EDR: How to download 6.3.4-lnx sensor from Yum repository

Products

• Carbon Black EDR (formerly Cb Response)

Issue/Introduction

How to download 6.3.4-lnx sensor from Yum repository

Environment

• EDR Server: All Supported Version
• EDR Sensor: 6.3.4-lnx

Resolution

1. Run the below command to check current sensors available on the CB Response server.

/usr/share/cb/cbcheck sensor-builds -L

2. Set the Baseurl in /etc/yum.repos.d/CarbonBlack.repo file

baseurl=https://yum.distro.carbonblack.io/enterprise/stable/$releasever/$basearch/ ​​​​​​

Example:

[root@localhost nginx]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/CarbonBlack.repo 
[CarbonBlack]
name=CarbonBlack
baseurl=https://yum.distro.carbonblack.io/enterprise/stable/$releasever/$basearch/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
metadata_expire=60
sslverify=1
sslclientcert=/etc/cb/certs/carbonblack-alliance-client.crt
sslclientkey=/etc/cb/certs/carbonblack-alliance-client.key

3. Clear repository

yum clean all

4. Build repository

​​​​​​​yum repolist

5.  Download the sensor package

yum install --downloadonly --downloaddir=/tmp cb-linux-sensor-installer-6.3.4.10012-1.noarch

6.  Install the sensor package 

rpm -i --force /tmp/cb-linux-sensor-installer-6.3.4.10012-1.noarch.rpm

7.  Update the sensor-builds

/usr/share/cb/cbcheck sensor-builds --update

8.  Recheck the available sensor builds on the server. 

/usr/share/cb/cbcheck sensor-builds -L

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