Getting started with Interact

Step 1: Review the requirements

Review the system, network, security, and user role requirements: see Interact Requirements.

Step 2: Sign in to Tanium Console

See Tanium Console User Guide: Sign in to Console.

Step 3: Install and configure Interact

See Installing Interact and Configuring Interact.

Step 4: (Optional) Customize Interact

Customize the Interact Overview page: see Tanium Console User Guide: Customize Tanium module overview pages.

Step 5: (Optional) Configure Tanium Data Service

Configure the Tanium Data Service to automatically collect results for specific sensors so that you can see those results for endpoints that are offline when you issue questions: see Managing Tanium Data Service.

Step 6: Ask questions and search endpoints

Issue dynamic questions to retrieve information about multiple endpoints in your network or display comprehensive information about a particular endpoint: see Asking questions and searching endpoints.

Step 7: Analyze and manage question results

For example, you can drill down into the question results with additional questions, filter the Question Results grid, and export its content: see Managing question results.

Step 8: Deploy ad-hoc actions or schedule recurring actions

Deploy ad-hoc actions or schedule recurring actions based on question results: see Deploying actions.

Step 9: Manage saved questions

For example, you can create saved questions, assign them to dashboards, assign the dashboards to categories, and assign saved questions to content sets based on RBAC requirements. See Managing saved questions.

Step 1: Review the requirements

Review the system, network, security, and user role requirements: see Interact Requirements.

Step 2: Sign in to Tanium Console

See Tanium Console User Guide: Sign in to Console.

Step 3: (Optional) Customize Interact

Customize the Interact Overview page: see Customize Tanium module overview pages.

Step 4: (Optional) Configure Tanium Data Service

Configure the Tanium Server to automatically collect results for specific sensors so that you can see those results for endpoints that are offline when you issue questions: see Manage sensor results collection.

Step 5: Ask questions and search endpoints

Issue dynamic questions to retrieve information about multiple endpoints in your network or display comprehensive information about a particular endpoint: see Asking questions and searching endpoints.

Step 6: Analyze and manage question results

For example, you can drill down into the question results with additional questions, filter the Question Results grid, and export its content: see Managing question results.

Step 7: Deploy ad-hoc actions or schedule recurring actions

Deploy ad-hoc actions or schedule recurring actions based on question results: see Deploying actions.

Step 8: Manage saved questions

For example, you can create saved questions, assign them to dashboards, assign the dashboards to categories, and assign saved questions to content sets based on RBAC requirements. See Managing saved questions.