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 Management 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. For supported endpoint operating systems, see Endpoints.
Tanium products	If you selected Tanium Recommended Installation 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: Import, re-import, or update specific solutions. 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 Management 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.

For supported endpoint operating systems, see Endpoints.

Tanium products

If you selected Tanium Recommended Installation 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: Import, re-import, or update specific solutions.

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 Amazon Linux 2 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

The Database maximum size parameter in the Retention Settings section of the profile determines the maximum amount of disk space that the Performance database uses on the endpoint. For more information, see Create a profile.

Endpoints must have at least the amount specified in the Database maximum size parameter plus 100 megabytes (MB) for tools available in free disk space.

Processor and memory requirements

Same as the Tanium Client. For detailed requirements, see Tanium Client Management User Guide: Client version and host system requirements.

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.

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.

For Tanium as a Service ports, see Tanium as a Service Deployment Guide: Host and network security requirements.

For Direct Connect ports, see Direct Connect User Guide: Host and network security requirements.

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

Performance security exclusions
Target Device	Notes	Exclusion Type	Exclusion
Windows (x86 and x64) endpoints		Process	<Tanium Client>\TaniumClientExtensions.dll
		Process	<Tanium Client>\TaniumClientExtensions.dll.sig
		Process	<Tanium Client>\extensions\TaniumPerformance.dll
		Process	<Tanium Client>\extensions\TaniumPerformance.dll.sig
		Process	<Tanium Client>\Tools\Performance\TaniumTSDB.exe
	¹	Process	<Tanium Client>\Python38\TPython.exe
		Folder	<Tanium Client>\Python38
		Process	<Tanium Client>\TaniumCX.exe
macOS and Linux (x86 and x64) endpoints		Process	<Tanium Client>/libTaniumClientExtensions.so
		Process	<Tanium Client>/libTaniumClientExtensions.so.sig
		Process	<Tanium Client>/extensions/libTaniumPerformance.so
		Process	<Tanium Client>/extensions/libTaniumPerformance.so.sig
		Process	<Tanium Client>/Tools/Performance/TaniumTSDB
		Process	<Tanium Client>/python38/bin/pybin
		Process	<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 Console User Guide: Managing RBAC.

Performance user role permissions
Permission	Performance Administrator^1,2,3,4	Performance Operator^1,2,3,4	Performance User^1,2,4	Performance Read Only User^1,2,4	Performance Service Account^2,3,4,5,7	Performance Endpoint Configuration Approver^2,3
Performance ADMINISTER: View all pages in Performance. Update settings, profiles, and the service account credentials; can generate and retrieve a support bundle SHOW: View the Performance workbench	ADMINISTER SHOW	SHOW	SHOW	SHOW		SHOW
Performance Components Manage back-end components for Performance, such as actions					MANAGE
Performance Direct Connect⁶⁵ Connect to an endpoint using Direct Connect and read data from that endpoint.	READ	READ	READ	READ
Performance Endpoint Configuration Allows approving endpoint configuration items						APPROVE
Performance Event View Performance events	READ	READ	READ	READ
Performance File Browse the file system and download a file from an endpoint that you connect to through Performance	DOWNLOAD	DOWNLOAD	DOWNLOAD
Performance Kill Terminate endpoint processes when you connect to an endpoint through Performance	PROCESS	PROCESS	PROCESS
Performance Profile View, create or modify Performance profiles	READ WRITE	READ WRITE	READ	READ		READ
Performance Settings View Performance settings	READ	READ	READ	READ		READ
¹ 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. ² 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. ³ 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. ⁴ This role provides module permissions for Tanium Interact. You can view which Interact permissions are granted to this role in the Tanium Console. For more information, see the Tanium Trends User Guide: User role requirements. ⁵ If you installed Tanium Client Management, Endpoint Configuration is installed, and by 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. ⁶ ⁵ If you are using Direct Connect 1.9.30 or later, users Users must also have the Data Collection Registration Read Interact permission to connect directly to endpoints. ⁷ This role provides the Content Administrator global permission.

Provided Performance administration and platform content permissions
Permission	Permission Type	Performance Administrator^1,2	Performance Operator^1,2	Performance User^1,2	Performance Read Only User^1,2	Performance Service Account¹	Performance Endpoint Configuration Approver¹
Action Group	Administration	READ	READ	READ	READ	READ WRITE
Action	Platform content	WRITE	WRITE			WRITE
Action for Saved Question	Platform content					WRITE
Approve Action	Platform content					APPROVE
Dashboard	Platform content					READ WRITE
Dashboard Group	Platform content					READ WRITE
Filter Group	Platform content	READ	READ	READ	READ
Own Action	Platform content	READ	READ			READ
Package	Platform content	READ WRITE	READ WRITE			READ WRITE
Plugin	Platform content	READ EXECUTE	READ EXECUTE	READ EXECUTE	READ EXECUTE	READ EXECUTE	READ EXECUTE
Saved Question	Platform content	READ	READ	READ	READ	READ WRITE
Sensor	Platform content	READ	READ	READ	READ	READ WRITE
You can view which content sets are granted to any role in the Tanium Console. ¹ This role provides content set permissions for Tanium Trends. You can view which Trends content sets are granted to this role in the Tanium Console. For more information, see Tanium Trends User Guide: User role requirements. ² This role provides content set permissions for Tanium Endpoint Configuration. You can view which Endpoint Configuration content sets are granted to this role in the Tanium Console. For more information, see Tanium Endpoint Configuration User Guide: User role requirements.