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What's This?
The packet inspector is a very simple Minecraft proxy for viewing the contents of packets as they are sent/received. It uses Valence's protocol facilities to print packet contents. This was made for three purposes:
- Check that packets between Valence and client are matching your expectations.
- Check that packets between vanilla server and client are parsed correctly by Valence.
- Understand how the protocol works between the vanilla server and client.
Usage
First, start a server
cargo r -r --example conway
In a separate terminal, start the packet inspector.
cargo r -r -p packet_inspector -- 127.0.0.1:25566 127.0.0.1:25565
The client must connect to localhost:25566. You should see the packets in stdout.
The -i and -e flags accept a regex to filter packets according to their name. The -i regex includes matching
packets while the -e regex excludes matching packets.
For instance, if you only want to print the packets Foo, Bar, and Baz, you can use a regex such
as ^(Foo|Bar|Baz)$ with the -i flag.
cargo r -r -p packet_inspector -- 127.0.0.1:25566 127.0.0.1:25565 -i '^(Foo|Bar|Baz)$'
Packets are printed to stdout while errors are printed to stderr. If you only want to see errors in your terminal,
direct stdout elsewhere.
cargo r -r -p packet_inspector -- 127.0.0.1:25566 127.0.0.1:25565 > log.txt
Quick start with Vanilla Server via Docker
Start the server
docker run -e EULA=TRUE -e ONLINE_MODE=false -d -p 25565:25565 --name mc itzg/minecraft-server
View server logs
docker logs -f mc
Server Rcon
docker exec -i mc rcon-cli
In a separate terminal, start the packet inspector.
cargo r -r -p packet_inspector -- 127.0.0.1:25566 127.0.0.1:25565
Open Minecraft and connect to localhost:25566.
Clean up
docker stop mc
docker rm mc