Micro agent Linux dependencies

This article describes the different Linux OS dependencies for the Defender for IoT micro agent.

Note

Defender for IoT plans to retire the micro agent on August 1, 2025.

Linux dependencies

The table below shows the Linux dependencies for each component.

Component Dependency Type Required by IoT SDK Notes
Core
libcurl-openssl (libcurl) Library
libssl Library
uuid Library
pthread ulibc compilation flag
libuv1 Library
sudo Package
uuid-runtime Package
System information collector
uname System call
Baseline collector
BusyBox Linux compilation flag
Bash Linux compilation flag
Process collector
CONFIG_CONNECTOR=y Kernel config
CONFIG_PROC_EVENTS=y Kernel config
Network collector
libpcap Library
CONFIG_PACKET=y Kernel config
CONFIG_NETFILTER =y Kernel config Optional – Performance improvement
Login collector
Wtmp, btmp Log files utmp

Next steps

Install the Defender for IoT micro agent.