Install the Linux Thin Agent for Network Introspection

Install the Linux thin agent to introspect network traffic.

Important: To protect guest VMs against antivirus, you do not need to install the Linux thin agent for network introspection.

The Linux thin agent driver that is used to introspect network traffic depends on an open-source driver.

Prerequisites

Install the following packages:

• glib2
• libnetfilter-conntrack3/ libnetfilter-conntrack
• libnetfilter-queue1/ libnetfilter-queue
• iptables

Procedure

1. To install the open-source driver provided by guest introspection.
   1. Add following URL as the base URL for your operating system.

      deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.vmware.com/guest-introspection-for-vmware-nsx/latest/ubuntu xenial main

   2. Import the VMware packaging key.

      https://packages.vmware.com/packages/nsx-gi/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-NSX-GI-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub

   3. Update the repository and install the open-source driver.

      apt-get install Guest-Introspection-for-VMware-NSX

2. To install the Linux thin agent that is used to introspect file and or network traffic.

   • To install file and network introspection packages, select vmware-nsx-gi package in step c.

   • To install network introspection packages, select the vmware-nsx-gi-net package in step c.

   1. Add following URL as the base URL for your operating system.

      deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.vmware.com/packages/nsx-gi/latest

   2. Import the VMware packaging key.

      https://packages.vmware.com/packages/nsx-gi/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-NSX-GI-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub

   3. Install one of the drivers.

      vmware-nsx-gi
      vmware-nsx-gi-net