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Middleware Application Patching
Middleware Application 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.
Updates for Linux applications - middleware
With Updates for Linux applications - middleware content site, customer can deploy updates to a vast number of third-party middleware applications.
Supported applications
You can update supported Linux middleware applications.

BigFix Documentation Homepage
BigFix 11 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.
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 Application 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.
- Overview
  BigFix provides a comprehensive view of patching activities, helping administrators manage middleware updates efficiently. Middleware Application Patching provides a view of Fixlet fields, offering key insights into available patches and security updates.
- Updates for Linux applications - middleware
  With Updates for Linux applications - middleware content site, customer can deploy updates to a vast number of third-party middleware applications.
  - Supported applications
    You can update supported Linux middleware applications.
  - Site Subscription - Enabling updates for Linux middleware applications
    You can enable updates for Linux middleware applications from BigFix console.
  - Gathering updates for Linux middleware applications
    Use updates from the Linux middleware applications content site to submit a gather request to the BigFix server.
  - Viewing updates for Linux middleware applications
    You can view all the contents of the site after the site gathers the required information. Use Show Non-Relevant Content to view all available contents. The contents includes both the relevant and non-relevant items.
  - Updates for Linux middleware applications in the WebUI
    You can view content about updates for Linux middleware applications in the WebUI.
- Updates for Windows applications - middleware
  With Updates for Windows applications - middleware content site, customer can deploy updates to a vast number of third-party middleware applications.
- Multiple Instance Patching Support in Middleware
  Managing multiple instances of the Middleware applications requires a structured approach to ensure seamless patching.
- Manual caching
  Manual caching refers to manually storing and managing data in a cache. Users can organize patch files in a folder structure or cache them manually.
- Using Middleware download plug-in
  Middleware plug-in is an executable program that downloads a specific patch from the website of the patch vendors. To make caching easier, Fixlets have a built-in protocol that uses the download plug-in.
- Oracle Weblogic
  Oracle Weblogic Server is a unified and extensible platform for developing, deploying, and running enterprise applications. Oracle Weblogic Server is a software application that runs on a middleware tier, between back-end databases and related applications and browser-based thin clients.
- Oracle Database
  An Oracle Database is a collection of data treated as a unit. A database stores and retrieves related information. Oracle DB is widely used and known for its reliability, scalability, and extensive features.
RBI Compliance User Guide
Discover how the RBI Compliance Report provides a centralized and automated reporting solution for monitoring device and Fixlet compliance.
BigFix Remediate
BigFix MCM
Glossary
This glossary provides terms and definitions for the BigFix® Compliance software and products.

Supported applications

You can update supported Linux middleware applications.

The following Linux middleware application products are supported for updates:

MariaDB
MongoDB
MySQL
Oracle Database
Postgresql
Apache Tomcat
Oracle WebLogic
IBM MQ
IBM WebSphere
RedHat JBoss
IBM DB2
OracleJDK
MariaDB

Supported versions

BigFix supports Oracle WebLogic Server versions 12c and 14c.
BigFix supports RedHat JBoss version 7.4 and 8.0.
BigFix supports Apache Tomcat versions 9, 10, and 11.
BigFix supports MariaDB versions 10.11, 11.4, and 11.8.
BigFix supports MongoDB version 6.0, 7.0 and 8.0.
BigFix supports PostgreSQL version 16 and 17.6.
BigFix supports IBM MQ versions 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, and 9.4.
BigFix supports IBM WebSphere versions 8.5.5 and 9.0.5.
BigFix supports IBM DB2 versions 11.5 and 12.1.
BigFix supports OracleJDK versions 8, 11, 17, and 21.
BigFix supports MySQL versions 8.0, 8.4 and 9.0.
BigFix supports OracleDB versions 12c, 18c, and 19c.

Note:

BigFix does not provide support for Apache Tomcat version 8.5, as it has reached its End of Life (EOL) on March 31^st, 2024.

BigFix does not provide support for Red Hat JBoss (EAP) version 7.3, as it has reached its End of Life (EOL) on December 31^st, 2023.

MariaDB 10.11 on Red Hat-based systems (RHEL/CentOS) reached its End of Life (EOL) on August 8^th, 2024. After this date, BigFix will no longer provide support to this version.

For an updated list of supported applications and current versions, see BigFix-provided content for Operating Systems and Applications or Updates-for-linux-applications-middleware.