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.