Installation requirements

Make sure the computer you want to install the security software on meets these system and network requirements.

Supported operating systems

See Supported distributions.

Supported kernels

For more information about the supported Linux kernel versions for each distribution, see Supported kernels.

Hardware requirements

See Hardware requirements.

Network requirements

Ports 3127, 3128, 3129, and 8310 must be accessible for malware web detection to work. On computers with no graphical environment, the web detection feature is disabled.

Advanced EDR requires access to multiple Internet-hosted resources. It requires access to ports 80 and 443.

The Advanced EDR agent requires access to port 33000 for protected computers on the network to communicate with each other (see Endpoint Access Enforcement settings) and with the Firebox or Access Point devices (see Network Access Enforcement

For a complete list of the URLs that Advanced EDR requires access to, see Local ports and URL access.

Time synchronization of computers (NTP)

Although not an essential requirement, we recommend that the clocks on computers protected by Advanced EDR be synchronized. This synchronization is normally achieved using an NTP server. See Time synchronization of computers (NTP).

Access to the distribution repository

The security software installation process requires access to the repositories that contain the installation packages. These repositories are the responsibility of the distribution vendor who maintains at least one repository for each published version. When a version reaches end-of-life (EOL), the vendor deletes the repository which can cause the security software installation to fail. We recommend that you:

Packages installed on computers

When you run it, the installation script performs a number of checks that require installation of one of these packages:

  • wget

  • curl

If neither of these packages are installed, the installation process fails returning an error.