Endpoint Next-Gen Antivirus powered by Crowdstrike

 

Contact your IT department should you have any further questions or need assistance.

 

This guide details on how you could perform agent self-installation for Endpoint Next-Gen Antivirus powered by Crowdstrike. Before you start installing, please check the supported MacOS version.

Step 1: Download the MacOS installer

Download from email

1. From the email titled "ArmourZero | Download", click your computer model "I am a MacOS user" to start download the installer package.

2. Copy the unique license key.

 

Download from ArmourZero console

1. Go to Subscription under MANAGE section and select the subscription.

2. Download the installer package and copy the unique license key.

 

Step 2: Installing MacOS installer

1. Open the downloaded file, click "Allow".

2. Follow the step by step on the prompt screen.

 

Additional step for MacOS Monterey :-

3. Open terminal. Navigate search, type "Terminal", click on the item.

4. In terminal, paste below instruction and click enter :

sudo /Applications/Falcon.app/Contents/Resources/falconctl license <your licence key>

Notes : Replace the <your license key> with the license key in Step 1.

5. Key in your Mac's password when needed and enter.

6. Security and Privacy will prompt on your screen, click "Allow".

7. Click padlock to made changes and tick on Falcon.

 

Additional step for MacOS Ventura :-

3. Open terminal. Navigate search, type "Terminal", click on it.  

4. In terminal, paste below instruction and click enter :

sudo /Applications/Falcon.app/Contents/Resources/falconctl license your licence key

Notes : Replace the <your license key> with the license key in Step 1.

5. Enable Falcon when asked. Click "OK".

6. Alternatively, you can click "Open System Settings" and give permission to Falcon.

7. Key in your laptop password when asked.

 

Congratulation, Crowdstrike's agent is now successfully installed and you are protected with Endpoint Next-Gen Antivirus services. Kindly inform your IT department accordingly. 

 

Contact your IT department should you have any further questions or need assistance.

This guide details on how you could perform agent self-installation for Endpoint Next-Gen Antivirus powered by Crowdstrike. Before you start installing, please check the supported Linux OS version.

 

Step 1: Download the Linux OS installer

Download from ArmourZero console

1. Go to Subscription under MANAGE section and select the subscription.

2. Download the installer package and copy the unique license key.

 

Step 2: Installing Linux OS installer

1. Turn on the terminal by pressing the super key, go to the left-hand side application pane, and click the "Terminal" icon. Alternatively, you can search for Terminal in the search area and click the "Terminal" icon.

2. Login into Linux host as root before proceeding with the installation.

3. Go to the installer location, substitute <installer_package> with your installer’s file name, and run the command. Use these commands based on your kernel version.

 

Ubuntu:

sudo dpkg -i <installer_package>

 

RHEL, CentOS, Amazon Linux:

sudo yum install <installer_package>

 

SLES:

sudo zypper install <installer_package>

 

4. Substitute <CID> with your CID to set CID on your sensor. Use this command.

sudo /opt/CrowdStrike/falconctl -s --cid=<CID>

Note: Reach out to ArmourZero for the CID key

 

5. Manually start your sensor

Hosts with SysVinit:

service falcon-sensor start

Hosts with Systemd:

systemctl start falcon-

 

Congratulation, Crowdstrike's agent is now successfully installed and you are protected with Endpoint Next-Gen Antivirus powered by Crowdstrike. Kindly inform your IT department accordingly. 

 

To find out if your computers, laptops, or/and servers Windows OS are compatible with Endpoint Next-Gen Antivirus powered by Crowdstrike, follow below steps.

 

Step 1: Supported Windows OS version

1. Compare your current Windows OS version with below supported Windows OS. If your current Windows OS version found below, you shouldn't have problem on the installation. Otherwise please contact your IT department immediately.

 

64-bit Window Server OS:

• Server 2022
• Server Core 2022
• Server 2019
• Server Core 2019
• Server 2016
• Server Core 2016
• Server 2012 R2
• Storage Server 2012 R2
• Server 2012
• Server 2008 R2 SP1

 

Microsoft ARM64:

• Windows 11
• Windows 10

 

Window Desktop OS:

• Windows 11 22H2
• Windows 11 21H2
• Windows 10 22H2
• Windows 10 21H2
• Windows 10 21H1
• Windows 10 20H2
• Windows 10 1909
• Windows 10 1809
• Windows 10 1607
• Windows 10 1507
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 7 SP1
• Windows 7 Embedded POS Ready

2. Our policy is to support the latest macOS version minus one version earlier.

 

Step 2: System requirements

Resources needed in order to install the agent. Recommended system requirements are:

• Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2GHz or higher (processor must support SSE2).
• Memory: 1 GB on 32-bit systems / 2 GB or more on 64-bit systems.
• Disk space: 2 GB free disk space.
• Display with a resolution of 1024 x 768 or higher.
• Internet Connection: An Internet connection is required to validate your subscription,
  receive product updates, and use cloud-based detection.
• Javascript must be enabled in the browser settings to enable active block pages.

