2. Quick Start Guide¶

2.1. Requirements¶

• A Tanium Server that you will be targeting the tool against, and valid Tanium Console Administrator credentials for question execution.
• An internet connection is required to source data from the Internet used for some Hygiene calculations.

..note: In environments where Internet access is not an option, the tool can be executed in different waves/modes as to include the Internet data at a later time.

• No other requirements are necessary as Tanium HAT is entirely self-contained.

2.2. Easy Installation¶

• Download Tanium HAT and extract the ZIP to an easily accessible path on the system where the tool is to be executed.
• No other installation steps are necessary as Tanium HAT is entirely self-contained.

2.3. Execution¶

• By default, executing the Run Script run_that will prompt you for all configuration values it needs to run:

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# Windows
$ run_that.bat

# OS X
$ ./run_that.sh

• If a Tanium HAT configuration file (tanium_hat.ini) is present in the root directory, the settings specified in the file will take precedence and the tool will not prompt you for those settings.
• If the configuration file is missing a required setting, or if it is not parsed as expected, Tanium HAT will prompt the user for input.
• For more information on the Tanium HAT configuration file, see item 7.5 - Configuration.