# VxLAN packet decription - packetbeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vxlan-packet-decription-packetbeat/327545>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** docker, packetbeat\
**Created:** [March 13, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vxlan-packet-decription-packetbeat/327545 "2023-03-13T11:22:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![mihai.radulescu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mihai.radulescu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mihai.radulescu)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vxlan-packet-decription-packetbeat/327545/1 "2023-03-13T11:22:42Z")

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Hello,

I have the same issue like [Docker overlay networks](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-overlay-networks/45899)

I'm using AWS mirroring to send traffic from one Network Interface to another EC2 instance where I have installed ES. AWS is using VXLAN and sends the traffic on UDP 4789 port. Tcpdump is decoding the packets correctly, but packetbeat is only showing the VXLAN traffic:

**10:54:57.937812 06:1d:f1:cb:ae:16 \> 06:68:cb:f8:8f:56, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 363: 10.0.62.55.65455 \> 10.4.61.197.4789: VXLAN, flags [I] (0x08), vni 13686788**  
06:bf:dc:16:87:aa \> 06:4b:8e:2d:e6:76, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 313: 45.156.96.12.6363 \> 208.76.18.31.46422: UDP, length 271

**10:54:57.946287 06:1d:f1:cb:ae:16 \> 06:68:cb:f8:8f:56, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 147: 10.0.62.55.65414 \> 10.4.61.197.4789: VXLAN, flags [I] (0x08), vni 13686788**  
06:4b:8e:2d:e6:76 \> 06:bf:dc:16:87:aa, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 97: 208.76.18.31.56451 \> 45.156.96.12.6363: UDP, length 55

I have bolded the traffic that I see in ES index, but I wanted to see the content (second line).

Please advise how to overcome this? This feature request looks closed: [Support packet recognition within VxLAN · Issue #1283 · elastic/beats · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/1283)

Best Regards,  
Mihai Radulescu

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**Author:** ![mihai.radulescu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mihai.radulescu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mihai.radulescu)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vxlan-packet-decription-packetbeat/327545/2 "2023-03-14T15:01:06Z")

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If anyone experience the same issue, this is the solution:  
[https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man4/if\_vxlan.4freebsd.html](https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man4/if_vxlan.4freebsd.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vxlan-packet-decription-packetbeat/327545/3 "2023-04-11T17:01:56Z")

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