Install Trellix Agent 5.8.x on unmanaged Red Hat Linux systems

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Generate an RPM package and install Trellix Agent 5.8.x on an unmanaged Red Hat Linux system that is not managed by . You must manually install the DXL client while installing Trellix Agent in unmanaged mode on Red Hat Linux system.

You must have root permissions to install Trellix Agent on the client system.

  1. Download Trellix Agent installation package MAxxxLNX.zip for Linux from the Software Catalog on ePO - On-prem.

    • Run rpm -e MFEma-selinux

      The sample output when you run the above command:

      $ rpm -e MFEma-selinux
      Uninstalling MFEma-selinux
      Finished uninstallation

      Or

    • For RedHat 7.x versions: rpm -e MFEma-selinux-5.8.x-<build-number>.el7.noarch

    • For RedHat 8.x versions: rpm -e MFEma-selinux-5.8.x-<build-number>.el8.noarch

      Example command:

      $ rpm -e MFEma-selinux-5.8.x-1.el7.noarch
      Uninstalling MFEma-selinux
      Finished uninstallation
    • For RedHat 9.x versions: rpm -e MFEma-selinux-5.8.x-<build-number>.el9.noarch

    • For RedHat 10.x versions: rpm -e MFEma-selinux-5.8.x-<build-number>.el10.noarch

    .

  2. Extract the following installer files to the client system.

    Important

    Trellix Agent has removed support for the mfert package from version 5.8.2.

    • MFEma.i686.rpm

    • MFEma.x86_64.rpm

    • MFErt.i686.rpm

    • DXL.zip file which contains the following installer files.

      • MFEdx-ma-<build_number>.i686.rpm

      • MFEdx-ma-<build_number>.x86_64.rpm

    Note

    Use the appropriate MFEma and MFEdx-ma-<build_number> packages based on the operating systems used. For example:

    • MFEma.x86_64.rpm and MFEdx-ma-<build_number>.x86_64.rpm for a 64-bit operating system

    • MFEma.i686.rpm and MFEdx-ma-<build_number>.i686.rpm for a 32-bit operating system.

  3. Open Terminal, then enter the path where you have extracted the installer files.

  4. Run the following commands to install Trellix Agent on the client system.

    • For a 64-bit operating system:

      rpm -ivh MFErt.i686.rpm
      rpm -ivh MFEma.x86_64.rpm
      rpm -ivh MFEdx-ma-<build_number>.x86_64.rpm
      
    • For a 32-bit operating system:

      rpm -ivh MFErt.i686.rpm
      rpm -ivh MFEma.i686.rpm
      rpm -ivh MFEdx-ma-<build_number>.i686.rpm