Learn how to deploy your own Virtual Network Sensor on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 with KVM.
Virtual Network Sensor is a lightweight network sensor that scans your network
activity and feeds network activity data to Trend Vision One and allows you
to discover unmanaged assets and gain a holistic view of your attack surface. Before
using the features of Network Security, you
need to set up your Virtual Network Sensor and connect your sensor to Trend Vision One.
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ImportantIf the throughput exceeds 2000 Mbps, Trend Micro recommends configuring your
Virtual Network Sensor using a PCI passthrough that is compliant with the
following drivers: Broadcom tg3 and bnxt_en, and Intel i40e, igb, ixgbe, and
e1000.
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NoteBefore deploying the Virtual Network Sensor, ensure that you have adequate system resources and prepare the following:
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Procedure
- In the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 environment (KVM host), install the required software.
- On the KVM host CLI, ensure that you have root privileges and create your destination folder and the data and management ports.
- On the Trend Vision One console, go to .
- Click Deploy Virtual Network Sensor.The Virtual Network Sensor Deployment panel appears.
- Select KVM from the disk image type dropdown.
- Set the Admin password and confirm the password.The password must contain the following:
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12 to 32 characters
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Both uppercase and lowercase characters
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At least one number (0-9)
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At least one special character: ~!`@#$%^&*()/_+=[]{}-\|<>',.?:;" or space
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This step is used to set the default admin password to access the Virtual Network Sensor command line interface after deployment. -
- Click Download Disk Image.
- Extract the disk image zip file.
- On the KVM host CLI, execute $ cp -a cacert.pem checksum checksum.p7 vns_deploy.sh vns_meta.iso \vns_system.qcow2 <destination_folder>/ to copy the files to the destination folder.
- Execute $ bash ./vns_deploy.sh --mgmt <mgmt_network> --data
<data_network> to deploy Virtual Network Sensor.Your Virtual Network Sensor deploys and automatically connects to Network Inventory.
- To confirm that your Virtual Network Sensor has successfully deployed, go to Trend Vision One console to view information about your deployed
Virtual Network Sensor. on the
Tip
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For information about troubleshooting Virtual Network Sensor, see Virtual Network Sensor CLI commands.
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The Virtual Network Sensor default IP allocation is DHCP. For more information about changing the IP settings and registering manually, go to Virtual Network Sensor FAQs.
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