Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and 7 are the only operating systems officially supported by Flexera for the Vulnerable Software Discovery Tool for Red Hat Linux 7 RPM and Vulnerable Software Discovery Tool for Red Hat Linux 6 RPM. It may be possible to install the scan Agent on operating systems and configurations other than those described. However, these have not been tested and are not supported by Flexera.
The scan Agent for RHEL uses the inventory which is already present (RPM) and displays this in Software Vulnerability Research after being processed by Flexera Detection/Version Rules.
Before deploying the Linux Agent, see the prerequisites in Agent-based Scan – Requirements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
Deploy a Linux Agent:
| 1. | Log in to https://app.flexerasoftware.com/login/?next=/ |
| 2. | In the Settings module, go to Assessment > Downloads. For details see, Downloads. |
| 3. | Based on your version of Red Hat Linux, download the appropriate Vulnerable Software Discovery Tool for Red Hat Linux. |
| 4. | Open a terminal session and run the following commands. |
Note • Your file name may be different depending on the agent version you downloaded.
cd Downloads/
sudo yum install svmscan_linux-8.0.345-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
| 5. | Enter your administrator password. |
| 6. | If the following prompt appears, enter y if the installation is OK. |
Software Vulnerability Research Help LibraryMay 2019 |
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