Lacework Linux Agent Releases

This Lacework GitHub site provides the officially supported Lacework Linux agent releases. From this site, you can download and install the Lacework Linux agent.

Lacework Linux Agent Documentation

For information about supported Linux operating systems, how to configure the agent, agent features, workload dossiers, AWS Fargate, and more, see the Lacework Linux Agent Documentation.

Releases

In the right frame, click Releases to view all the available Linux agent releases. The Assets section for each release lists all the release download files. These files contain the agent installers. In addition, each release contains a link to the specific agent release notes and the docker pull command for pulling down a Lacework docker install image. To view the release notes for all Linux agent releases, see Linux Agent Release Notes.

Install Linux Agent

This README.md file provides instructions for installing the Lacework Linux agent from this GitHub repository. You can also install the agent from the Lacework Console. For information about the different installation methods, see Linux Agent Installation Methods.

Installation Prerequisites

Complete the following steps before you install the Linux agent:

1. Ensure that the Linux agent supports the distribution installed on your machine. For more information, see Supported Operating Systems.

2. Use sed (GNU sed) version 4.2.2 or higher in the procedures below.

3. Download the release package release.tgz (where release is the agent release number) and the checksum_sha256.txt files from this GitHub repository.

   1. In the right frame, click Releases to view all the available agent releases.
   2. Find a release and click release.tgz to download the file that contains the agent installers, where release is the agent release number.
   3. For the same release, click the checksum_sha256.txt file, and the checksum_sha256.txt.asc signature file to download them.
   4. Create a temporary directory such as ~/lacework and move the release.tgz, checksum_sha256.txt, and checksum_sha256.txt.asc files to that directory.

4. Verify that the checksum in the checksum_sha256.txt file matches the checksum of the release.tgz file.

   1. In a terminal window, go to the ~/lacework directory.

      $ cd ~/lacework

   2. Verify that the release.tgz matches the checksum.

      $ shasum -c checksum_sha256.txt

      If the verification is successful, an OK is reported.

5. Verify that the checksum is signed correctly.

   1. Download the Lacework agent GPG key.

      $ gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 360D55D76727556814078E25FF3E1D4DEE0CC692

   2. Verify the signature.

      $ gpg --verify checksum_sha256.txt.asc

      If the verification is successful you should see:

      gpg: assuming signed data in 'checksum_sha256.txt'
      gpg: Signature made <TIMESTAMP>
      gpg:                using RSA key 360D55D76727556814078E25FF3E1D4DEE0CC692
      gpg: Good signature from "Lacework Inc. <support@lacework.net>"
      

6. Unzip the release.tgz file into a temporary directory.

7. Using the Lacework Console, create an agent access token by following the instructions in Create Agent Access Tokens.

8. In the Lacework Console, click the ... icon in the row for the token and select Copy to copy the access token.

Install Linux Agent Using the install.sh Script

For single host installations, Lacework recommends using the install.sh installation script.

1. Complete the prerequisites steps.

2. Set the token environment variable equal to the agent access token you copied from the Lacework Console.

   $ export token=<copied_agent_access_token>

3. Use sed to replace $1 with a valid agent access token in the install.sh file.

   $ sed -i.bak "s/ARG1=\$1/ARG1=${token}/g" ~/lacework/install.sh

4. Run the install.sh script to install the agent by following the instructions in Run the Lacework Agent Installation Script.

Install Linux Agent Using the Chef Recipe

1. Complete the prerequisites steps.

2. Set the token environment variable equal to the agent access token you copied from the Lacework Console.

   $ export token=<copied_agent_access_token>

3. Use sed to replace $1 with a valid agent access token in the install.sh file.

   $ sed -i.bak "s/ARG1=\$1/ARG1=${token}/g" ~/lacework/install.sh

4. Unzip chef.tar.gz into a temporary directory such as ~/lacework/chef

   $ tar -xzf chef.tar.gz

5. Copy the install.sh file with the updated token to the appropriate directory.

   $ cp ~/lacework/install.sh ~/lacework/chef/datacollector/files/default

6. Install the agent by following the instructions in Install with Chef.

Install Linux Agent Using Daemonset Deployment Files for Kubernetes

1. Complete the prerequisites steps.

2. Set the token environment variable equal to the agent access token you copied from the Lacework Console.

   $ export token=<copied_agent_access_token>

3. Use sed to replace LaceworkAccessToken with a valid agent access token in the lacework-cfg-k8s.yaml file.

   $ sed -i.bak "s/\${LaceworkAccessToken}/${token}/g" lacework-cfg-k8s.yaml

4. Install the agent on Kubernetes by following the instructions in Deploy on Kubernetes. On the Releases page of this site, find the appropriate docker pull command in the Lacework Agent Docker Images section for a specific release.

Install Linux Agent Using Docker Swarm Deployment Files

1. Complete the prerequisites steps.

2. Set the token environment variable equal to the agent token you copied from the Lacework Console.

   $ export token=<copied_agent_access_token>

3. Use sed to replace LaceworkAccessToken with the valid agent access token in the docker-compose.yml and docker-compose-v3.yml files.

   $ sed -i.bak "s/\${LaceworkAccessToken}/${token}/g" docker-compose.yml
   $ sed -i.bak "s/\${LaceworkAccessToken}/${token}/g" docker-compose-v3.yml

4. Install the agent by following the instructions in Install using Docker Swarm. On the Releases page of this site, find the appropriate docker pull command in the Lacework Agent Docker Images section for a specific release.

Install Linux Agent Using Helm Chart

1. Complete the prerequisites steps.

2. Set the token environment variable equal to the agent token copied from the Lacework Console.

   $ export token=<copied_agent_access_token>

3. Use sed to replace accessToken with a valid agent access token in the values.yaml file.

   $ sed -i "/accessToken:/s/$/${token}/" ~/lacework/helm/lacework-agent/values.yaml

4. Optional - Add custom tags to the helm chart.

   $ sed -i "/env:/s/$/${custom tag}/" ~/lacework/helm/lacework-agent/values.yaml

5. Install the agent by following the helm instructions in Deploy on Kubernetes.