Installing Enforce

Tanium Cloud automatically handles module installations and upgrades.

For information about configuring Enforce for Tanium Cloud, see Configuring Enforce.

Use the Solutions page to install Enforce and choose either automatic or manual configuration:

  • Automatic configuration with default settings: (supported on Tanium Core Platform 7.4.2 or later only) Enforce is installed with any required dependencies and other selected products. After installation, the Tanium Server automatically configures the recommended default settings. This option is the best practice for most deployments. For more information about the automatic configuration for Enforce, see Import Enforce with default settings.
  • Manual configuration with custom settings: After installing Enforce, you must manually configure required settings. Select this option only if Enforce requires settings that differ from the recommended default settings. For more information, see Import Enforce with custom settings.

Before you begin

  • Read the release notes.
  • Review the Enforce requirements.
  • If you are upgrading from a previous version, see Installing Enforce.
  • Assign the correct roles to users for Enforce. Review the User role requirements.
    • To import the Enforce solution, you must be assigned the Administrator reserved role.
    • To configure the Enforce action group, you must be assigned the Administrator reserved role, Content Administrator reserved role, or a role that has the Write Action Group permission.

Import Enforce with default settings

(Tanium Core Platform 7.4.5 or later only) You can set the Enforce action group to target the No Computers filter group by enabling restricted targeting before adding Enforce to your Tanium licenseimporting Enforce. This option enables you to control tools deployment through scheduled actions that are created during the import and that target the Tanium Enforce action group. For example, you might want to test tools on a subset of endpoints before deploying the tools to all endpoints. In this case, you can manually deploy the tools to an action group that you configured to target only the subset. To configure an action group, see Tanium Console User Guide: Managing action groups. To enable or disable restricted targeting, see Tanium Console User Guide: Dependencies, default settings, and tools deployment.

When you import Enforce with automatic configuration, the following default settings are configured:

The following default settings are configured:

Setting Default value
Action group
  • Restricted targeting disabled (default): All Computers computer group
  • Restricted targeting enabled: No Computers computer group
Computer groups The Enforce tools group is set to All Computers.

To import Enforce and configure default settings, see Tanium Console User Guide: Import all modules and services. After the import, verify that the correct version is installed: see Verify Enforce version.

Import Enforce with custom settings

To import Enforce without automatically configuring default settings, be sure to clear the Apply All Tanium recommended configurations checkbox while performing the steps in Tanium Console User Guide: Import, re-import, or update specific solutions. After the import, verify that the correct version is installed: see Verify Enforce version.

(Re-imports only) Do not use Enforce until the re-import process finishes. Otherwise, you might lose work still in progress.

To configure the Enforce action group, see (Optional) Configure Enforce action group.

Manage solution dependencies

When you start the Enforce workbench for the first time, the Tanium Server checks whether all the Tanium modules and shared services (solutions) that are required for Enforce are installed at the required versions. The Enforce workbench cannot load unless all required dependencies are installed. If you selected Tanium Recommended Installation when you imported Enforce, the Tanium Server automatically imported all your licensed solutions at the same time. Otherwise, if you manually imported Enforce and did not import all its dependencies, Tanium Console displays a banner that lists the dependencies and the required versions. See Solution dependencies.

Perform the following steps if a banner indicates any Enforce dependencies are not installed:

  1. Install the dependencies as described in Tanium Console User Guide: Import, re-import, or update specific solutions.
  2. From the Main menu, go to Modules > Enforce to open the Enforce Overview page and verify that Console no longer displays a banner to list missing dependencies.

Verify Enforce version

After you import or upgrade Enforce, verify that the correct version is installed:

  1. Refresh your browser.
  2. From the Main menu, go to Modules > Enforce to open the Enforce Overview page.
  3. To display version information, click Info Info.