EDR: How to install the Console on Linux

Products

• Carbon Black EDR (formerly Cb Response)

Issue/Introduction

How to install the Console on Linux.

Environment

• EDR Server: All Supported Versions
• RHEL/CentOS: All Supported Versions

Resolution

1. Download RHEL/CentOS
2. Configure networking (hostname / enable network)
3. Once installed, open Terminal
4. Subscribe to subscription manager: 

# subscription-manager register

5. Attach to subscription:

# subscription-manager attach --auto

6. Install the CB License RPM onto the new server: 

carbon-black-release-<customer dependent>.x86_64.rpm

7. Install the RPM package: 

#rpm -ivh carbon-black-release-<customer dependent>.x86_64.rpm

8. Open the Carbon Black repo in the VIM editor:

# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/CarbonBlack.repo

9. In the CarbonBlack.repo file, change the base url to:

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

10. Download and install the EDR Server packages and dependencies:

# sudo yum install cb-enterprise -y

11. Complete the installation by running:

# sudo /usr/share/cb/cbinit

 

Additional Information

For additional reference please refer to the most recent Server/Cluster Management Guide "Installing the Server" section