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# Pairing Prisma Cloud Compute with Cortex XDR

Cortex XDR and Prisma Cloud Compute are offering a unified cloud security agent for Windows and Linux. The Cortex XDR Agent for Cloud provides end to end prevention and vulnerability coverage on Linux cloud environments. 

Cortex XDR Agent for Cloud has a single management server that is based on a Cortex XDR tenant. Policy management, data, and alerts are first managed between the Cortex XDR tenant and Cortex XDR Agent for Cloud, and then runtime protection and vulnerability coverage can be provided on Prisma Cloud Compute and Cortex XDR.

**Prerequisites**

To enable the capabilities of Cortex XDR Agent for Cloud, the Prisma Cloud Compute tenant must be paired with an existing Cortex XDR tenant. Pairing is one to one, with the two tenants being in the same region.

Pairing Prisma Cloud Compute to Cortex XDR can only be done when both Cortex XDR and Prisma Cloud Compute tenants are already active.

**Requirements for Windows Hosts**

The following are required in order for Windows agents to be visible in the Prisma Cloud Compute tenant:

* The tenant must have the XDR Cloud per Host license and the Host insights add-on.
* In the XDR Pro Endpoints section of the Agent Settings profile, enable the **XDR Pro Endpoints Capabilities** and then enable the **Host Insights capabilities**.

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### Note

Vulnerabilities are based on the Cortex vulnerability assessment engine, which may be different than Prisma vulnerability scanning.

Cloud metadata information is not reported for results collected by the Cortex XDR agent running on a Windows endpoint and Compliance Assessment is not supported by the Cortex XDR agent for Cloud.
{% endhint %}

<details>

<summary>Pair Prisma Cloud Compute with Cortex XDR</summary>

1. From the Prisma Cloud Compute console, copy the access pairing key.
   1. Select **Manage** → **System**, and scroll to **Pair Cortex XDR Tenant**.
   2. Click the copy icon to copy the Access Key, which is the pairing key used in Cortex XDR.
2. Paste the pairing key in Cortex XDR.

   1. Select  **Settings** → **Configurations** → **Server Settings**, and scroll to **Prisma Cloud Compute Tenant Pairing**.
   2. Paste the Prisma Cloud pairing key and click **Pair**.

   After a few seconds, the Cortex XDR and Prisma Cloud Compute tenants are paired.

   A Successfully paired with \<Prisma Tenant URL> message will be shown.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Unpair Prisma Cloud Compute from Cortex XDR</summary>

1. The two paired tenants can be unpaired from either console.
   * In Cortex XDR, select **Settings** → **Configurations** → **Server Settings**, and scroll to **Prisma Cloud Compute Tenant Pairing**.
   * In Prisma Cloud Compute, select **Manage** → **System**, and scroll to **Pair Cortex XDR Tenant**.
2. Click **Unpair**.

   <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><h3>Note</h3><p>Note that all Advanced Vulnerability settings (under the Agent Settings profile) will be reset and all Agent Installations created via the Prisma Cloud Compute console will be deleted.</p></div>
3. Confirm the unpairing by clicking **Yes** at the warning message.

   After a few seconds, the Cortex XDR and Prisma Cloud Compute tenants are unpaired.

   <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><h3>Note</h3><ul><li>When unpairing, the Active Vulnerability Analysis Module under the Agent Settings profile is reset to Disable mode.</li><li>If Prisma Cloud and Cortex XDR are to be paired again, the Active Vulnerability Analysis Module must be enabled manually.</li></ul></div>

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