Client Index Extension requirements

Review the requirements before you install and use Client Index Extension.

Tanium dependencies

Make sure that your environment meets the following requirements.

Component	Requirement
Tanium™ Core Platform	7.3.314.4250 or later
Tanium™ Client	7.2.314.3211 or later. Some Tanium solutions that manage the deployment of configuration changes with Tanium Endpoint Configuration might require a higher client version.
Computer groups	When you first log into the Tanium Console after an installation of Tanium Server 7.4.2 or later, the server automatically imports the computer groups that Client Index Extension requires. For earlier versions of the Tanium Server, or after upgrading from an earlier version, you must manually create the computer groups. See Create computer groups.

Component

Requirement

Tanium™ Core Platform

7.3.314.4250 or later

Tanium™ Client

7.2.314.3211 or later. Some Tanium solutions that manage the deployment of configuration changes with Tanium Endpoint Configuration might require a higher client version.

Computer groups

When you first log into the Tanium Console after an installation of Tanium Server 7.4.2 or later, the server automatically imports the computer groups that Client Index Extension requires.

For earlier versions of the Tanium Server, or after upgrading from an earlier version, you must manually create the computer groups. See Create computer groups.

Endpoints

Supported operating systems

The following endpoint operating systems are supported with Client Index Extension. Client Index Extension is tested with default file systems for the supported operating system.

Windows
macOS
Linux

Operating System	Version	Notes
Microsoft Windows Server	Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 Windows Server 2008 R2	Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions are supported, with or without the Server Core option enabled. The Nano Server option is not supported. Tanium modules that use Python Runtime Services require Windows Server 2008 R2 endpoints to have Service Pack 1 (SP1) or higher.
Microsoft Windows Workstations	Windows 11 Windows 10 Windows 8 Windows 7
macOS	Same as Tanium Client support	If you enable the app notarization requirement (a security process that Apple introduced in macOS 10.15), you must install Tanium Client 7.2.314.3608 or later. See the Tanium™ Support Knowledge Base for the Minimum Tanium product versions required to support endpoints that run macOS 10.14 Mojave or later. macOS 10.14 Mojave support is provided for Intel processor only.
Linux	Amazon Linux 2 LTS (2017.12) Amazon Linux 1 AMI (2016.09, 2017.12, 2018.03) Debian 10.x Debian 9.x, 8.x Debian 7.x, 6.x Oracle Linux 8.x Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.x, 6.x Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.x CentOS 8.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.x, 6.x CentOS 7.x, 6.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.4 and later CentOS 5.4 and later SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 openSUSE 15.x SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 openSUSE 12.x SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11.3, 11.4 openSUSE 11.3, 11.4 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
AIX	Same as Tanium Client support	Only supported for Tanium Integrity Monitor.
Solaris	Same as Tanium Client support	Only supported for Tanium Integrity Monitor.

Disk space requirements

To install Index normally, a minimum of 1 GB of free space must be available on the drive where Tanium Client is installed.

The amount of space the Index installation uses varies depending on how much space is used on the local disks that are being indexed. The actual space that is required for the Index database is proportional to the number of files and directories on the local disks and what hashes are configured. For a rough estimate, the Index database uses approximately 1 MB of space for each 1 GB of drive space that is used.

Host and network security requirements

Security exclusions

If security software is in use in the environment to monitor and block unknown host system processes, Tanium recommends that a security administrator create exclusions to allow the Tanium processes to run without interference. The configuration of these exclusions varies depending on AV software. For a list of all security exclusions to define across Tanium, see Tanium Core Platform Deployment Reference Guide: Host system security exclusions.

Index security exclusions
Target Device	Exclusion Type	Exclusion
Windows endpoints	Process	<Tanium Client>\TaniumCX.exe
	File	<Tanium Client>\TaniumClientExtensions.dll
	File	<Tanium Client>\TaniumClientExtensions.dll.sig
	File	<Tanium Client>\extensions\TaniumIndex.dll
	File	<Tanium Client>\extensions\TaniumIndex.dll.sig
	File	<Tanium Client>\extensions\index\magic.mgc
	File	<Tanium Client>\extensions\index\index.db
	File	<Tanium Client>\extensions\index\index.db-shm
	File	<Tanium Client>\extensions\index\index.db-wal
Linux endpoints	Process	<Tanium Client>/TaniumCX
	File	<Tanium Client>/libTaniumClientExtensions.so
	File	<Tanium Client>/libTaniumClientExtensions.so.sig
	File	<Tanium Client>/extensions/libTaniumIndex.so
	File	<Tanium Client>/extensions/libTaniumIndex.so.sig
	File	<Tanium Client>/extensions/index/magic.mgc
	File	<Tanium Client>/extensions/index/index.db
	File	<Tanium Client>/extensions/index/index.db-shm
	File	<Tanium Client>/extensions/index/index.db-wal
macOS endpoints	Process	<Tanium Client>/TaniumCX
	File	<Tanium Client>/libTaniumClientExtensions.dylib
	File	<Tanium Client>/libTaniumClientExtensions.dylib.sig
	File	<Tanium Client>/extensions/libTaniumIndex.dylib
	File	<Tanium Client>/extensions/libTaniumIndex.dylib.sig
	File	<Tanium Client>/extensions/index/magic.mgc
	File	<Tanium Client>/extensions/index/index.db
	File	<Tanium Client>/extensions/index/index.db-shm
	File	<Tanium Client>/extensions/index/index.db-wal