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# Traps for Linux Requirements

The Traps agent for Linux has the following requirements:

| Requirement               | Minimum Specification                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Processor                 | 2.3 GHz                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| RAM                       | 4GB; 8GB recommended                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Hard disk space           | 10GB                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Architecture              | x86 64-bit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Operating system versions | See Where Can I Install the Cortex XDR Agent? in the Palo Alto Networks Compatibility Matrix.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Kernel version            | 2.6.32                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Software packages         | <ul><li>ca-certificates</li><li>openssl 1.0.0 or a later release</li><li><p>Distributions with SELinux in enforcing or permissive mode:</p><ul><li>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, CentOS 6, and Oracle Linux 6—policycoreutils-python</li><li>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, CentOS 7, and Oracle Linux 7—policycoreutils-python and selinux-policy-devel</li><li>SUSE—policycoreutils-python and selinux-policy-devel</li><li>Debian and Ubuntu—policycoreutils and selinux-policy-dev</li></ul></li><li><p>CentOS 6.10—Enable the dynamic CA instead of the legacy CA:</p><p>1. Enable the dynamic CA configuration: <strong><code>update-ca-trust force-enable</code></strong></p><p>2. Import the certificates: <strong><code>cp XDR-certificate.crt /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/</code></strong>.</p><p>3. Rebuild the certificate database: <strong><code>update-ca-trust extract</code></strong></p></li></ul> |
| Networking                | <ul><li>Allow communication on the TCP port from the agent to server (the default is port 443).</li><li>Allow the Cortex XDR management console and agent to communicate with external and internal resources required for enforcing endpoint protection. See the Cortex XDR Administrator Guide for your license type.</li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

#### Traps for Linux Limitations

The following table describes limitations on Linux endpoints.

| Security Product                     | Description                                                                      | Implications and Required Actions                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Chrooted and containerized processes | Chrooted and containerized processes collide with the Traps injection mechanism. | Chrooted and containerized processes are not protected by injection-based security modules (ROP Mitigation and Brute Force Protection). All other exploit and malware protection functionality works as expected. No user action is required. |


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