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Sophos Central

Sophos Linux Sensor (SLS) uses information from Sophos Central for certain deployment methods and for sending alert data to the Threat Analysis Center. Make sure you note both your tenant ID and MCS URL. These are required for several SLS deployments and features.

Tenant ID

Your Sophos Central tenant ID is a unique string that identifies your Sophos Central account. To find your tenant ID, do as follows:

  1. Sign in to Sophos Central.
  2. Click your account name.

  3. You can see your tenant ID under Customer ID.

    Sophos Central customer ID.

  4. Click copy Copy icon. to copy your Customer ID to your clipboard.

MCS URL

Your MCS URL identifies the data center where your Sophos Central account is stored. To find your MCS URL, do as follows:

  1. Sign in to Sophos Central.
  2. Click your account name, and then click Support settings.

  3. Look for the line that starts with "This account is located in" to see which geographical region your Sophos Central account is in.

    Sophos Central account region.

  4. Use the following table to find your MCS URL based on your region:

    Region MCS URL
    United States (Oregon) mcs2-cloudstation-us-west-2.prod.hydra.sophos.com
    United States (Ohio) mcs2-cloudstation-us-east-2.prod.hydra.sophos.com
    Ireland mcs2-cloudstation-eu-west-1.prod.hydra.sophos.com
    Germany mcs2-cloudstation-eu-central-1.prod.hydra.sophos.com
    Canada mcs2.stn100yul.ctr.sophos.com
    Australia mcs2.stn100syd.ctr.sophos.com
    Asia Pacific (Tokyo) mcs2.stn100hnd.ctr.sophos.com
    South America (Sao Paulo) mcs2.stn100gru.ctr.sophos.com