 

Step 3: Supported browsers

• Edge (Windows 10). Does not support extensions.
• Chrome, two latest major versions.
• Firefox, the two latest major versions.

 

To find out if your computers, laptops, or/and servers MacOS are compatible with Endpoint Next-Gen Antivirus powered by Crowdstrike, follow below steps.

 

Step 1: Check your current MacOS version

1. Click on the Applemenu in the corner of your screen

2. Choose "About this Mac". You will see the name and version of MacOS

 

Step 2: Supported MacOS version

1. Compare your current MacOS version with below supported MacOS. If your current MacOS version found below, you shouldn't have problem on the installation. Otherwise please contact your IT department immediately.

• MacOS Catalina 10.15.
• MacOS Big Sur 11.0 and later.
• MacOS Monterey 12.0 and later.
• MacOS Ventura 13.0 and later
• MacOS Sonoma 14.0 and later

2. Our policy is to support the latest macOS version minus one version earlier.

 

Step 3: System requirements

Resources needed in order to install the agent. Recommended system requirements are:

• Intel or Apple Silicon Mac (requires Rosetta 2).
• 250 MB of free disk space.
• 1 GB or more of memory is recommended.
• Internet connection: An internet connection is required in order to validate your subscription and receive updates.

 

Step 4: Supported browsers

• Safari.
• Chrome.
• Firefox.

To find out if your Linux servers are compatible with Endpoint Next-Gen Antivirus powered by Crowdstrike, follow below steps.

 

Step 1: Check your current Linux type and version

1. Compare your current Linux type and version with below supported Linux list. If your current Linux version found below, you shouldn't have problem on the installation. Otherwise please contact your IT department immediately. These are the supported Linux OS (x86_64 versions):

 

Alma Linux

• 8.4 (supported kernels are the same as RHEL).

Amazon Linux

• 2(x86).
• 2 (with Cloud ML support on Graviton1 and Graviton2 ARM processors).

Amazon Linux AMI

• 2018.03.
• 2017.09.
• CentOS.
• 8.0 – 8.5.
• 7.4 – 7.9.
• 6.7 – 6.10.

Debian

• 10.
• 9.1 – 9.4.

Oracle Linux

• Oracle Linux 8 – UEK 6.
• Oracle Linux 7 – UEK 3, 4, 5, 6.
• Oracle Linux 6 – UEK 3, 4.
• Red Hat Compatible Kernels (supported RHCK kernels are the same as for RHEL).

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

• 8.0 – 8.5.
• 7.4 – 7.9.
• 6.7 – 6.10.

Rocky Linux

• 8.4 (supported kernels are the same as RHEL).

SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES)

• 15 – 15.3.
• 12.2 – 12.5.
• 11.4.

Ubuntu

• 20.04 LTS.
• 18 AWS.
• 18.04 LTS.
• 16 – AWS.
• 16.04 LTS.

Docker

• Amazon Linux 2
  • requires sensor 5.34+
• Amazon Linux 2018.03
• CentOS7 and RHEL 7
• Debian 9.4 – requires sensor 5.33.9804+
• SLES 12 SP3
• SLES 12 SP4 and SLES 15
• SLES 12 SP5
• Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, and 18.04

Linux

These are the supported Linux OS:

 

Alma Linux

• 8.4 (supported kernels are the same as RHEL).

Amazon Linux

• 2(x86).
• 2 (with Cloud ML support on Graviton1 and Graviton2 ARM processors).

Amazon Linux AMI

• 2018.03.
• 2017.09.
• CentOS.
• 8.0 – 8.5.
• 7.4 – 7.9.
• 6.7 – 6.10.

Debian

• 10.
• 9.1 – 9.4.

Oracle Linux

• Oracle Linux 8 – UEK 6.
• Oracle Linux 7 – UEK 3, 4, 5, 6.
• Oracle Linux 6 – UEK 3, 4.
• Red Hat Compatible Kernels (supported RHCK kernels are the same as for RHEL).

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

• 8.0 – 8.5.
• 7.4 – 7.9.
• 6.7 – 6.10.

Rocky Linux

• 8.4 (supported kernels are the same as RHEL).

SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES)

• 15 – 15.3.
• 12.2 – 12.5.
• 11.4.

Ubuntu

• 20.04 LTS.
• 18 AWS.
• 18.04 LTS.
• 16 – AWS.
• 16.04 LTS.

Docker

Please note that Docker is supported on the following Linux OSes only:

• Amazon Linux 2
  • requires sensor 5.34+
• Amazon Linux 2018.03
• CentOS7 and RHEL 7
• Debian 9.4 – requires sensor 5.33.9804+
• SLES 12 SP3
• SLES 12 SP4 and SLES 15
• SLES 12 SP5
• Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, and 18.04