For a checklist of items to have on hand before beginning deployment of Tanium Endpoint Platform, ask your Technical Account Manager (TAM) for the document Tanium Endpoint Platform Installation Checklist. The installation of Tanium Server 6.5 requires the following hardware and software. A dedicated device for Microsoft SQL Server.A dedicated server device hosting the Microsoft Active Directory Domain Controller role.A dedicated device for Tanium Module Server.The basic deployment of Tanium Endpoint Platform with Tanium Server 6.5 includes the following physical or virtual server devices. The procedures in this guide are based on a configuration of Tanium Endpoint Platform with Tanium Server 6.5, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, and Microsoft SQL Server 2012. For information about installing Tanium Server 6.5 with Microsoft SQL Express for POC, see Tanium Server 6.5 Installation on the Tanium Knowledge Base. The installation of Microsoft SQL Express with the Tanium databases on the Tanium Server device is limited to POC (proof of concept) or other lab scenarios. This guide includes instructions for the installation of Tanium Module Server as well as post-installation steps that configure Tanium Server to use the remote instance of Tanium Module Server. Tanium Server 6.5 requires the use of a dedicated server device for Tanium Module Server. This is the basic configuration for a production environment. Open a terminal, and log in as root user.Ĭhange directories to the location where you have saved the agent installer, and run the command ls -l to view the installer file and determine whether you have execute permission.This guide provides step-by-step instructions for the installation of Tanium Server 6.5 with the Tanium databases on a separate server device.

You can download the installer from the Unitrends Downloads page ( ). Save the appropriate agent installer on the Linux machine that you want to add to the Unitrends appliance. For instructions, see Installing the Linux agent for Ubuntu clients.

For Ubuntu clients, it is recommended that you use dpkg-based installers. For instructions, see To install the Linux agent for CentOS, Oracle Linux, and Red Hat clients. If the agent requires dependencies, the installer stops the installation and lists the required dependencies.įor CentOS, Oracle Linux, and Red Hat clients, it is recommended that you use RPM-based installers.

This section explains how to install the agent using GZEXE installers, which are available for all supported Linux distributions.

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