Performance requirements

Review the requirements before you install and use Performance.

Tanium dependencies

In addition to a license for Performance, make sure that your environment meets the following requirements.

Component	Requirement
Tanium™ Core Platform	7.3.314.4250 or later
Tanium™ Client	Any supported version of Tanium Client. For the Tanium Client versions supported for each OS, see Tanium Client User Guide: Client version and host system requirements. If you use a client version that is not listed, certain product features might not be available, or stability issues can occur that can only be resolved by upgrading to one of the listed client versions.
Tanium products	If you clicked the Install with Recommended Configurations button when you installed Performance, the Tanium Server automatically installed all your licensed modules at the same time. Otherwise, you must manually install the modules that Performance requires to function, as described under Tanium Console User Guide: Manage Tanium modules. Modules at the following minimum versions are required: Tanium™ Endpoint Configuration 1.2 or later (installed as part of Tanium™ Client Management 1.5 or later) Tanium Interact 2.4.50 or later Tanium Trends 3.6 or later The following modules are optional, but Performance requires the specified minimum versions to work with them: Tanium Direct Connect 1.1.0 or later (1.3.0 or later to terminate processes or browse files on an endpoint) If you are using any of the following Tanium™ modules that use the Tanium™ Client Recorder Extension, you must use the specified versions: Tanium™ Integrity Monitor 1.7.0.0035 or later Tanium™ Map 1.1.1.0006 or later Tanium™ Threat Response 1.2.0.0037 or later Tanium™ Trace 2.9.0.0035 or later

Component

Requirement

Tanium™ Core Platform

7.3.314.4250 or later

Tanium™ Client

Any supported version of Tanium Client. For the Tanium Client versions supported for each OS, see Tanium Client User Guide: Client version and host system requirements.

If you use a client version that is not listed, certain product features might not be available, or stability issues can occur that can only be resolved by upgrading to one of the listed client versions.

Tanium products

If you clicked the Install with Recommended Configurations button when you installed Performance, the Tanium Server automatically installed all your licensed modules at the same time. Otherwise, you must manually install the modules that Performance requires to function, as described under Tanium Console User Guide: Manage Tanium modules.

Modules at the following minimum versions are required:

Tanium™ Endpoint Configuration 1.2 or later (installed as part of Tanium™ Client Management 1.5 or later)
Tanium Interact 2.4.50 or later
Tanium Trends 3.6 or later

The following modules are optional, but Performance requires the specified minimum versions to work with them:

Tanium Direct Connect 1.1.0 or later (1.3.0 or later to terminate processes or browse files on an endpoint)

If you are using any of the following Tanium™ modules that use the Tanium™ Client Recorder Extension, you must use the specified versions:

Tanium™ Integrity Monitor 1.7.0.0035 or later
Tanium™ Map 1.1.1.0006 or later
Tanium™ Threat Response 1.2.0.0037 or later
Tanium™ Trace 2.9.0.0035 or later

Endpoints

Supported operating systems

The following endpoint operating systems are supported with Performance.

Operating System	Version	Notes
Windows	Windows 7 (SP1) and later Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1) and later	Windows 7 Service Pack 1 requires Microsoft KB2758857. A page file is required for metric collection.
macOS	10.11 and later
Linux	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.x, 7.x CentOS 6.x, 7.x Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	Only POSIX-compliant file systems are supported.

Support for specific metrics varies by operating system. For more information, see Reference: Event Rules.

Disk space requirements

Endpoints must have at least 500 megabytes (MB) available in free disk space.

Host and network security requirements

Specific ports and processes are needed to run Performance.

Ports

The following ports are required for Performance communication.

Source	Destination	Port	Protocol	Purpose
Tanium Client (internal)	Module Server	17475	TCP	Used by the Module Server for endpoint connections to internal clients.
Tanium Client (external)	Zone Server¹ Tanium as a Service	17486	TCP	Used by the Zone Server for endpoint connections to external clients. The default port number is 17486. If needed, you can specify a different port number when you configure the Zone Proxy.
Module Server	Zone Server¹	17487	TCP	Used by the Zone Server for Module Server connections. The default port number is 17487. If needed, you can specify a different port number when you configure the Zone Proxy.
Module Server	Zone Server¹	17488	TCP	Allows communication between the Zone Server and the Module Server. On TanOS, the Direct Connect Zone Proxy installer automatically opens port 17488 on the Zone Server. This port must be manually opened on Windows.
¹ These ports are required only when you use a Zone Server.

For more information about the ports required for Direct Connect, see Direct Connect User Guide: Host and network security requirements.

Configure firewall policies to open ports for Tanium traffic with TCP-based rules instead of application identity-based rules. For example, on a Palo Alto Networks firewall, configure the rules with service objects or service groups instead of application objects or application groups.

Security exclusions

If security software is in use in the environment to monitor and block unknown host system processes, your security administrator must create exclusions to allow the Tanium processes to run without interference. For a list of all security exclusions to define across Tanium, see Tanium Core Platform Deployment Reference Guide: Host system security exclusions.

