• PyTan
  • What is it?
  • Versions
  • Documentation Links
  • Quick Install Instructions
  • Release strategy
  • Package Info

PyTan

What is it?

This is a set of packages and scripts that provide a simple way for interfacing with the Tanium SOAP API using python or the command line.

Versions

• 2.2.2 (Jul 14 2017) Release Link

Documentation Links

Documentation is only generated for major releases!

• Online documentation for PyTan 2.1.6:
  • HTML: Main Index
  • HTML: PyTan API Examples
  • HTML: PyTan Command Line Usage
  • PDF: Standalone PDF version of HTML
• Offline documentation for PyTan 2.1.6:
  • Zipped HTML documentation for PyTan 2.1.6
  • PDF documentation for PyTan 2.1.6
• Other documentation:
  • Change Log for PyTan
  • To Do List for PyTan

Quick Install Instructions

• First, download PyTan using your browser by browsing to: https://github.com/tanium/pytan/releases/latest and choosing one of the Downloads (zip or tar.gz)
• Then refer to the OS specific instructions below to proceed.
• Additional information on installation can be found in the documentation

Mac OSX

• Create a new directory for storing PyTan:

mkdir ~/tanium

• Extract the PyTan ZIP file you downloaded to ~/tanium:

cd ~/tanium
unzip pytan-2.2.2.zip

• Verify that your OSX install has Python 2.7.x installed and that your PYTHONPATH points to 2.7.x:

python -V
python -c “import sys; print sys.path”

Linux

• Create a new directory for storing PyTan:

mkdir ~/tanium

• Extract the PyTan ZIP file you downloaded to ~/tanium:

cd ~/tanium
unzip pytan-2.2.2.zip

• Verify that your linux distribution has Python 2.7.x installed and that your PYTHONPATH points to 2.7.x:

python -V
python -c “import sys; print sys.path”

Windows

• Create a new directory for storing PyTan:

mkdir c:\tanium

• Extract the PyTan ZIP file you downloaded to C:\tanium
• Install Python 2.7.10:
  • Using your browser, download Python 2.7.10 from: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2710/
  • Run the Python 2.7.10 installer
  • On the Customize Python section of the installer select, 'Add Python.exe to Path' to allow you to run Python from cmd shell without absolute path
  • Accept all other defaults for the installer

Release strategy

• The current stable version will always be maintained in the master branch.
• Unstable and development versions can be accessed via the develop branch.
• Full regression tests will be performed every major (x.0.0) or minor (0.x.0) release of PyTan
• All documentation and API examples will be rebuilt every major (x.0.0) or minor (0.x.0) release of PyTan
• Revision releases (0.0.x) will only be tested against the latest stable release of Tanium for each minor build (6.2.314.xxxx, 6.5.314.xxxx, etc.)

Package Info

• Author and Maintainer: Jim Olsen (jim.olsen@tanium.com)
• License: MIT
• Copyright: Tanium Inc. 2017