A Docker image with various network tools pre-installed.

• ab - Apache HTTP server benchmarking tool.
• curl - Command line tool and library for transferring data with URLs.
• drill - DNS(SEC) query tool ala dig.
• fping - A grep-like utility that allows you to search for network packets on an interface.
• git - Distributed version control system.
• ipcalc - Network IP calculator.
• iperf - A tool to measure IP bandwidth using UDP or TCP.
• jq - A lightweight and flexible command line JSON processor.
• libidn - Encode/Decode library for internationalized domain names.
• macchanger - A utility for viewing/manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces.
• mtr - Full screen ncurses traceroute tool.
• netcat - The TCP/IP swiss army knife (OpenBSD variant).
• ngrep - A grep-like utility that allows you to search for network packets on an interface.
• nload - Console network traffic and bandwidth monitor.
• nmap - Network Security Scanner.
• oath-toolkit-oathtool - A command line tool for generating and validating OTPs (One-Time Passwords).
• openssl - Toolkit for Transport Layer Security (TLS).
• socat - Multipurpose relay for binary protocols.
• ssh - OpenBSD's SSH client.
• tcpdump - Dump and analyze traffic on a network.
• tshark - Network protocol analyzer (Console version).
• wget - A network utility to retrieve files from the web.
• bind-tools - The ISC DNS tools.
  • arpaname - Translate IP addresses to the corresponding ARPA names.
  • delv - DNS lookup and validation utility.
  • dig - DNS lookup utility.
  • dnstap-read - Print dnstap data in human-readable form.
  • host - DNS lookup utility.
  • mdig - DNS pipelined lookup utility.
  • named-rrchecker - Syntax checker for individual DNS resource records.
  • nslookup - Query Internet name servers interactively.
  • nsupdate - Dynamic DNS update utility.
  • ddns-confgen - DDNS key generation tool.
  • named-checkzone - Zone file validity checking or converting tool.
  • named-compilezone - Zone file validity checking or converting tool (similar to named-checkzone, but it always dumps the zone contents to a specified file in a specified format).
  • named-journalprint - Print zone journal in human-readable form.
  • rndc-confgen - RNDC key generation tool.
  • tsig-keygen - DDNS key generation tool.
• findutils - GNU utilities for finding files.
  • find - Search for files in a directory hierarchy.
  • locate - List files in databases that match a pattern.
  • updatedb - Update a file name database.
  • xargs - Build and execute command lines from standard input.
• iproute2 - IP Routing Utilities.
  • bridge - Show / manipulate bridge addresses and devices.
  • ctstat Unified linux network statistics.
  • genl - Generic netlink utility frontend.
  • ifcfg - Simplistic script which replaces ifconfig IP management.
  • ifstat - Handy utility to read network interface statistics.
  • lnstat - Unified linux network statistics.
  • nstat - Network statistics tools.
  • routef - Flush network routes.
  • routel - List routes with pretty output format.
  • rtacct - Monitor kernel SNMP counters and network interface statistics.
  • rtmon - Listens to and monitors RTnetlink.
  • rtpr - Replace backslashes with newlines.
  • rtstat - Unified linux network statistics.
• iputils - IP Configuration Utilities (and Ping).
  • arping - Send ARP REQUEST to a neighbor host.
  • clockdiff - Measure clock difference between hosts.
  • ninfod - Respond to IPv6 Node Information Queries.
  • ping - Send IP4 ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts.
  • ping6 - Send IP6 ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts.
  • rarpd - Reverse Address Resolution Protocol(RARP) daemon.
  • rdisc - Network router discovery daemon.
  • tftpd - IPv4 Trivial File Transfer Protocol client.
  • tracepath - Traces path to a IP4 network host discovering MTU along this path.
  • tracepath6 - Traces path to a IP6 network host discovering MTU along this path.
  • traceroute6 - Print the route packets trace to IP6 network host.
• net-tools - Linux networking base tools.
  • netstat - Print network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections, and multicast memberships.
  • ypdomainname - Show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name.
  • dnsdomainname - Show the system's DNS domain name.
  • route - Show / manipulate the IP routing table.
  • nisdomainname - Show or set system's NIS/YP domain name.
  • domainname - Show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name.
  • hostname - Show or set the system's host name.
  • ifconfig - Configure a network interface.
  • arp - Manipulate the system ARP cache.
  • ipmaddr - Adds, deletes, and displays multicast addresses.
  • rarp - Manipulate the system RARP table.
  • slattach - Attach a network interface to a serial line.
  • nameif - Name network interfaces based on MAC addresses.
  • iptunnel - Creates, deletes, and displays configured tunnels.
  • plipconfig - Fine tune PLIP device parameters.
• procps - Utilities for monitoring your system and processes on your system.
  • free - Report the amount of free and used memory in the system.
  • kill - Send a signal to a process based on PID.
  • 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.
  • 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.
• python3 - Python 3 language interpreter.
  • requests - Requests is an elegant and simple HTTP library for Python, built for human beings.

To use the tools in a new container from a terminal session:

docker run --rm -it brianmcmaster/network-tools

Docker Run Options:

See [Docker Run Options documentation] for more options.

Use Nmap to scan for devices on a local network (10.0.10.0/24):

$ docker run --rm -it brianmcmaster/network-tools
[docker@network-tools]$ nmap -v 10.0.10.0/24
Starting Nmap 7.91 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2021-04-26 15:32 UTC
Initiating Ping Scan at 15:32
Scanning 256 hosts [4 ports/host]
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