Installation on Linux¶

How to install Redborder Flowgate on Linux systems.

Important things to know before installing:

This installation is non-reversible, cannot be directly uninstalled or rolled back.
The linux distribution supported at the moment is Rocky Linux 9 minimal.
This sensor must be registered with a Redborder Manager, so ensure you have one available.

Prerequisites¶

Virtual machine or baremetal¶

The requirements may vary depending on the volume of traffic to analyze. The following are the minimum requirements:

Component	Specification
Operating System	Rocky Linux 9 minimal
Memory	8 GB RAM
Storage	40 GB HDD space
CPU	at least 4 CPU Cores or 4 vCPU
Network Interfaces	at least 1 (management interface), add an extra one to export network traffic (span port)

Packages Installation¶

Install the supported operative system and run the following command as root:

Repositories installation

yum install epel-release
rpm -ivh https://repo.redborder.com/ng/24.12/rhel/9/x86_64/redborder-repo-24.12-0.0.1-1.el9.rb.noarch.rpm

Install redborder-proxy package

yum clean all
yum install redborder-proxy -y

Respawn a new bash to reload the environment variables:

Bash reload

/bin/bash --login

Setup wizard¶

Start the installation wizard:

Installation wizard command

rbcli setup wizard

The first screen shows an index of the upcoming steps.

Press Yes to continue.

Configure Network¶

This step is optional. If you are sure that the network interfaces are already configured, you can skip this step. Otherwise, enter the configuration by pressing Yes.