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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint – Red Hat Linux Manual Deployment
Published Mar 10 2021 12:00 AM 14.7K Views
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Note: This blog is in support of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE, formerly MDATP) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

 

Disclaimer:  This may not work on all versions of Linux. Linux is a third party entity with its own potential licensing restrictions. This content is provided to assist our customers to better navigate integration with a 3rd party component or operating system, and as such, no guarantees are implied.

 

System requirements: 

 

  • Linux server distributions and versions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 or higher. 
  • The fanotify kernel option must be enabled. 

 

Instructions to Prepare for MDE/MDATP Installation: 

 

1. Connect to the RedHat server using Putty. 

2. Install yum-utils if it isn't already installed 

sudo yum install yum-utils 

 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ sudo yum install yum-utils 

 

3. Install the RedHat MDATP Channel.  

From a web browser go to https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ to select your OS, version, and channel. 

 

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4. I have RedHat Version 7.9 and chose the production channel 7.4 which is the highest version without going to the next major version. Copy the link with prod.repo to be included in the next step.  For example:  https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7.4/prod.repo 

 

5. Install the Package. 

sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo=https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7.4/prod.repo 

 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ sudo yum-config-manager --addrepo=https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7.4/prod.repo 

Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id 

adding repo from: https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7.4/prod.repo 

grabbing file https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7.4/prod.repo to /etc/yum.repos.d/prod.repo 

repo saved to /etc/yum.repos.d/prod.repo 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ 

 

 6. Install the Microsoft GPG public key: 

 

sudo rpm --import http://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ sudo rpm --import http://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$  

 

 7. Make all the metadata usable for the currently enabled yum repositories:  

yum makecache 

 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ yum makecache 

Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id, search-disabled-repos 

(1/5): packages-microsoft-com-prod/primary_db        118 kB  00:00:00 

(2/5): packages-microsoft-com-prod/other_db         7.2 kB  00:00:00 

(3/5): packages-microsoft-com-prod/filelists_db       341 kB  00:00:00 

(4/5): rhui-microsoft-azure-rhel7/filelists                    372 B  00:00:00 

(5/5): rhui-microsoft-azure-rhel7/other                      254 B  00:00:00 

rhui-microsoft-azure-rhel7      1/1 

rhui-microsoft-azure-rhel7      1/1 

rhui-microsoft-azure-rhel7      1/1 

Metadata Cache Created 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ 

 

Install MDE/MDATP Application: 

 

  1. Run install command 

sudo yum install mdatp 

 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ sudo yum install mdatp 

 

Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id, search-disabled-repos 

packages-microsoft-com-prod     | 3.0 kB  00:00:00 

packages-microsoft-com-prod/primary_db       118 kB  00:00:00 

 

Resolving Dependencies 

--> Running transaction check 

---> Package mdatp.x86_64 0:101.18.53-1 will be installed 

--> Processing Dependency: libatomic for package: mdatp-101.18.53-1.x86_64 

--> Running transaction check 

---> Package libatomic.x86_64 0:4.8.5-44.el7 will be installed 

--> Finished Dependency Resolution 

 

Dependencies Resolved 

 

======================================================================== 

 Package  Repository                            Arch                    Size                                Version         

                                                                                                         

Installing: 

 mdatp                                               x86_64                     42 M                    101.18.53-1                             packages-microsoft-com-prod                                          

Installing for dependencies: 

libatomic                                           x86_64                      51 k                     4.8.5-44.el7                            rhui-rhel-7-server-rhui-rpms                                             

 

Transaction Summary 

 

Install  1 Package (+1 Dependent package) 

 

Total download size: 42 M 

Installed size: 145 M 

Is this ok [y/d/N]: y 

Downloading packages: 

(1/2): libatomic-4.8.5-44.el7.x86_64.rpm    |  51 kB  00:00:00 

(2/2): mdatp_101.18.53.x86_64.rpm            |  42 MB  00:00:01 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

Total                                                                                                                                                                                                         32 MB/s |  42 MB  00:00:01 

