Cortex XDR Agent for Linux Requirements

Linux endpoints must meet the following requirements to install the Cortex XDR agent

The Cortex XDR agent for Linux has the following requirements:

Cortex XDR Agent for Linux Requirements

The Cortex XDR agent for Linux has the following requirements:

Requirement	Minimum Specification
Processor	Processor 2.3 GHz dual-core processor
RAM	4GB; 8GB recommended
Hard disk space	10 GB (available for the /opt/traps directory)
Architecture	x86_64 (x86 64bit) For aarch64 (ARM 64 bit) see Cortex XDR agent for Linux compatibilty matrix for details.
Operating system versions	See the Cortex XDR Compatibility Matrix.
Kernel version	Kernel Mode On Linux endpoints, to perform malware analysis of Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) files and collect data for endpoint detection and response (EDR) and behavioral threat analysis, the Cortex XDR agent requires one of the Linux Kernels that are listed in supported Kernel Module Versions. If you deploy the Cortex XDR agent on a Linux server that is not running one of the kernel versions required for these additional protection capabilities, the agent will operate in asynchronous mode. User Space Mode User Space operation mode is supported from Cortex XDR agent version 7.7 User space operation mode requires Kubernetes node to run one of the supported operation systems with Kernel version 5.0 or later.
Software packages	The following software packages are required to be installed on your endpoint, depending on the operating system. Verify that you have standard Unix programs installed. ca-certificates All Distributions require openssl 1.0.0 or a later release. In addition, SLES 11 requires openssl-certs In addition, SLES 12 and 15 require ca-certificates glibc—Required for exploit protection of containerized processes using the ROP Mitigation and Brute Force Protection modules. If glibc is not installed, these modules are disabled but all other exploit and malware protection functionality work as expected. CentOS 6.10—Enable the dynamic CA instead of the legacy CA: Enable the dynamic CA configuration: update-ca-trust force-enable Import the certificates: cp XDR-certificate.crt /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/. Rebuild the certificate database: update-ca-trust extract
Networking	Allow communication on the TCP port from the Cortex XDR agent to the server (the default is port 443). Allow your Cortex management console and Cortex XDR agent to communicate with external and internal resources required for enforcing endpoint protection. For more information, see Enable Access to Required PANW Resources in the applicable Cortex product documentation.