Enroll your Security Engine in CrowdSec Console

The CrowdSec Console is a web interface providing management and extra features for CrowdSec Products.

For Security Engine users, the Console offers:

• A centralized view of your security posture across all your machines.
• The ability to manage additional blocklists
• And many quality of life and advanced features to enhance your protection.

The following guide assumes you have successfully installed one or more CrowdSec Security Engines.
If not, start with one of these guides:

• Install on Linux
• Install on FreeBSD
• Install on Windows
• Install on MacOS
• Install on Kubernetes

Sign Up

You can sign up using Google SSO, Github SSO, or email and password.
We recommend using SSO for the best experience, but you can choose the method that works best for you.

Head over to the CrowdSec Console ↗️ and sign up for a new account.

Email Authentication

If you have chosen to sign up with email and password, you will receive a verification email. Click the link or enter the code to verify your account

If you do not receive an email, check your spam folder.
If it is still missing, click "Resend verification email" on the login page.

If more than 5 minutes have passed, contact us.

Survey

When you log in for the first time, we ask a few questions to understand your use case.

The survey is optional. We use the information to tailor your experience and better understand users.

Engines page

After signing up, the first page you see is the engines page, where you can view enrolled engines and their status.

Since this is your first enrollment, you will not see any engines yet. Let's enroll one.

At the bottom of the page, you will see a code card with a command to run on your engine. This enrolls it to your account.

$ENROLLMENT_KEY is a placeholder for your actual enrollment key.

Linux/Freebsd

sudo cscli console enroll $ENROLLMENT_KEY

Windows

cscli.exe console enroll $ENROLLMENT_KEY

Kubernetes

# In your values.yml file
lapi:
env:
  # To enroll the Security Engine to the console
  - name: ENROLL_KEY
    value: '{enroll-key}'
  - name: ENROLL_INSTANCE_NAME
    value: 'my-k8s-cluster'
  - name: ENROLL_TAGS
    value: 'k8s linux test'

Command Output

INFO[2024-02-21T16:50:17Z] manual set to true
INFO[2024-02-21T16:50:17Z] Enabled manual : Forward manual decisions to the console
INFO[2024-02-21T16:50:17Z] Enabled tainted : Forward alerts from tainted scenarios to the console
INFO[2024-02-21T16:50:17Z] Watcher successfully enrolled. Visit https://app.crowdsec.net to accept it.
INFO[2024-02-21T16:50:17Z] Please restart crowdsec after accepting the enrollment.

Accept enrollment

Once you execute the command, a new engine appears on the engines page. Select it and click "Accept enroll."

If you do not see the engine, use the refresh button near "Add Security Engine".

Restart CrowdSec

After accepting the enrollment, restart the CrowdSec service.

Linux/Freebsd

sudo systemctl restart crowdsec

Windows

Restart-Service crowdsec

Kubernetes

kubectl delete pod -n crowdsec crowdsec-lapi-*

Restarting is not critical immediately, but it ensures metadata is fully synchronized.

Next steps

Now that your first engine is enrolled, explore the Console features:

• Third-Party Blocklists
• CrowdSec Hub

If you want to follow the full setup, return to the post-installation steps.