Deploy Container Defender

Install Container Defender on each host that you want Prisma Cloud to protect.

Single Container Defenders can be configured in the Console UI, and then deployed with a curl-bash script. Alternatively, you can use twistcli to configure and deploy Defender directly on a host.

Install a single Container Defender (Console UI)

Configure how a single Container Defender will be installed, and then install it with the resulting curl-bash script.

Prerequisites:

• Your system meets all minimum system requirements.
• Ensure that the host machine where you installed the Defender can access the Prisma Cloud console the network.
• You have sudo access to the host where you want to deploy the Defender.

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1. Under Deployment method, select Single Defender.
2. In Defender type, select Container Defender - Linux or Container Defender - Windows.
3. (Optional) Set a custom communication port (4) for the Defender to use.
4. (Optional) Set a proxy (3) for the Defender to use for the communication with the Console.
5. (Optional) Under Advanced Settings, Enable Assign globally unique names to Hosts when you have multiple hosts that can have the same hostname (like autoscale groups, and overlapping IP addresses).

   After setting the option to ON, Prisma Cloud appends a unique identifier, such as ResourceId, to the host’s DNS name. For example, an AWS EC2 host would have the following name: Ip-171-29-1-244.ec2internal-i-04a1dcee6bd148e2d.
6. Copy the install scripts command from the right side panel, which is generated according to the options you selected. On the host where you want to install Defender, paste the command into a shell window, and run it.

Verify the Install

Verify that the Defender is installed and connected to Console.

Defender can be deployed and run with full functionality when dockerd is configured with SELinux enabled (--selinux-enabled=true). All features will work normally and without any additional configuration steps required. Prisma Cloud automatically detects the SELinux configuration on a per-host basis and self-configures itself as needed. No action is needed from the user.

1. In Console, go to Manage > Defenders > Defenders: Deployed.

   Your new Defender should be listed in the table, and the status box should be green and checked.