[Questions] regarding Linux sophos-av on cloud environment

Question

Hello, 
 I'm currently evaluating sophos-av linux 9 on a cloud environment. I have few question related to automation and I hope I am on the right place to ask. I searched the general documentation without success. 
 Does savupdate perform sophos engine update (for talpa ....) ? Does savupdate requires a server reboot ? Is there a way to bootstrap av on cloud VM's first boot (on isolated network) ? How to create a full local mirror for savupdate ? What is your global feeling regarding fanotify vs talpa ? I'm a bit worried about to maintain a kernel module on constantly moving servers (wild update/upgrade) 
 Thank you in advance for your help.

MEric · Accepted Answer

Hi j b2, 
 savupdate does perform engine updates savupdate will never require a reboot You could create a script to wget the installer, chmod, and run the installer You could host a Sophos Update Cache on one of your Windows servers to store Sophos update files locally Personally I prefer talpa over fanotify as there are some limitations of fanotify as seen in this KB.