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+# docker-scripts
+A collection of scripts to help with forensics on Linux systems that have docker containers
diff --git a/docker-mount.py b/docker-mount.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+#  Title: 	docker-mount.py
+#  Author:	Jim Clausing
+#  Date:	2016-10-12
+#  Version:	1.0.0
+#
+#  Purpose:	Allow the mounting of the AUFS layered/union filesystem from
+#		a docker container to be mounted (read-only) for the purposes
+#		of forensic examination
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Jim Clausing,. All rights reserved.
+#
+
+from sys import *
+import os
+import argparse
+from subprocess import call
+import json
+
+def aufs_mount():
+    layers = open(layerid).read().split('\n')
+    layers = layers[:-1]
+    layers.insert(0,layerid)
+
+    elements = [args.root+args.path+'/'+args.storage+'/diff/'+s for s in layers]
+
+    f=":".join(elements)
+
+    call(["/bin/mount","-t","aufs","-r","-o","br:"+f,"none",args.mntpnt], shell=False)
+    return()
+
+def overlay2_mount():
+    lowerdir = open(args.root + args.path + '/' + args.storage + '/' + layerid + '/lower').read().rstrip()
+    
+    os.chdir(dockerpath)
+
+    call(["/bin/mount","-t","overlay","overlay","-r","-o","lowerdir="+lowerdir+",upperdir="+layerid+"/diff,workdir="+layerid+"/work",args.mntpnt], shell=False)
+    return()
+
+
+__version_info__ = (1,0,0)
+__version__ = ".".join(map(str, __version_info__))
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='docker-mount', description='Mount docker container filesystem for forensic examination')
+parser.add_argument('container', help='container id (long hex string)')
+parser.add_argument('mntpnt', help='mount point where read-only filesystem will be mounted')
+#parser.add_argument('--verbose','-v', action='store_true', help='verbose',)
+parser.add_argument('-V','--version', action='version', help='print version number', version='%(prog)s v' + __version__)
+parser.add_argument('--root','-r', help='root of filesystem (should include trailing /, e.g. /mnt/image/)', default='')  # e.g., /mnt/image/
+parser.add_argument('--path','-p', help='path to docker files', default='/var/lib/docker')
+parser.add_argument('--storage','-s', help='storage driver, currently aufs and overlay2 are supported, default is aufs', default='aufs')
+
+args=parser.parse_args()
+
+dockerroot = args.root+args.path
+config1 = dockerroot + '/containers/' + args.container + '/config.json'
+config2 = dockerroot + '/containers/' + args.container + '/config.v2.json'
+if (os.path.isfile(config1)):
+    dockerversion = 1
+elif (os.path.isfile(config2)):
+    dockerversion = 2
+else:
+    raise Exception('Unknown docker version or invalid container id, check and try again')
+
+
+if (dockerversion == 1):
+    layerid = args.container
+else:
+    layerid = open(args.root + args.path + '/image/' + args.storage + '/layerdb/mounts/' + args.container + '/mount-id').read()
+# image/aufs/layerdb/mounts/516ae11fdca97f3228dac2dea2413c6d34a444e24b1d8b2a47cd54fbca091905/mount-id
+    
+if (args.storage == 'aufs'):
+    dockerpath=args.root+args.path+'/'+args.storage+'/layers'
+elif (args.storage == 'overlay2'):
+    dockerpath=args.root+args.path+'/'+args.storage
+
+os.chdir(dockerpath)
+
+if (args.storage == 'aufs'):
+    aufs_mount()
+elif (args.storage == 'overlay2'):
+    overlay2_mount()
+