Tanium Asset
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The Tanium Asset adapter provides an inventory of hardware and software assets including servers, laptops, and desktops for thorough insight
Parameters
- Hostname or IP Address (required) - The Hostname or IP address of the Tanium server that Axonius can communicate with via the Required Ports.
- User Name and Password (required) - The credentials for a user account that has the Required Permissions to fetch assets.
- Verify SSL (required, default: False) - Verify the SSL certificate offered by the value supplied in Hostname or IP Address. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.
- If enabled, the SSL certificate offered by the value supplied in Hostname or IP Address will be verified against the CA database inside of Axonius. If the SSL certificate can not be validated against the CA database inside of Axonius, the connection will fail with an error.
- If disabled, the SSL certificate offered by the value supplied in Hostname or IP Address will not be verified against the CA database inside of Axonius.
- HTTPS Proxy (optional, default: empty) - A proxy to use when connecting to the value supplied in Hostname or IP Address.
- If supplied, Axonius will utilize the proxy when connecting to the value supplied in Hostname or IP Address.
- If not supplied, Axonius will connect directly to the value supplied in Hostname or IP Address.
- For details on the common adapter connection parameters and buttons, see Adding a New Adapter Connection.
Advanced Settings
The Tanium Asset adapter has advanced settings which control the logic for fetching assets.
- Number of assets to fetch per page (required, default: 200) - Control the number of assets that are fetched per page.
- Number of seconds to wait in between each page fetch (required, default: 1) - Control the number of seconds to wait in between each page.
For details on general advanced settings under the Adapter Configuration tab, see Adapter Advanced Settings.
Required Ports
Axonius must be able to communicate with the value supplied in Hostname or IP Address via the following ports:
- TCP port 443: REST API
Required Permissions
Required Module Permissions
A Module Role named Asset Report Reader exists that provides these Module Permissions:
- Asset Report Read
Assigning Required Permissions
These are the steps to assign the Required Permissions to the value supplied in User Name:
- Log in to the value supplied in Hostname or IP Address with an account that has the permissions necessary to edit users.
- In the navigation menu:
- Go to the Administration > Users page.
- In the Users Page:
- Select the value supplied in User Name from the list of users.
- Click View User.
- In the User Administration page in the Roles and Effective Permissions section:
- Click Edit Roles.
- In the Assign Roles page in the Role Management > Grant Roles section:
- Click Edit.
- In the Edit Grant Roles dialog window:
- Select the role named Asset Report Reader.
- Click Save.
- In the Assign Roles page:
- Click Show Preview to Continue.
- Click Save.
- In the Notice dialog window:
- Click Continue.
- The User Administration page should look like this:
- Perform the steps in Verifying Permissions
Verifying Permissions
- Log in to the value supplied in Hostname or IP Address with the values supplied in User Name and Password.
- In the navigation menu:
- Go to the Asset page.
- In the Asset menu of the Asset page:
- Go to the Reports page.
- In the Asset Reports page:
- Click the All Assets report
Field Mappings
The following tables show how values are mapped to fields in Axonius.
Aggregated Fields
Source | Destination |
---|---|
asset: ci_applicable_patch | OS Available Security Patches |
asset: ci_installed_application | Installed Software |
asset: ci_custom_tags | Adapter Tags |
asset: ci_logical_disk | Hard Drives |
asset: ci_network_adapter | Network Interfaces |
asset: ci_windows_installer_application | Installed Software |
asset: computer_id | UUID |
asset: computer_id, asset: system_uuid, asset: serial_number, asset: id | ID |
asset: computer_name | Hostname |
asset: cpu_core | CPU: Cores |
asset: cpu_manufacturer | CPU: Manufacturer |
asset: cpu_name | CPU: Description |
asset: cpu_speed | CPU: Clockspeed (GHZ) |
asset: created_at | First Seen |
asset: domain_name | Domain |
asset: email | Email Address |
asset: last_seen_at | Last Seen |
asset: manufacturer | Device Manufacturer |
asset: model | Device Model |
asset: operating_system | OS |
asset: os_platform | OS: Platform |
asset: os_version | OS: Build |
asset: ram | Total RAM (GB) |
asset: serial_number | Device Manufacturer Serial |
asset: service_pack | OS: Service Pack |
asset: system_uuid | ID |
asset: updated_at | Last Seen |
asset: uptime | Uptime (Days) |
asset: user_name | Last Used Users |
asset: virtual_host | Is Virtual Host |
asset: ci_custom_tags | Custom Tags |
Adapter Specific Fields
Source | Destination |
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asset: ci_application_last_used_time | Application Last Used Time |
asset: ci_sql_server | SQL Server |
asset: city | Asset City |
asset: cloudTags | Asset Chassis Type |
asset: computer_id | Asset Computer ID |
asset: country | Asset Country |
asset: created_at | Asset Created At |
asset: department | Asset Department |
asset: disk_total_space | Asset Total Disk Space (GB) |
asset: display_adapter_count | Asset Number of Display Adapters |
asset: id | Asset ID |
asset: last_seen_at | Asset Last Seen At |
asset: number_of_fixed_drive | Asset Number of Fixed Drives |
asset: number_of_logical_processor | Asset Number of Logical Processors |
asset: operating_system | Asset OS |
asset: os_platform | Asset OS Platform |
asset: os_version | Asset OS Version |
asset: phone_number | Asset Phone Number |
asset: service_pack | Asset OS Service Pack |
asset: updated_at | Asset Updated At |
asset: user_name | Asset User Name |
Tanium Server | Tanium Server Name, Tanium Server Version, Module Version |
Version Matrix
This adapter has only been tested with the versions marked as supported, but may work with other versions. Please contact Axonius Support if you have a version that is not listed and it is not functioning as expected.
Version | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Tanium versions prior to 7.3.314.3424 | No | This adapter utilizes the REST API, which was added in Tanium 7.3.314.3424 |
Tanium 7.3.314.3424 | Yes | |
Tanium 7.3.314.3668 | Yes | |
Tanium 7.3.314.4147 | Yes | |
Tanium 7.3.314.4250 | Yes |
Asset Module Versions
Modules within Tanium have their own version which is separate from the platform version.
Version | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Asset Module 1.6.5.0002 | Yes | |
Asset Module 1.8.0.0078 | Yes | |
Asset Module 1.9.1.0007 | Yes |