) |
| [`rtpr`](https://linux.die.net/man/1/rtpr) | Replace backslashes with newlines. | [man page](https://linux.die.net/man/1/rtpr) |
| [`rtstat`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/rtstat.8.html) | Unified linux network statistics. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/rtstat.8.html) |
### Interface and address management
Tools for configuring network interfaces and addresses.
| Tool | Description | Resources |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `ifconfig` | Configure a network interface. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/ifconfig.md) |
| [`ipcalc`](https://jodies.de/ipcalc) | Network IP calculator. | [man page](https://manned.org/ipcalc.1) |
| [`ipmaddr`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/ipmaddr.8.html) | Adds, deletes, and displays multicast addresses. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/ipmaddr.8.html) |
| [`macchanger`](https://github.com/alobbs/macchanger) | View and manipulate the MAC address of network interfaces. | [man page](https://manned.org/macchanger.1) |
| [`nameif`](https://linux.die.net/man/8/nameif) | Name network interfaces based on MAC addresses. | [man page](https://linux.die.net/man/8/nameif) |
| [`nftables`](https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/) | Netfilter tables userspace tools | [man page](https://www.netfilter.org/projects/nftables/manpage.html) |
| [`plipconfig`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/plipconfig.8.html) | Fine tune PLIP device parameters. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/plipconfig.8.html) |
| [`rarp`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/rarp.8.html) | Manipulate the system RARP table. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/rarp.8.html) |
| [`slattach`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/slattach.8.html) | Attach a network interface to a serial line. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/slattach.8.html) |
### Packet analysis
Tools for capturing and analyzing network packets.
| Tool | Description | Resources |
| -------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`fping`](https://fping.org) | Search for network packets on an interface. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/fping.md) |
| [`hping3`](https://github.com/antirez/hping) | A ping-like TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/hping3.md) |
| [`ngrep`](https://github.com/jpr5/ngrep/) | Search for network packets on an interface. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/ngrep.md) |
| [`tcpdump`](https://www.tcpdump.org) | Dump and analyze traffic on a network. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/tcpdump.md) |
| [`tshark`](https://www.wireshark.org/) | Network protocol analyzer (console version). | [man page](https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/tshark.html) |
### Discovery and scanning
Tools for discovering hosts and scanning ports.
| Tool | Description | Resources |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`arp-scan`](https://github.com/royhills/arp-scan) | Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) packet scanner. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/arp.md-scan) |
| [`arp`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/arp.8.html) | Manipulate the system ARP cache. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/arp.8.html) |
| [`arping`](https://linux.die.net/man/8/arping) | Send ARP REQUEST to a neighbor host. | [man page](https://linux.die.net/man/8/arping) |
| `clockdiff` | Measure clock difference between hosts. | - |
| [`clockdiff`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/clockdiff.8.html) | Measure clock difference between hosts. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/clockdiff.8.html) |
| [`gping`](https://github.com/orf/gping) | Ping, but with a graph. | [usage](https://github.com/orf/gping#usage-saxophone) |
| [`masscan`](https://github.com/robertdavidgraham/masscan) | Internet-scale port scanner. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/masscan.md) |
| [`netstat`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/netstat.8.html) | Displays network-related information. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/netstat.md) |
| [`ninfod`](https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/8-ninfod/) | Respond to IPv6 Node Information Queries. | [man page](https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/8-ninfod/) |
| [`nmap`](https://nmap.org/) | Network Security Scanner. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/nmap.md) |
| [`nping`](https://nmap.org/nping/) | Network packet generation tool/ping utility. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/nping.md) |
| `ping6` | Send IP6 ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts. | - |
| `ping` | Send IP4 ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts. | - |
| [`rarpd`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/rarpd.8.html) | Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP) daemon. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/rarpd.8.html) |
| [`rdisc`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/rdisc.8.html) | Network router discovery daemon. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/rdisc.8.html) |
### Transmission and communication
Tools for sending and receiving data over the network.
| Tool | Description | Resources |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`iptunnel`](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/ip-tunnel.txt) | Creates, deletes, and displays configured tunnels. | [documentation](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/ip-tunnel.txt) |
| [`kcat`](https://github.com/edenhill/kcat) | Non-JVM Apache Kafka producer and consumer. | [examples](https://github.com/edenhill/kcat#examples) |
| [`netcat`](https://packages.debian.org/sid/netcat-openbsd) | The TCP/IP swiss army knife (OpenBSD variant). | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/netcat.md) |
| [`openssl`](https://www.openssl.org/) | Toolkit for Transport Layer Security (TLS). | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/openssl.md) |
| [`socat`](http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/) | Multipurpose relay for binary protocols. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/socat.md) |
| [`ssh`](https://www.openssh.com/portable.html) | OpenBSD's SSH client. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/ssh.md) |
| [`telnet`](https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/) | Telnet client from GNU network utilities | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/telnet.md) |
| `tftpd` | IPv4 Trivial File Transfer Protocol client. | - |
### Tracing
Tools for tracing network paths.
| Tool | Description | Resources |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`mtr`](https://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/) | Full screen ncurses traceroute tool. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/mtr.md) |
| [`tcptraceroute`](https://github.com/mct/tcptraceroute) | Display route path using TCP probes. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/linux/tcptraceroute.md) |
| `tracepath6` | Traces path to a IP6 network host discovering MTU along this path. | - |
| `tracepath` | Traces path to a IP4 network host discovering MTU along this path. | - |
| `traceroute6` | Print the route packets trace to IP6 network host. | - |
### Additional tools
Miscellaneous tools available in the image.
| Tool | Description | Resources |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`envsubst`](https://github.com/kaniini/envsubst) | Perform variable substitutions on input. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/envsubst.md) |
| `find` | Search for files in a directory hierarchy. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/find.md) |
| [`git`](https://www.git-scm.com/) | Distribute d version control system. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/git.md) |
| `free` | Report the amount of free and used memory in the system. | - |
| `kill` | Send a signal to a process based on PID. | - |
| `locate` | List files in databases that match a pattern. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/locate.1.html) |
| `pgrep` | List processes based on name or other attributes. | - |
| `pkill` | Send a signal to a process based on name or other attributes. | - |
| `pmap` | Report memory map of a process. | - |
| `ps` | Report information of processes. | - |
| `pwdx` | Report current directory of a process. | - |
| `skill` | Obsolete version of pgrep/pkill. | - |
| `slabtop` | Display kernel slab cache information in real time. | - |
| `snice` | Renice a process. | - |
| `sysctl` | Read or Write kernel parameters at run-time. | - |
| `tload` | Graphical representation of system load average. | - |
| `top` | Dynamic real-time view of running processes. | - |
| `updatedb` | Update a file name database. | [man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/updatedb.1.html) |
| `uptime` | Display how long the system has been running. | - |
| `vmstat` | Report virtual memory statistics. | - |
| `w` | Report logged in users and what they are doing. | - |
| `watch` | Execute a program periodically, showing output full-screen. | - |
| `xargs` | Build and execute command lines from standard input. | [examples](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/xargs.md) |
## Related
[jonlabelle/docker-nmap](https://github.com/jonlabelle/docker-nmap). Minimal Docker image with Nmap Network Security Scanner pre-installed.
## License
[MIT License](https://github.com/jonlabelle/docker-network-tools/blob/main/LICENSE.txt)
[github container registry]: https://github.com/users/jonlabelle/packages/container/package/network-tools