Welcome
Configuration Management (SCM)
BigFix Compliance Configuration Management (SCM) includes configurable content that is checks and checklists, which assess and manages the devices to ensure compliance standards are met.
Configuration Management for Console User Guide
Configuration management (SCM) is used to manage security configuration of devices using checklists which includes creating custom checklists, customize individual checks, synchronizing, deploying checklists to devices.
Configuring Middleware Checklists
The Configuration Management checklists for Middleware systems are delivered as a set of Fixlet and tasks that can help you find the information you need to manage your deployment.
Middleware checklist components
The Middleware checklist components ensure that the system is systematically reviewed and remains operational, secure, and compliant.
Environment Setup Task
The Environment Setup Task is a crucial component of middleware checklists. It plays a key role in determining the compliance status of each check in the checklist.
Understanding the output of Environment Setup task
With Middleware content, endpoint scans are accomplished using a series of shell or Powershell scripts, that provide greater accessibility to system administrators.

BigFix Documentation Homepage
BigFix 10 Compliance Documentation
Welcome to the BigFix Compliance documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use BigFix Compliance.
BigFix Platform
BigFix Query
Compliance Overview
BigFix Compliance helps support endpoint security throughout your organization.
Compliance Guides in PDF format
Following is a list of links to the BigFix Compliance user guides in PDF format:
Compliance Setup Guide and User Guide
BigFix Compliance Analytics is a web-based application designed to help you manage security, vulnerability, and risk assessment. The application archives security and vulnerability compliance check results to identify configuration issues and report levels of compliance toward security configuration goals.
Configuration Management (SCM)
BigFix Compliance Configuration Management (SCM) includes configurable content that is checks and checklists, which assess and manages the devices to ensure compliance standards are met.
- Configuration Management for Console User Guide
  Configuration management (SCM) is used to manage security configuration of devices using checklists which includes creating custom checklists, customize individual checks, synchronizing, deploying checklists to devices.
  - Setting up Configuration Management
    Follow these steps to set up your Configuration Management deployment.
  - Using checks and checklists
  - Configuring Windows and Web Browser Checklist
    The Configuration Management checklists for the Windows™ and Web Browser systems are delivered as a set of Fixlets and tasks that can help you find the information you need to manage your deployment.
  - Configuring Linux checklists
    The Configuration Management checklists for Linux systems are delivered as a set of Fixlets and tasks that can help you find the information you need to manage your deployment.
  - Configuring Middleware Checklists
    The Configuration Management checklists for Middleware systems are delivered as a set of Fixlet and tasks that can help you find the information you need to manage your deployment.
    - Overview
      Learn about concepts and the work process in Middleware checklists.
    - Setup and configuration
      Create custom copies of the Middleware checklist content if you want to modify the checks based on a specific corporate policy. You can manually create a custom site to host the Middleware checklists or use the Create Custom Checklist wizard to create copies of the Middleware checklists and save them in a custom site.
    - Middleware checklist components
      The Middleware checklist components ensure that the system is systematically reviewed and remains operational, secure, and compliant.
      - Environment Setup Task
        The Environment Setup Task is a crucial component of middleware checklists. It plays a key role in determining the compliance status of each check in the checklist.
        Schedule periodic executions of the Environment Setup task
        This means automating the task at regular intervals to continuously validate and update the compliance status of endpoints. This ensures that compliance checks are consistently performed, logs and results remain up to date, and any deviations or non-compliance issues are promptly identified and addressed.
        Understanding the output of Environment Setup task
        With Middleware content, endpoint scans are accomplished using a series of shell or Powershell scripts, that provide greater accessibility to system administrators.
        Environment Setup task options depend on checklist
        This means that the available configurations and execution parameters of the Environment Setup Task vary based on the specific compliance checklist being used.
      - Applicability Fixlets
        Learn about concepts and the work process in Configuration Management.
      - Remediation
        Most Middleware checks include built-in remediation capabilities. However, a smaller subset of Middleware audit checks allows customization to audit a non-default value.
    - Measured Value Analysis
      Many check Fixlets have a corresponding analysis, often referred to as "measured values", which report the value of the element being evaluated by the check Fixlet.
    - Using checks and checklists
      The check Fixlets in Configuration Management checklists evaluate an endpoint against a defined configuration standard. Many of these check Fixlets have a corresponding analysis, often referred to as "measured values", which reports the value of the element being assessed by the check Fixlet.
  - Configuring Unix checklists
    The Configuration Management checklists for UNIX™ systems are delivered as a set of Fixlets and tasks that can help you find the information you need to manage your deployment.
  - Importing SCAP content
  - Configuration Management Reporting
  - Frequently asked questions
- Security Configuration Management for WebUI User Guide
  Security Configuration Management (SCM) App in WebUI continuously assess and manages the device for security misconfiguration and deviation, which enables operator to deploy remediation action to ensure the device meets compliance standards.
Client Manager for Endpoint Protection
BigFix Compliance CMEP is an effective tool to monitor the deployment and health status of various Endpoint Protection products and provide quick remediation actions to recover needed endpoint protection.
BigFix Client Compliance
This guide describes the BigFix Client Compliance and its solutions (BigFix Client Compliance Configuration and BigFix Client Compliance Windows (IPSec Framework)) which helps in maintaining the compliance status of the computers.
BigFix and Carbon Black integration
The HCL BigFix and Carbon Black integration allows administrators to deploy a full endpoint security solution to detect, contain, investigate, and remediate security threats and attacks on endpoints across the enterprise. The following sections provide useful information and links to the resources available for the solution.
Middleware Application Patching
Middleware patching is an important process for organizations to ensure their systems are secure and up to date. By applying the appropriate patches and security updates, organizations can minimize the risk of malicious attacks and potential data loss. BigFix users can enjoy unified patch management by using a single platform for deploying database and middleware patches.
BigFix Remediate
BigFix MCM
Glossary
This glossary provides terms and definitions for the BigFix® Compliance software and products.

