Reveal requirements
Review the requirements before you install and use Reveal.
Tanium dependencies
In addition to a license for the Reveal product module, make sure that your environment also meets the following requirements.
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| Tanium™ Core Platform | 7.2.314.2831 or later. |
| Tanium™ Client | 7.2.314.3211 or later. 7.4.1.1955 or later are supported. |
| Tanium products | If you clicked the Install with Recommended Configurations button when you installed Reveal, the Tanium Server automatically installed all your licensed modules at the same time. Otherwise, you must manually install the modules that Reveal requires to function, as described under Tanium Console User Guide: Manage Tanium modules.
The following products are required for features of Reveal to function. The given versions are the minimum required:
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| Computer groups |
When you first log into the Tanium Console after installing the Tanium Server, the server automatically imports the computer groups that Reveal requires:
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Reveal deploys the Tanium Index tools if necessary and starts the indexing process. Additionally, Reveal deploys a default Index configuration. Ensure that any file types or directories that you expect Reveal to scan are not excluded from hashing. By default, the following directories are excluded from hashing:
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^/Library/Tanium/TaniumClient/ (macOS)
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^/opt/Tanium/TaniumClient/ (Linux)
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\\Tanium\\Tanium Client\\ (Windows)
Tanium Module Server
Reveal is installed and runs as a service on the Tanium Module Server. The impact on the Module Server is minimal and depends on usage.
Endpoints
Up to 2 GB of free disk space is required on each endpoint.
Host and network security requirements
Specific ports and processes are needed to run Reveal.
Ports
The following ports are required for Reveal communication.
| Component | Port | Direction | Purpose |
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| Module Server | 17475 | Inbound | Connecting to the Module Server for direct connections to endpoints. |
| Zone Server* | 17486 | Inbound | The binding port that is used by the Zone Server for endpoint connections. The default port number is 17486. If needed, you can specify a different port number when you configure the Zone Proxy. |
| 17487 | Inbound | The binding port that is 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. | |
| 17488 | Inbound | The Direct Connect Zone Proxy installer automatically opens port 17488 on the Zone Server to allow communication between the Zone Server and the Module Server. | |
| *These ports are required only when you use a Zone Server. | |||
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.
| Target Device | Process |
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| Module Server | <Tanium Module Server>\services\reveal-service\node.exe |
| Windows endpoints | <Tanium Client>\TaniumCX.exe |
| <Tanium Client>\Tools\EPI\TaniumExecWrapper.exe | |
| <Tanium Client>\Tools\EPI\TaniumEndpointIndex.exe | |
| <Tanium Client>\Tools\Reveal\TaniumReveal.exe | |
| <Tanium Client>\TaniumClientExtensions.dll | |
| <Tanium Client>\TaniumClientExtensions.dll.sig | |
| <Tanium Client>\extensions\RevealCX.dll | |
| <Tanium Client>\extensions\RevealCX.dll.sig | |
| <Tanium Client>\extensions\TaniumDEC.dll | |
| <Tanium Client>\extensions\TaniumDEC.dll.sig | |
| <Tanium Client>\extensions\core\libTaniumPythonCx.dll | |
| <Tanium Client>\extensions\core\libTaniumPythonCx.dll.sig | |
| <Tanium Client>\Python27\TPython.exe(7.2.x clients) | |
| <Tanium Client>\Python38\TPython.exe(7.4.x clients) | |
| <Tanium Client>\Python38\*.dll(7.2.x clients) | |
| Linux/macOS endpoints | <Tanium Client>/TaniumCX |
| <Tanium Client>/Tools/EPI/TaniumExecWrapper | |
| <Tanium Client>/Tools/EPI/TaniumEndpointIndex | |
| <Tanium Client>/Tools/Reveal/TaniumReveal | |
| <Tanium Client>/libTaniumClientExtensions.so(Linux) | |
| <Tanium Client>/libTaniumClientExtensions.so.sig(Linux) | |
| <Tanium Client>/extensions/libRevealCX.so(Linux) | |
| <Tanium Client>/extensions/libRevealCX.so.sig(Linux) | |
| <Tanium Client>/extensions/libTaniumDEC.so(Linux) | |
| <Tanium Client>/extensions/libTaniumDEC.so.sig(Linux) | |
| <Tanium Client>/extensions//core/libTaniumPythonCx.so(Linux) | |
| <Tanium Client>/extensions/core/libTaniumPythonCx.so.sig(Linux) | |
| <Tanium Client>/libTaniumClientExtensions.dylib(macOS) | |
| <Tanium Client>/libTaniumClientExtensions.dylib.sig(macOS) | |
| <Tanium Client>/extensions/libRevealCX.dylib(macOS) | |
| <Tanium Client>/extensions/libRevealCX.dylib.sig(macOS) | |
| <Tanium Client>/extensions/libTaniumDEC.dylib(macOS) | |
| <Tanium Client>/extensions/libTaniumDEC.dylib.sig(macOS) | |
| <Tanium Client>/extensions/core/libTaniumPythonCx.dylib(macOS) | |
| <Tanium Client>/extensions/core/libTaniumPythonCx.dylib.sig(macOS) | |
| <Tanium Client>/python27/python(7.2.x clients) | |
| <Tanium Client>/python38/python(7.4.x clients) |
User role requirements
Use role-based access control (RBAC) permissions to restrict access to Reveal functions.
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Show Reveal Access to the Reveal workbench |
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Reveal Affected Files Enables viewing of affected files |
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Reveal Quick Search Enables viewing of quick search results |
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Reveal Rules Deploy Enables the deployment of rules to endpoints |
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Reveal Rules Deploy Status Access to the Reveal workbench |
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Reveal Rules Read Enables the viewing and listing of rules |
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Reveal Rules Write Enables the editing of rules |
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Reveal Rule Sets Read Enables the viewing and listing of rule sets |
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Reveal Rule Sets Write Enables the editing of rule sets |
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Reveal Service User Enables a user to perform work as the service account user |
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Reveal Service User Read Allows viewing details of the service account user |
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Reveal Service User Write Enables modifications to the service user account |
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Reveal Snippets Enables viewing of snippets of affected files. |
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Reveal Use API Perform Reveal operations using the API |
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Reveal Validations Deploy Enables the deployment of validations to endpoints |
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Reveal Validations Deploy Status Enables viewing of the status of validation deployments |
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Reveal Validations Read Enables viewing and listing of validations |
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Reveal Validations Write Enables the editing of validations |
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Reveal Settings Read Enables viewing and listing Reveal settings |
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Reveal Settings Write Enables the editing of Reveal settings |
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For more information and descriptions of content sets and permissions, see the Tanium Core Platform User Guide: Users and user groups.
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