XDR Collector Machine Requirements and Supported Operating Systems - Administrator Guide - Cortex XDR - Cortex - Security Operations

Cortex XDR Pro Administrator Guide

Product
Cortex XDR
License
Pro
Creation date
2024-07-16
Last date published
2024-11-07
Category
Administrator Guide
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Abstract

Lists the supported operating systems and requirements for the collector machines for configuring the Cortex XDR Collectors.

You can configure XDR Collectors that are dedicated for on-premise data collection on Windows and Linux machines. The following hardware and software specifications are required for the collector machines.

Machine Operating System

Requirement

Specifications

Linux

Processor

2.3 GHz dual-core

RAM

4GB; 8GB recommended

Hard disk space

10GB

Architecture

x86 64-bit

Kernel version

2.6.32

Supported operating system versions

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (6.7 and later)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP0

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2

  • Ubuntu Server 12

  • Ubuntu Server 14

  • Ubuntu Server 16

  • Ubuntu Server 18

  • Ubuntu Server 20

  • Ubuntu Server 22

  • Oracle Linux 6 (6.7 and later)

  • Oracle Linux 7

  • Oracle Linux 8

  • Oracle Linux 9

Software packages

  • Verify you have standard Unix programs installed.

  • ca-certificates

  • openssl 1.0.0 or a later release

  • Distributions with SELinux in enforcing or permissive mode:

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Oracle Linux 6—policycoreutils-python

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Oracle Linux 7—policycoreutils-python and selinux-policy-devel

    • SUSE—policycoreutils-python and selinux-policy-devel

    • Debian and Ubuntu—policycoreutils and selinux-policy-dev

Networking

  • Allow communication from the XDR Collector TCP port to the server (the default is port 443).

Windows

Processor

  • Intel Pentium 4 or later with SSE2 instruction set support

  • AMD Opteron/Athlon 64 or later with SSE2 instruction set support

  • Dual core processor (minimum)

RAM

2GB minimum

Hard disk space

200MB minimum; 20GB recommended

Supported operating system versions

  • Windows Azure Virtual Desktop (WVD or AVD)

  • Windows 7

    • Windows 7 SP1 (All editions except Home)

    • Embedded Standard 7 SP1

    • Embedded POSReady 7 (Based on Windows 7 SP1)

  • Windows 8

    • 8.1 (and with FIPS mode)

    • Embedded 8.1 Professional (Supported until January 2023)

  • Windows 10

    • Education

    • Pro (CB and CBB)

    • Enterprise (CB, CBB, and LTSB)

    • Updates 21H2, 21H1, 20H2, 2004, 1709, 1909, 1903, 1809, 1803 (Enterprise and Professional)

    • Updates 22H2, 22H1

    • Enterprise 2019 LTSC

    • Windows 10 IoT Core

    • Windows 10 IoT Enterprise

  • Windows 11

    • Windows 11

    • Updates 22H2, 22H1

    • Pro/Pro Education/Pro Workstations

    • Enterprise

    • Education/Home

    • IoT Enterprise

  • Windows Server

    • Datacenter

    • 2012 (Supported until October 2026), 2012 R2 (Supported until January 2026), All editions; FIPS mode

    • 2016 (Standard edition; Server with Desktop experience, previously known as Server with a GUI)

    • 2016 Datacenter edition

    • 2019

    • Core option (Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, and 2016 only)

    • 2019 Standard (Server Core)

    • 2022

Networking

  • Allow communication from the XDR Collector TCP port to the server (the default is port 443).

Applications and utilities

  • Windows Accessories (Notepad) to view logs