CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor System Requirements

This article covers the system requirements for installing the CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor.

Affected Products:

• CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor

Affected Versions:

• v1320 and Later

Affected Operating Systems:

• Windows
• Mac
• Linux
• ChromeOS
• iOS
• Android

Not applicable

Network Requirements

Ports and Protocols:

• TLS: 1.2 or later on port 443

Firewall Allowlist:

CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor requires outbound traffic to be added to the allowlist for:

• US-1 environments:
  • ts01-b.cloudsink.net
  • lfodown01-b.cloudsink.net
  • lfoup01-b.cloudsink.net
  • https://falcon.crowdstrike.com
  • https://assets.falcon.crowdstrike.com
  • https://assets-public.falcon.crowdstrike.com
  • https://api.crowdstrike.com
  • https://firehose.crowdstrike.com
• US-2 environments:
  • ts01-gyr-maverick.cloudsink.net
  • lfodown01-gyr-maverick.cloudsink.net
  • lfoup01-gyr-maverick.cloudsink.net
  • https://falcon.us-2.crowdstrike.com
  • https://assets.falcon.us-2.crowdstrike.com
  • https://assets-public.us-2.falcon.crowdstrike.com
  • api.us-2.crowdstrike.com
  • https://firehose.us-2.crowdstrike.com
• US-GOV-1 environments:
  • https://ts01-laggar-gcw.cloudsink.net
  • sensorproxy-laggar-g-524628337.us-gov-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com
  • https://lfodown01-laggar-gcw.cloudsink.net
  • ELB-Laggar-P-LFO-DOWNLOAD-1265997121.us-gov-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com
  • https://falcon.laggar.gcw.crowdstrike.com
  • laggar-falconui01-g-245478519.us-gov-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com
  • api.laggar.gcw.crowdstrike.com
  • https://firehose.laggar.gcw.crowdstrike.com
  • falconhose-laggar01-g-720386815.us-gov-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com
• US-GOV-2 environments:
  • ts01-us-gov-2.cloudsink.net
  • lfodown01-us-gov-2.cloudsink.net
  • api.us-gov-2.crowdstrike.com
  • firehose.us-gov-2.crowdstrike.com
• EU-1 environments:
  • ts01-lanner-lion.cloudsink.net
  • lfodown01-lanner-lion.cloudsink.net
  • lfoup01-lanner-lion.cloudsink.net
  • https://assets.falcon.eu-1.crowdstrike.com
  • https://assets-public.falcon.eu-1.crowdstrike.com
  • api.eu-1.crowdstrike.com
  • https://firehose.eu-1.crowdstrike.com

Falcon Console

Supported Browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

Console Access URLs

• US-1: https://falcon.crowdstrike.com
• US 2: https://falcon.us-2.crowdstrike.com
• US-GOV-1: https://falcon.laggar.gcw.crowdstrike.com
• US-GOV-2: https://falcon.us-gov-2.crowdstrike.com
• EU-1: https://falcon.eu-1.crowdstrike.com

Click Windows, Mac, Linux, Falcon Insight for ChromeOS, or Mobile for specific platform software requirements.

Windows

General Requirements:

• Local Administration rights for installation

Click the appropriate CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor version for supported operating systems. For more information, reference How to Identify the CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor Version.

6.44.15803 and Later

Operating Systems (64 bit):

• Desktop:
  • Windows 11
    • v22H2 - September 2022 Update - Build 22621
    • v21H2 - October 2021 Update - Build 22000
  • Windows 10¹
    • v22H2 - October 2022 Update - Build 19045
    • v21H2 - November 2021 Update - Build 19044
    • v21H1 - May 2021 Update - Build 19043
    • v20H2 - October 2020 Update - Build 19043
    • v1809 - October 2018 Update - Redstone 5
    • v1607 - Anniversary Update - Redstone
    • v1507 - Threshold 1
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 7 SP1²
  • Windows Embedded 7²
• Server:
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2019³
  • Windows Server 2016³
  • Windows Server 2012 R2³
  • Windows Server 2012³
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1²³⁴

Operating Systems (32 bit):

• Windows 10
  • v22H2 - October 2022 Update - Build 19045⁵
  • v21H2 - November 2021 Update - Build 19044
  • v21H1 - May 2021 Update - Build 19043⁶
  • v20H2 - October 2020 Update - Build 19043
  • v1809 - October 2018 Update - Redstone 5
• Windows 7 SP1²⁴
• Windows Embedded 7²⁴

¹Unlisted Windows 10 feature updates are not supported. For a status on all feature updates, reference Dell Data Security Windows Version Compatibility.
²Requires Microsoft KB Update 4474419 (https://support.microsoft.com/help/4474419) and 4490628 (https://support.microsoft.com/help/4490628). For more information about this requirement, reference SHA-1 Signing Certificate Expiration and Deprecation on Dell Data Security Products.
³Server Core (2016, 2019, and 2022) is supported.
³Server Core (2008 and 2012) and Minimal Server (2012) are not supported.
⁴Requires Microsoft Windows Security Update KB3033929.
⁵Minimum sensor version supported 6.47.16103
⁶Last supported sensor version 6.49.16303

Note: To determine Windows 10 feature update versions, reference Which Version of Windows Operating System am I Running?

Mac

General Requirements:

• Local Administration rights for installation

Proxy Connections:

CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor supports proxy connections:

• Auto-Proxy Discovery
• Automatic proxy configuration (Pac URL)
• Static web proxy (HTTP)

Click the appropriate CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor version for supported operating systems. For more information, reference How to Identify the CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor Version.

Linux

General Requirements:

• Local Administration rights for installation

Click the appropriate CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor version for supported operating systems. For more information, reference How to Identify the CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor Version.

Falcon Insight for ChromeOS

System Requirements

• ChromeOS version 113 or later

Device Requirements

• Chrome Enterprise-managed ChromeOS device.

Subscription Requirements

• Falcon Insight for ChromeOS (a Falcon Insight XDR add-on)

Mobile

Mobile system requirements differ between iOS and Android. Click on the appropriate operating system platform for more information.

iOS

Click the appropriate CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor version for supported operating systems. For more information, reference How to Identify the CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor Version.

Android

Click the appropriate CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor version for supported operating systems. For more information, reference How to Identify the CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor Version.

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