Console Requirements

Review the requirements before you install and use Console.

Core platform dependencies

Make sure that your environment meets the following requirements:

Tanium™ Core Platform servers 7.4 or later

Solution dependencies

If you select Tanium Recommended Installation when you import Interact, the Tanium Server automatically imports all your licensed solutions at the same time. See Tanium Console User Guide: Import all modules and services.

Import specific solutions

If you select only Interact to import and are using Tanium Core Platform 7.5.2.3531 or later with Tanium Console 3.0.72 or later, the Tanium Server automatically imports the latest available versions of any required dependencies that are missing. If some required dependencies are already imported but their versions are earlier than the minimum required for Interact, the server automatically updates those dependencies to the latest available versions.

If you select only Interact to import and you are using Tanium Core Platform 7.5.2.3503 or earlier with Tanium Console 3.0.64 or earlier, you must manually import or update required dependencies. See Tanium Console User Guide: Import, re-import, or update specific solutions.

Required dependencies

Interact has the following required dependencies at the specified minimum versions:

Tanium™ Core Content 1.3.100 or later
- Core Content 1.8.5 or later requires Tanium™ Client Management. See Tanium Client Management dependencies.
Tanium™ Default Computer Groups 1.0.6 or later
Tanium™ Default Content 8.4.29 or later
Tanium™ RDB Service 1.2.151 or later
Tanium™ System User Service 1.0.77 or later

For details about these content-only solutions, see Initial content.

Feature-specific dependencies

If you select only Console to import, you must manually import or update its feature-specific dependencies regardless of the Tanium Console or Tanium Core Platform versions. Console has the following feature-specific dependencies at the specified minimum versions:

Tanium™ Reporting 1.11 or later is required to display Reporting dashboards on the Tanium Home page.

Tanium Server computer resource and network requirements

Console includes both the Console workbench and the Tanium Data Service. The Console workbench installs and run on the Tanium Server, while the Tanium Data Service installs and runs on the Module Server. The general resource specifications for the Tanium Server include the host computer resource and network requirements for the Tanium Console and Interact. The impact of the Tanium Data Service on the Tanium Module Server depends on usage. See the guide for your deployment for details.

For general Module Server sizing guidelines in a Windows deployment, see Tanium Core Platform Deployment Guide for Windows: Host system resource guidelines.
For Tanium Appliance specifications, see Tanium Appliance Deployment Guide: Tanium Appliance specifications.

Endpoints

Supported operating systems

Interact supports the same operating systems (OSs) for endpoints that the Tanium Client supports:

Windows
MacOS
Linux
AIX
Solaris

For details about support for specific OS versions, see Tanium Client Management User Guide: Client version and host system requirements.

Disk space requirements

On managed endpoints, Interact requires at least 100 MB of disk space and another 100 MB of cache space for data files. The cache space includes the Tanium Client chunk cache and objects such as sensors and logs.

Processor requirements

On managed endpoints, Interact requires at least 10 MB of RAM and accounts for less than 0.5% of idle CPU usage.

Host and network security requirements

Specific ports and processes are needed to run Console.

Ports

The following ports are required for Console communication.

Source	Destination	Port	Protocol	Purpose
Module Server	Module Server (loopback)	17495	TCP	Internal purposes, not externally accessible

No additional ports are required.

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 Cloud ports, see Tanium Cloud Deployment Guide: Host and network security requirements.

Security exclusions

Host and network security requirements for the Tanium Core Platform apply to Console. For details, see Tanium Core Platform Deployment Reference Guide: Host system security exceptions.

User role requirements

Tanium has roles and permissions for both Interact and the associated Tanium Data Service. To review a summary of the predefined roles, see Configuring Interact.

Interact module permissions

Interact has the following predefined module roles and associated module permissions.

Table 1: Interact user role permissions
Permission	Interact Power User	Interact Basic User	Interact Read-Only User	Interact Show
Ask Dynamic Questions¹ Issue questions through the Interact Ask a Question field and Question Builder.	SPECIAL	SPECIAL
Interact View the Interact workbench.	SHOW	SHOW	SHOW	SHOW
Interact Execute² Deploy actions in Interact.	ACTION
Interact Module^3,4 View, create, edit, or delete Interact content.	READ WRITE	READ WRITE	READ
¹ This permission applies to the Reserved content sets. ² The Interact Execute permission provides the following permissions: Platform content permissions: Filter Group read, Sensor read, Saved Question read, Dashboard read, Dashboard Group read, Package read, Action read, Saved Question write, Dashboard write, Dashboard Group write, and Action write. The Dashboard read and write permissions apply to Interact dashboards, not Tanium Reporting dashboards. Reporting module permissions: See Table 3. ³ The Interact Module read permission provides the following platform content permissions: Filter Group read, Sensor read, Saved Question read, Dashboard read, and Dashboard Group read. The Dashboard read and write permissions apply to Interact dashboards, not Reporting dashboards. ⁴ The Interact Module write permission provides the following permissions: Platform content permissions: Filter Group read, Sensor read, Saved Question read, Dashboard read, Dashboard Group read, Saved Question write, Dashboard write, Dashboard Group write. The Dashboard read and write permissions apply to Interact dashboards, not Reporting dashboards. Reporting module permissions: See Table 3.

