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ms.topic: conceptual
ms.subservice: linux
search.appverid: met150
ms.date: 09/09/2024
ms.date: 09/10/2024
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# Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux
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> [!NOTE]
> It is not supported to install Microsoft Defender for Endpoint in any other location other than the default install path.
>
> Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux creates an "mdatp" user with random UID and GID. If you want to control the UID and GID, create an "mdatp" user prior to installation using the "/usr/sbin/nologin" shell option.
> For example: `mdatp:x:UID:GID::/home/mdatp:/usr/sbin/nologin`.
> Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux creates an `mdatp` user with random UID and GID. If you want to control the UID and GID, create an `mdatp` user prior to installation using the `/usr/sbin/nologin` shell option. Here's an example: `mdatp:x:UID:GID::/home/mdatp:/usr/sbin/nologin`.
### System requirements

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- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Debian 9 - 12
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 or higher
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 or higher
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- Alma 9.2 and higher
- Mariner 2

> [!NOTE]
> Distributions and version that are not explicitly listed are unsupported (even if they are derived from the officially supported distributions).
> With RHEL 6 support for 'extended end of life' coming to an end by June 30, 2024; MDE Linux support for RHEL 6 will also be deprecated by June 30, 2024
> MDE Linux version 101.23082.0011 is the last MDE Linux release supporting RHEL 6.7 or higher versions (does not expire before June 30, 2024). Customers are advised to plan upgrades to their RHEL 6 infrastructure aligned with guidance from Red Hat.
> Microsoft Defender Vulnerablity Management is not supported on Rocky and Alma currently.
> [!NOTE]
> Distributions and version that are not explicitly listed are unsupported (even if they are derived from the officially supported distributions).
> With RHEL 6 support for 'extended end of life' coming to an end by June 30, 2024; Defender for Endpoint on Linux support for RHEL 6 will also be deprecated by June 30, 2024
> Defender for Endpoint on Linux version `101.23082.0011` is the last Defender for Endpoint on Linux release supporting RHEL 6.7 or higher versions (does not expire before June 30, 2024). Customers are advised to plan upgrades to their RHEL 6 infrastructure aligned with guidance from Red Hat.
> Microsoft Defender Vulnerablity Management is not supported on Rocky and Alma currently.
- List of supported kernel versions

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> Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for all other supported distributions and versions is kernel-version-agnostic. With a minimal requirement for the kernel version to be at or greater than 3.10.0-327.
- The `fanotify` kernel option must be enabled

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and CentOS 6:
- For 6.7: 2.6.32-573.* (except 2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64)
- For 6.8: 2.6.32-642.*
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- /opt/microsoft/mdatp/sbin/wdavdaemon requires executable permission. For more information, see "Ensure that the daemon has executable permission" in [Troubleshoot installation issues for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux](linux-support-install.md).

### External package dependency

The following external package dependencies exist for the mdatp package:
- The mdatp RPM package requires "glibc >= 2.17", "audit", "policycoreutils", "semanage" "selinux-policy-targeted", "mde-netfilter"
- For RHEL6 the mdatp RPM package requires "audit", "policycoreutils", "libselinux", "mde-netfilter"
- For DEBIAN the mdatp package requires "libc6 >= 2.23", "uuid-runtime", "auditd", "mde-netfilter"

- The mdatp RPM package requires `glibc >= 2.17`, `audit`, `policycoreutils`, `semanage` `selinux-policy-targeted`, `mde-netfilter`
- For RHEL6 the mdatp RPM package requires `audit`, `policycoreutils`, `libselinux`, `mde-netfilter`
- For DEBIAN the mdatp package requires `libc6 >= 2.23`, `uuid-runtime`, `auditd`, `mde-netfilter`

The mde-netfilter package also has the following package dependencies:
- For DEBIAN the mde-netfilter package requires "libnetfilter-queue1", "libglib2.0-0"
- For RPM the mde-netfilter package requires "libmnl", "libnfnetlink", "libnetfilter_queue", "glib2"
- For DEBIAN the mde-netfilter package requires `libnetfilter-queue1`, `libglib2.0-0`
- For RPM the mde-netfilter package requires `libmnl`, `libnfnetlink`, `libnetfilter_queue`, `glib2`

If the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint installation fails due to missing dependencies errors, you can manually download the pre-requisite dependencies.

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You can also get product updates and important notifications through the [message center](https://admin.microsoft.com/Adminportal/Home#/MessageCenter).

## September 2024

- [Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence](/defender/threat-intelligence/what-is-microsoft-defender-threat-intelligence-defender-ti) customers can now view the [latest featured threat intelligence articles](/defender/threat-intelligence/learn-how-to-access-microsoft-defender-threat-intelligence-and-make-customizations-in-your-portal#featured-threat-intelligence-articles-widget) in the Microsoft Defender portal home page. The **Intel explorer** page now also has an [article digest](/defender/threat-intelligence/learn-how-to-access-microsoft-defender-threat-intelligence-and-make-customizations-in-your-portal#article-digest) that notifies them of the number of new Defender TI articles that were published since they last accessed the Defender portal.
- [Microsoft Defender XDR Unified RBAC permissions](experts-on-demand.md#required-permissions-for-using-ask-defender-experts) are added to submit inquiries and view responses from [Microsoft Defender Experts](experts-on-demand.md). You can also [view responses](experts-on-demand.md#where-to-view-responses-from-defender-experts) to inquires submitted to Ask Defender Experts through your listed email addresses when submitting your inquiry or in the Defender portal by navigating to **Reports** > **Defender Experts messages**.

## August 2024

- (Preview) Microsoft Sentinel data is now available with Defender XDR data in Microsoft Defender multitenant management. Only one Microsoft Sentinel workspace per tenant is currently supported in the Microsoft unified security operations platform. So, Microsoft Defender multitenant management shows security information and event management (SIEM) data from one Microsoft Sentinel workspace per tenant. For more information, see [Microsoft Defender multitenant management](mto-overview.md) and [Microsoft Sentinel in the Microsoft Defender portal](/azure/sentinel/microsoft-sentinel-defender-portal).
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- (Preview) You can now filter your Microsoft Defender for Cloud alerts by the associated **alert subscription ID** in the Incidents and Alerts queues. For more information, see [Microsoft Defender for Cloud in Microsoft Defender XDR](microsoft-365-security-center-defender-cloud.md).


- (GA) You can now **[filter your results](advanced-hunting-query-results.md#filter-results)** in advanced hunting so you can narrow down your investigation on specific data you want to focus on.

## May 2024
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