XSOAR-Engineer Planning Installation And Maintenance Practice Question
You are installing Cortex XSOAR on an offline (air-gapped) RHEL Linux server. Which method should you use to install required Python dependencies for integrations without internet access?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Use the offline installation bundle containing pre-packaged Python dependencies and local wheels.
Air-gapped installations require pre-downloading or embedding the required Python wheels or using a local PyPI mirror configured via Cortex XSOAR configuration settings.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Manually copy pip packages into the /var/lib/demisto/python/site-packages directory.
Why it's wrong here
Manually injecting files into internal paths is unsupported and will be overwritten during container initialization.
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Configure the server to tunnel through an unauthenticated proxy.
Why it's wrong here
Air-gapped environments by definition have no route to external networks, rendering proxies ineffective.
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Run 'demisto-sdk download-dependencies' from the CLI.
Why it's wrong here
demisto-sdk is used for content development, not server-side offline dependency management.
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Use the offline installation bundle containing pre-packaged Python dependencies and local wheels.
Why this is correct
Air-gapped deployments rely on the offline installation package which includes bundled Python libraries and wheel files.
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