Running transaction check 

Running transaction test 

Transaction test succeeded 

Running transaction 

  Installing : libatomic-4.8.5-44.el7.x86_64    1/2 

  Installing : mdatp-101.18.53-1.x86_64         2/2 

  Verifying  : libatomic-4.8.5-44.el7.x86_64     1/2 

  Verifying  : mdatp-101.18.53-1.x86_64          2/2 

rhui-rhel-7-server-dotnet-rhui-rpms/x86_64/productid  | 2.1 kB  00:00:00 

rhui-rhel-7-server-rhui-extras-rpms/x86_64/productid    | 2.1 kB  00:00:00 

rhui-rhel-7-server-rhui-rpms/7Server/x86_64/productid | 2.1 kB  00:00:00 

rhui-rhel-7-server-rhui-supplementary-rpms/7Server/x86_64/productid   | 2.1 kB  00:00:00 

rhui-rhel-server-rhui-rhscl-7-rpms/7Server/x86_64/productid        | 2.1 kB  00:00:00 

 

Installed: 

  mdatp.x86_64 0:101.18.53-1 

 

Dependency Installed: 

  libatomic.x86_64 0:4.8.5-44.el7 

 

Complete! 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ 

 

 2. List all repositories.  Make sure the ones in red are in the repository if you chose prod.repo  (production).  

yum repolist 

 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ yum repolist 

 

Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id, search-disabled-repos 

repo name                                                                                       status 

packages-microsoft-com-prod                                       packages-microsoft-com-prod                                   89 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ 

 

 3. Install the package from the production repository: 

 

sudo yum --enablerepo=packages-microsoft-com-prod install mdatp 

 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ sudo yum --enablerepo=packages-microsoft-com-prod install mdatp 

 

Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id, search-disabled-repos 

Package mdatp-101.18.53-1.x86_64 already installed and latest version 

Nothing to do 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ 

 

 

Download the onboarding package & onboard

 

Download the onboarding package from Microsoft Defender Security Center from your Workstation: 

  1. In Microsoft Defender Security Center, go to Settings > Device Management > Onboarding. 
  2. In the first drop-down menu, select Linux Server as the operating system. In the second drop-down menu, select Local Script (for up to 10 devices) as the deployment method. 
  3. Select Download onboarding package. Save the file as WindowsDefenderATPOnboardingPackage.zip to your workstation. 

 

From the workstation copy WindowsDefenderATPOnboardingPackage.zip from the workstation to RHEL. Putty must be installed. Here we are using a key to log in and copy the file. 

 

C:\>pscp.exe -P 22 -i C:\Users\azureuser\Downloads\redhat_key.ppk C:\users\Azureuser\WindowsDefenderATPOnboardingPackage.zip azureuser@ipaddressoflinuxserver:/home/azureuser 

 

WindowsDefenderATPOnboard | 5 kB |   5.6 kB/s | ETA: 00:00:00 | 100% 

 

Connect back to Linux (putty) 

 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ cd .. 

[azureuser@redhat home]$ cd azureuser/ 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ ls 

 

WindowsDefenderATPOnboardingPackage.zip 

 

   4. Unzip WindowsDefenderATPOnboardingPackage.zip 

 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ unzip WindowsDefenderATPOnboardingPackage.zip 

Archive:  WindowsDefenderATPOnboardingPackage.zip 

inflating: MicrosoftDefenderATPOnboardingLinuxServer.py 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ 

 

   5. Check the health of MDATP which should say no license found:    

mdatp health --field org_id 

 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ mdatp health --field org_id 

ATTENTION: No license found. Contact your administrator for help. 

unavailable 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ 

 

  6. Run Onboarding script: 

     MicrosoftDefenderATPOnboardingLinuxServer.py 

 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ sudo python MicrosoftDefenderATPOnboardingLinuxServer.py 

Generating /etc/opt/microsoft/mdatp/mdatp_onboard.json ... 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ 

 

   7. Check the health of MDATP:  mdatp health --field org_id 

 

[azureuser@redhat ~]$ mdatp health --field org_id 

"5447sdf90-2220-4161-82f7-0dgs2f39h8329-125fd412" 

 

   8. Check the MDATP Azure console: 

 

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