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Do MS Defender for Linux agents require external access for intelligence updates? Or can a share repository be set up similar to the instruction below for Windows that would allow us to have a centralized VM for pulling down and distributing updates to the Linux agents?
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Based on these articles I don't believe that scenario is supported, but am reaching out to confirm with the product group.
Hi Marilee,
Were you able to confirm with the product group about what is supported/possible? The idea behind my question is for the azure instance to be locked out of the internet so I'm trying to find out if we can set up a repository perhaps using a share that could be distributed to linux VMs within the cloud instance.
Understood. Let me know what you hear back. I'm wondering if process can be set up similar to how you can download and unpackage updates on Windows to apply for linux. Then we could use the process in the below article to set up a proxy to distribute the updates.