The following table lists the provided platform content permissions and associated content sets (see the table footnotes) for the Interact permissions in Table 1.

Table 2: Provided platform content permissions for Interact
Permission	Permission Type	Interact Power User	Interact Basic User	Interact Read-Only User	Interact Show
Action	Platform Content	READ WRITE
Dashboard¹	Platform Content	READ WRITE	READ WRITE	READ
Dashboard Group	Platform Content	READ WRITE	READ WRITE	READ
Filter Group	Platform Content	READ	READ	READ
Own Action	Platform Content	READ
Package	Platform Content	READ
Plugin	Platform Content	READ EXECUTE	READ EXECUTE	READ EXECUTE	READ EXECUTE
Saved Question	Platform Content	READ WRITE	READ WRITE	READ
Sensor	Platform Content	READ	READ	READ
To view which content set permissions are granted to a role, see Tanium Console User Guide: View effective role permissions. ¹The Dashboard read and write permissions apply to Interact dashboards, not Reporting dashboards.

The Interact Execute action permission and Interact Module write permission each provide the following Reporting module permissions and associated content sets (see the table footnotes). These permissions enable users to access the Endpoint Details page in the Reporting workbench. For information about the Endpoint Details page, see Tanium Reporting User Guide: Viewing and managing a single endpoint.

Table 3: Provided Reporting permissions for Interact
Permission	Interact Power User	Interact Basic User
Dashboard¹	READ	READ
Report¹	READ	READ
Report API	USER	USER
Reporting Category	READ	READ
Reporting Settings	READ	READ
¹The Dashboard and Report permissions apply to the Reporting content set. The Reporting Dashboard module permission is distinct from the platform content Dashboard permission that Table 2 references.

The following table summarizes the permissions required to perform specific tasks in Interact. Interact includes the Interact Overview page and Question Builder page. The Administrator reserved role has all the listed permissions. The table also indicates whether other reserved roles have permissions for the features.

Table 4: Required permissions to perform Interact tasks
Tasks	Roles and permissions
Install or uninstall Interact	Administrator reserved role only
All tasks in Interact	Interact show (module) permission is required for all Interact features, so be sure to assign a role with that permission to all Interact users.
View Interact content	Interact Module read (module) permission is required to view content in the Interact content set.
Manage Interact content	Interact Module write (module) permission is required to add, edit, or delete content in the Interact content set.
Deploy actions in Interact	Interact Execute (module) permission enables users to deploy actions in Interact. It implies the platform content permissions Package read, Action read, and Action write.
Issue questions through the Ask a Question field and Question Builder	Ask Dynamic Questions (module) permission is required to issue questions through the Ask a Question field and Question Builder. You can assign the permission to any custom role. Sensor read content set permissions determine which sensors are available for you to select for questions. Filter Group read content set permissions determine which computer filter groups are available for you to view and select for questions and question results. Depending on whether Tanium™ Reporting, Tanium™ Asset, or both are installed, you require additional permissions to see endpoint details through the Search Endpoints field or the Question Results page. For more information, see View details for a single endpoint. The Admin reserved role has Administrator and Content Administrator reserved roles have all these permissions.
Save a question	Saved Question write permission is required to assign a saved question to content sets for which you have permission. Saved Question write is also required to create, edit, or delete saved questions. The Sensor read content set permissions determine the available sensors. Filter Group read content set permissions determine the available filter groups. In addition to the Saved Question write permission, users require the Action write and Package write permissions to add associated packages to a new saved question configuration. In addition to these three permissions, users require owner permissions for the question if they want to modify or delete the associated packages. The Admin reserved role has Administrator and Content Administrator reserved roles have all these permissions.
Use Interact Saved Questions	Saved Question read content set permissions determine the saved questions that you can see in the Tanium Console, such as on the Interact Overview page, Question Builder page, and Question Results grid drill-down. Sensor read permission is required for the sensors specified in a saved question that you want to issue. Filter Group read content set permission is required for the filter groups specified in the saved question. Ask Dynamic Questions permission is required to use the drill down feature in the saved question results grid.
Use Interact Categories	Dashboard Group read content set permissions determine the categories that you can see in the Tanium Console, such as on the Interact Overview page. Dashboard Group write permission is required to create, modify, or delete category configurations. Dashboard read content set permissions determine which Interact dashboards are available in categories. The Admin reserved role Administrator and Content Administrator reserved roles can export and import categories.
Use Interact Dashboards	Dashboard read content set permissions determine the Interact dashboards that you can see in the Tanium Console, such as on the Interact Overview page. Dashboard write permission is required to create, modify, or delete Interact dashboard configurations. Saved Question read content set permissions determine which saved questions are available in dashboards. These Dashboard read and write permissions apply to Interact dashboards, not Reporting dashboards. The Admin Administrator or Content Administrator reserved role can export and import Interact dashboards.
Deploy an action	Action write permission is required to see the Deploy Action button on the Question Results grid. Package read content set permissions determine which packages are available for you to select for actions. Sensor read and Saved Question read permissions on the Reserved content set are required to complete the deploy action workflow. During the workflow, these permissions allow special saved questions thatTanium Cloud the Tanium Server uses to track and report action status. The Administrator reserved role and Interact Power User role have all these permissions.
Use the Interact Overview page	To see the following sections of the Interact Overview page, users require the specified permissions: Overview: Dashboard Group read, Dashboard read, and Saved Question read permissions control the summary counts. Favorite Categories: Dashboard Group read permission Favorite Dashboards: Dashboard read permission Favorite Saved Questions: Saved Question read permission The Dashboard permissions apply to Interact dashboards, not Reporting dashboards. The Administrator reserved role has all these permissions.

