Carbon Black Cloud: Is it Possible to Install a Sensor Offline?

Products

• Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint Standard (formerly Cb Defense)

Issue/Introduction

Is it possible to install a sensor offline without the need of communicating to the CB Defense servers?

Environment

• Carbon Black Cloud Sensor: 3.5 and above

Resolution

The sensor can be installed offline from version 3.5 and above:
https://community.carbonblack.com/t5/Knowledge-Base/CB-Defense-How-to-Perform-Offline-Installation-of-Sensor/ta-p/81874
 

Additional Information

The sensor will not function as expected until it has made contact with the back-end server to download policy actions and rules.