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Falcon Sensor For Linux

The document provides a step-by-step guide for installing the Falcon sensor on Linux systems. It includes instructions for downloading the sensor, running the installer with the appropriate commands for different Linux distributions, setting the Customer ID Checksum (CID), and starting the sensor. Sudo privileges are required for installation and configuration tasks.

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Falcon Sensor For Linux

The document provides a step-by-step guide for installing the Falcon sensor on Linux systems. It includes instructions for downloading the sensor, running the installer with the appropriate commands for different Linux distributions, setting the Customer ID Checksum (CID), and starting the sensor. Sudo privileges are required for installation and configuration tasks.

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Installing the Falcon sensor For Linux

1. Download the Falcon sensor


2. Copy your Customer ID Checksum (CID), displayed on Sensor Downloads.
3. Run the installer, substituting <installer_filename> with your installer's file
name.
Installing the sensor requires sudo privileges.
• Ubuntu: sudo dpkg -i <installer_filename>

• For RHEL, CentOS, Amazon Linux, choose either:

→ sudo yum install <installer_filename>


→ sudo dnf install <installer_filename>
→ SLES: sudo zypper install <installer_filename>

4. Set your CID on the sensor, substituting <CID> with your CID.
• All OSes: sudo /opt/CrowdStrike/falconctl -s --cid=<CID>

5. Start the sensor manually.


• Hosts with SysVinit: sudo service falcon-sensor start
• Hosts with Systemd: sudo systemctl start falcon-sensor

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