Performance security exclusions
Target Device	Notes	Process
Module Server		<Module Server>\services\performance\node.exe
		<Module Server>\services\event-service\twsm.exe
		<Module Server>\services\endpoint-configuration-service\TaniumEndpointConfigService.exe
Windows x86 and x64 endpoints		<Tanium Client>\TaniumClientExtensions.dll
		<Tanium Client>\TaniumClientExtensions.dll.sig
		<Tanium Client>\extensions\TaniumPerformance.dll
		<Tanium Client>\extensions\TaniumPerformance.dll.sig
		<Tanium Client>\Tools\Performance\TaniumTSDB.exe
	7.2.x clients¹	<Tanium Client>\Python27\TPython.exe
	7.4.x clients¹	<Tanium Client>\Python38\TPython.exe
	7.4.x clients	<Tanium Client>\Python38\*.dll
		<Tanium Client>\TaniumCX.exe
macOS and Linux (x86 and x64) endpoints		<Tanium Client>/libTaniumClientExtensions.so
		<Tanium Client>/libTaniumClientExtensions.so.sig
		<Tanium Client>/extensions/libTaniumPerformance.so
		<Tanium Client>/extensions/libTaniumPerformance.so.sig
		<Tanium Client>/Tools/Performance/TaniumTSDB
	7.2.x clients	<Tanium Client>/python27/bin/pybin
	7.4.x clients	<Tanium Client>/python38/bin/pybin
		<Tanium Client>/TaniumCX
¹ = TPython requires SHA2 support to allow installation.

Performance security exclusions
Target Device	Notes	Process
Windows (x86 and x64) endpoints		<Tanium Client>\TaniumClientExtensions.dll
		<Tanium Client>\TaniumClientExtensions.dll.sig
		<Tanium Client>\extensions\TaniumPerformance.dll
		<Tanium Client>\extensions\TaniumPerformance.dll.sig
		<Tanium Client>\Tools\Performance\TaniumTSDB.exe
	¹	<Tanium Client>\Python38\TPython.exe
		<Tanium Client>\Python38\*.dll
		<Tanium Client>\TaniumCX.exe
macOS and Linux (x86 and x64) endpoints		<Tanium Client>/libTaniumClientExtensions.so
		<Tanium Client>/libTaniumClientExtensions.so.sig
		<Tanium Client>/extensions/libTaniumPerformance.so
		<Tanium Client>/extensions/libTaniumPerformance.so.sig
		<Tanium Client>/Tools/Performance/TaniumTSDB
		<Tanium Client>/python38/bin/pybin
		<Tanium Client>/TaniumCX
¹ = TPython requires SHA2 support to allow installation.

User role requirements

The following tables list the role permissions required to use Performance. For more information about role permissions and associated content sets, see Tanium Core Platform User Guide: Managing RBAC.

Performance user role privileges
Privilege	Performance Administrator^{2, 3}	Performance Operator^{2, 3}^1,2	Performance Read Only User^2,3^1,2	Performance Service Account^3,5²	Performance User^2,3^1,2	Performance Endpoint Configuration Approver^3,4^2,3
Show Performance¹ View Performance workbench.
Performance Administer View all pages in Performance. Update settings, profiles, and the service account credentials. Can generate and retrieve a support bundle.
Performance Kill Process Terminate endpoint processes when you connect to an endpoint through Performance.
Performance File Download Browse the file system and download a file from an endpoint that you connect to through Performance.
Performance Direct Connect Read Connect to an endpoint using Direct Connect and read data from that endpoint.
Performance Event Read View performance events.
Performance Profile Read View performance profiles.
Performance Profile Write Create or modify performance profiles.
Performance Settings Read View performance settings.
Performance Endpoint Configuration Approve Allows approving endpoint configuration items.
Performance Components Manage Manage back-end components for Performance, such as actions.
¹ To install Performance, you must have the Import Signed Content micro admin permission (Tanium Core Platform 7.4 or later) or the reserved role of Administrator. ²¹ This role provides module permissions for Tanium Direct Connect. You can view which Direct Connect permissions are granted to this role in the Tanium Console. For more information, see the Tanium Direct Connect User Guide: User role requirements. ³² This role provides module permissions for Tanium Trends. You can view which Trends permissions are granted to this role in the Tanium Console. For more information, see the Tanium Trends User Guide: User role requirements. ⁴³ This role provides module permissions for Tanium Endpoint Configuration. You can view which Endpoint Configuration permissions are granted to this role in the Tanium Console. For more information, see Tanium Endpoint Configuration User Guide: User role requirements. ⁵ If you installed Tanium Client Management, Endpoint Configuration is installed, and byBy default, configuration changes initiated by the module service account (such as tool deployment) require approval. You can bypass approval for module-generated configuration changes by applying the Endpoint Configuration Bypass Approval permission to this role and adding the relevant content sets. For more information, see Tanium Endpoint Configuration User Guide: User role requirements.

Provided Advanced user role permissions for Tanium 7.1.314.3071 or later
Permission	Role Type	Content Set for Permission
Ask Dynamic Questions
Read Action Group	Micro Admin
Read Sensor	Advanced	Reserved
Read Sensor	Advanced	Base
Read Sensor	Advanced	Performance
Read Sensor	Advanced	Direct Connect
Read Plugin	Advanced	Performance
Read Plugin	Advanced	Trends
Read Plugin	Advanced	Endpoint Configuration
Execute Plugin	Advanced	Performance
Execute Plugin	Advanced	Trends
Execute Plugin	Advanced	Endpoint Configuration
Read Package	Advanced	Performance
Read Package	Advanced	Direct Connect
Write Package	Advanced	Performance
Write Package	Advanced	Direct Connect
Read Own Action	Advanced	Performance
Read Own Action	Advanced	Direct Connect
Read Action	Advanced	Performance
Read Action	Advanced	Direct Connect
Write Action	Advanced	Performance
Write Action	Advanced	Direct Connect
Read Saved Question	Advanced	Reserved
Read Saved Question	Advanced	Base
Read Saved Question	Advanced	Performance
Read Saved Question	Advanced	Direct Connect
Read Saved Question	Advanced	Hardware
Read Filter Group	Advanced	Reserved
Read Filter Group	Advanced	Default Filter Groups
Read Filter Group	Advanced	Performance
Show Preview	Advanced	Performance
Show Preview	Advanced	Direct Connect