2.1 Linux Requirements and Supported Platforms

Review the information in this section before installing the AD Bridge Agent on a Linux server.

2.1.1 Linux Requirements

Complete the following requirements before you install the Linux Agent and join Active Directory:

  • Install the Linux Agent with root (requires administrator password)

  • DNS name servers on the Linux Agent must list the Active Directory DNS servers

  • The Active Directory domain is listed as one of the default search domains

  • Download and install prerequisite Linux packages from respective vendors during the Linux Agent installation.

    Otherwise, you must install the following Linux packages prior to running the Linux Agent installation:

    Linux Distribution

    Required Linux Packages

    All distributions

    .NetCore system update to install .NetCore 6 and its prerequisites.

    For more information, see Linux distribution dependencies.

    RHEL 7,RHEL 8, RHEL 9

    		 
    bpftrace
kernel-headers 
kernel-devel-$(uname -r) 
aspnetcore-runtime-6.0
nss.x86_64 
realmd
oddjob
oddjob-mkhomedir
sssd
adcli
openldap-clients
samba-common
samba-common-tools
samba-client
krb5-workstation
cifs-utils 
python3-policycoreutils 

kernel-headers 
kernel-devel
kernel-devel-$(uname -r)
scl-utils
rh-dotnet60
realmd
oddjob
oddjob-mkhomedir
sssd
adcli
openldap-clients
samba-common
samba-common-tools
samba-client
krb5-workstation
cifs-utils

    SLES 12, SLES 15

    		 
    aspnetcore-runtime-6.0
samba-client
sssd
realmd
krb5-client
openldap2-client
adcli
sssd-tools
sssd-ad 
mozilla-nss 
aspnetcore-runtime-6.0 
mozilla-nss 
realmd 
adcli 
sssd 
sssd-tools  
sssd-ad  
samba-client  
krb5-client  
openldap2-client

    Ubuntu 18.04

    		 
    aspnetcore-runtime-6.0
samba-client
sssd
realmd
krb5-client
openldap2-client
adcli
sssd-tools
sssd-ad 
mozilla-nss

    Ubuntu 20.04

    		 
    apt-transport-https 
aspnetcore-runtime-6.0 
realmd
sssd
sssd-tools
libnss-sss
libpam-sss
adcli
samba-common-bin
oddjob
oddjob-mkhomedir
packagekit
smbclient
cifs-utils
keyutils
krb5-user

    Ubuntu 22.04

    		 
    apt-transport-https 
aspnetcore-runtime-6.0 
realmd
sssd
sssd-tools
libnss-sss
libpam-sss
adcli
samba-common-bin
oddjob
oddjob-mkhomedir
packagekit
smbclient
cifs-utils
keyutils
krb5-user

NOTE:If a prerequisite package check or installation fails, the failure notice will identify any missing prerequisites.

2.1.2 Supported Linux Platforms

AD Bridge 3.5 supports the following Linux platforms:

Linux Distribution

Version

RHEL

  • RHEL 9.2

  • RHEL 8.9

  • RHEL 7.9

SLES

  • SLES 15 SP4 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server)

  • SLES 12 SP5

Ubuntu

  • Ubuntu 22.04

  • Ubuntu 20.04

  • Ubuntu 18.04

NOTE:If your cloud environment uses a GoDaddy SSL certificate on RHEL 7, RHEL 8, Ubuntu 18, Ubuntu 20, Ubuntu 22, SLES 12, and SLES 15 operating systems, you must copy it to agent machines and manually assign trust.

For more information, see Adding a GoDaddy SSL Certificate.