Installing on Linux systems
After understanding the terms and the administrative roles, you are ready to actually get authorized and install the programs.
Because BigFix is powerful, you might
want to limit access to trusted, authorized personnel only. The program depends on a central
repository of Fixlet actions called the Action site, which uses
public/private key encryption to protect against spoofing and other unauthorized usage. To get
started, you need authorization from HCL by getting a License
Authorization file, which will have a name like
CompanyName.BESLicenseAuthorization.Note: The root privileges are required to
perform the installation of the server components. The 'sudo' utility cannot be used.
The installation program collects further information about your deployment and then creates a file called the action site masthead. This file establishes a chain of authority from the BigFix root all the way down to the Console operators in your organization. The masthead combines configuration information (IP addresses, ports, and so on) and license information (how many Clients are authorized and for how long) together with a public key used to verify the digital signatures.