Understanding the output of Environment Setup task

With Middleware content, endpoint scans are accomplished using a series of shell or Powershell scripts, that provide greater accessibility to system administrators.

In most BigFix content, Fixlets continuously evaluate conditions on each endpoint. The console shows the results when the relevance clause of the Fixlet evaluates to true or false. However, for Middleware content, an Environment Setup Task triggers a scan of the endpoints. This task can be executed on-demand whenever a scan is needed or scheduled as a recurring policy from the console.

The endpoint scan is performed using a series of Shell/Powershell scripts available within individual checks or Fixlets. These scripts write collected data to individual Result files, which are then accessed by the corresponding Fixlet checks for evaluation. Once the results files are written to disk, the Fixlets read each results file and show the results in the console.

After running the Environment Setup Task from the Security Checklist, the scripts execute and generate multiple files for each check, including a script file, a log file, and a result file:

Table 1. File paths for Logs and results
File Name	Path in Windows	Path in Linux	Content
Environment_Setup_Task.log	C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Client\SCM\<ProjectID>\<CIS/DISA>\	/var/opt/BESClient/SCM/<ProjectID>/<CIS/DISA>/	Execution details of Task and individual checks.
<sourceID.log>	C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Client\SCM\<ProjectID>\<CIS/DISA>\Logs	/var/opt/BESClient/SCM/<ProjectID>/<CIS/DISA>/Logs	Logs for execution of particular fixlet/Check
<sourceID.Result>	C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Client\SCM\<ProjectID>\<CIS/DISA>\Results	/var/opt/BESClient/SCM/<ProjectID>/<CIS/DISA>/Results	Compliance status of particular fixlet/Check
<sourceID.sh/ps1>	C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Client\SCM\<ProjectID>\<CIS/DISA>\Scripts	/var/opt/BESClient/SCM/<ProjectID>/<CIS/DISA>/Scripts	Individual scripts for all the checks in the site

Note: Depending on your checklist, separate folders are available for each instance under Logs and Results.

Note: If an individual Fixlet contains a parameter, then it will be added in a file named Parameter.txt, which is then stored in the custom site folder.