How-to install SentinelOne (S1) for Endpoint Protection
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Introduction
SentinelOne (S1) is a next-generation anti-virus solution that detects and responds to cyber threats like malware and ransomware. S1 provides a lightweight single-agent approach with AI capabilities. (Source https://security.utoronto.ca/about/cyberstrategy/epp/sentinelone-project/ ).
The ITS Private Cloud recommends the deployment of S1 on your virtual instances for an additional layer of visibility and security to your virtual servers.
This how-to will guide you through installing S1 agent on Ubuntu, however we provide installers for Linux and Windows OS available at vskey-stor.eis.utoronto.ca:/ut-vss-lib/sentinelone
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Requirements
Instructions
Login to the target server and promote as administrator/root.
With your preferred SFTP client login to vskey-stor.eis.utoronto.ca using your VSS credentials and fetch any of the available installers based on the host operating system:
sftp user@vskey-stor.eis.utoronto.ca (user@vskey-stor.eis.utoronto.ca) Password: Connected to vskey-stor.eis.utoronto.ca. sftp> get /ut-vss-lib/sentinelone/SentinelAgent_linux_x86_64_v24_1_2_6.deb Fetching /ut-vss-lib/sentinelone/SentinelAgent_linux_x86_64_v24_1_2_6.deb to SentinelAgent_linux_x86_64_v24_1_2_6.deb SentinelAgent_linux_x86_64_v24_1_2_6.deb 100% 45MB 51.8MB/s 00:00 sftp>
Run the installer:
apt install ./SentinelAgent_linux_x86_64_v24_1_2_6.deb
Associate the instance with your department site token:
/opt/sentinelone/bin/sentinelctl management token set {{ sentinelone_token }}
Start the service
Note that the first run takes a few minutes until shown at the SentinelOne Management Console (https://cace1-201.sentinelone.net/login).
If you have any questions about S1, please reach out to the InfoSec Support teamhttps://security.utoronto.ca/about/cyberstrategy/epp/support/ .
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