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Running antivirus in Linux with a Stream worker?

  • Mar 11, 2025 3:14 AM UTC
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Hello all, some customer is asking to have an antivirus (!!?!?!?) on the Linux server running a Cribl Stream worker. I found some recommendations for Edge in the documentation, but nothing for Stream. Is it supported, for Stream, having such a configuration? thanks a lot

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David Maislin

Thanks David. So this is applicable also for a distributed deployment.


David Maislin

<#C01BM8PU30V|docs> <@U03CJ90F91A&gt; perhaps we should also add this info to our distributed deployment pages too.


David Maislin

Yes


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  • Inspiring
  • Mar 11, 2025 4:36 AM UTC

That is likely depending a LOT on the actual AV used and it's config


thanks again. Do you have some performance numbers, how much degraded is the cribl system using this configuration?


Yes, it makes sense


  • Employee
  • Mar 11, 2025 4:36 AM UTC

From working endpoint security before, I can tell you that they need antivirus on all the things all the time or auditors get upset :disappointed:


  • Employee
  • Mar 11, 2025 4:36 AM UTC

Lack of AV on a linux server can be mitigated by a subset of selinux, file integrity tests, root kit detectors, good monitoring, and especially auditable config. Flies with our auditors.


  • Employee
  • Mar 11, 2025 4:36 AM UTC

The ability to destroy and rebuild a node in minutes doesn't hurt either.


yes, selinux can be a good idea, but no one on the customer side is able to manage that. :disappointed:


  • Employee
  • Mar 11, 2025 4:36 AM UTC

Oh, that does complicate matters. /condolences