Tanium Asset

Connection Requirements

1 - Domain

The hostname or domain of your Tanium server (e.g., tanium.example.com).

2 - API Token

The API token used to authenticate with the Tanium server.

Verify permissions before generating a token:

1. Sign in to Tanium Console as the Asset API User.

2. From the Main menu, go to Modules > Asset > Views and verify that you can see the view you want to use.

3. If the Views page is not accessible, ensure the user account has the Asset Report Reader role assigned.

Generate an API token:

1. From the Main menu, go to Administration > Permissions > API Tokens and click New API Token.

2. Enter a note such as Service Graph Connector and specify an expiration time.

3. Leave Persona set to Default.

4. Enter the external IP addresses of the systems that will use this token to authenticate with Tanium Cloud.

5. Click Save.

6. When the View API Token dialog appears, click Copy API Token to copy the token to your clipboard, then click Close.

3 - View ID

The numeric ID of the Tanium Asset view to fetch data from. Each view defines which fields are returned for assets.

To find the View ID, go to the Views page in Tanium Asset, click the Edit icon on the desired view, then check the URL in your browser. The number at the end of the URL is the View ID (e.g., taniumaio.tam.rd/ui/asset/views/edit/2 → View ID is 2).

4 - Primary Field

The field name from the view's response to use as the unique identifier for each asset. This must match a field present in the selected view.

Assets are identified by hostname in the platform. The Primary Field must point to a field that contains the device's hostname or computer name.

Common values depending on your view configuration:

computer_name — the hostname of the endpoint (most common)

hostname — hostname of the asset

name — display name of the asset

To find the correct field name, check the column headers in your Tanium Asset view. The value entered here must exactly match the field name as it appears in the API response. Note that the API field name may differ from the label shown in the Tanium UI (e.g., Computer Name in the UI may be computer_name in the API).

5 - Is Secure?

Choose this if your connection is going to be over HTTPS (optional, default: True).

6 - Proxy

Proxy URL (optional).

7 - Timeout

The amount of time (in seconds) to wait for API responses. (default: 30)

Attention

Please perform a connection test to ensure there is a valid connection to the Tanium Asset host. When the discovery operation is finalized you will be able to see the details on Assets page.