Tanium Data Service permissions

The Tanium Data Service has the following predefined module roles and associated module permissions.

Do not assign the Tanium Data Service Account, Tanium Data Service Account - All Content Sets, or Data Collection Service Account roles to users. These roles are for internal purposes only.

Table 5: Tanium Data Service user role permissions
Permission	Data Collection Administrator	Data Collection Operator
Ask Dynamic Questions A global permission that applies to all content sets. It enables issuing questions through the Interact Ask a Question field and Question Builder.
Data Collection OPERATOR: Access to configure data collection settings START: Manually start an unscheduled query to collect sensor results	START	OPERATOR START
Data Collection Administrator Unrestricted access to configure data collection	ADMINISTER
Data Collection API Identify Endpoint The following permissions are for internal purposes only and apply to the Tanium Data Service content set: READ: Read the results of the internal Endpoint ID sensor WRITE: Allocate Endpoint ID values to endpoints DELETE: Purge the sensor results of specific endpoints from Tanium Data Service based on Endpoint ID values	READ WRITE DELETE	READ DELETE
Data Collection Bundle Config View and edit configuration data for the next support bundle (internal purposes only)	READ WRITE
Data Collection EID Namespace Read and write endpoint ID namespaces (internal purposes only)
Data Collection Identify Endpoint The following permissions are for internal purposes only: READ: Resolve which sensors are used to determine the endpoint ID (EID) WRITE: Allocate the sensors that are used to determine the EID	READ WRITE
Data Collection Job Read and cancel pipeline jobs (internal purposes only)
Data Collection Metrics View the Data Service Sensor Metrics and Data Service Database Metrics charts in the Interact Info page	READ	READ
Data Collection Operator Settings View and edit Tanium Data Service settings (internal purposes only)	READ WRITE	READ WRITE
Data Collection Pipeline Read pipeline data (internal purposes only)
Data Collection Pipeline Write Write pipeline data (internal purposes only)
Data Collection Purge Purge data for specific sensors (internal purposes only)	SENSOR	SENSOR
Data Collection Rdb Connect to the Tanium™ RDB service (internal purposes only)
Data Collection Registration READ: View the Interact Settings > Registration & Collection page to see which sensors are registered for results collection WRITE: Register or unregister sensors for results collection, pause (disable) or resume (enable) collection, and purge results	READ WRITE	READ WRITE
Data Collection Sensor Write virtual sensor data (internal purposes only)
Data Collection Settings View and edit Tanium Data Service settings (internal purposes only)	READ WRITE
Data Collection Status View the Data Service Status chart in the Interact Info page	READ	READ
Data Collection Virtual Sensor Definition View and edit virtual sensors (internal purposes only)
Result Exclusion Read and write exclusions (internal purposes only)	READ WRITE
Result Expansion Read and write expansions (internal purposes only)	READ WRITE

The Tanium Data Service roles also have the following administration and platform content permissions:

Table 6: Provided Tanium Data Service administration and platform content permissions
Permission	Permission Type	Data Collection Administrator	Data Collection Operator
Action Group	Administration
Client Status	Administration
Computer Group	Administration
Persona	Administration
User	Administration	READ
Action	Platform Content
Own Action	Platform Content
Plugin	Platform Content	READ EXECUTE	READ EXECUTE
Saved Question	Platform Content
Sensor	Platform Content	READ	READ
To view which content set permissions are granted to a role, see Tanium Console User Guide: View effective role permissions.