Endpoint Security for Linux

This chapter describes the installation and use of Endpoint Security in Linux operating systems.

Note:

Starting in R81, the on-premises Endpoint Security Server supports Endpoint Security for Linux. To enable Endpoint Security for Linux, you must enable the Linux installation package flag as described in sk177250.

Prerequisites

  • Available Internet access for the protected device.

  • For RHEL/CentOS, it is necessary to have access to EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) repository.

  • If the device has no internet access, you must enable access to certain URLs. For more information, see sk116590.

  • Ensure these directories reside on a file system mounted with executable permissions. Avoid using the noexec option when mounting these file systems.

    • /var/lib

    • /tmp

  • The Linux Kernel Headers package for the installed kernel must be available. This package is typically installed during the Linux distribution installation.

Linux Kernel Support

Endpoint Security for Linux supports the general-purpose Linux kernels included in standard Linux distributions. These kernels come by default with Linux distribution.

This excludes kernels that are:

  • Non default kernels

  • Unbreakable kernels

  • Appliance, for example, Exadata

  • Community based, for example, ELRepo

  • Custom Compiled kernels

  • Desktop and Gaming kernels