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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.
Site Subscription - Enabling updates for Linux middleware applications
You can enable updates for Linux middleware applications from BigFix console.

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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:
SCM Checklists Guide
This SCM Checklists page provides information about the compliance checklists supported by BigFix Compliance, including frameworks, supported platforms, and checklist versions.
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 such as checks and checklists, which assess and manage 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.
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.
- Middleware scanner integration
  Managing multiple instances of Middleware applications requires a dedicated scanner mechanism to ensure seamless patching. This chapter explains how scanner and patching work, prerequisites, required tasks, scanner operation, configuration management, and removal.
- 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.
Technical References
Find technical reference material for BigFix® Compliance components. The topics in this section cover release notes, tool specifications, and version details for Compliance components, including Security Configuration Automation Protocol (SCAP), Security Compliance Analytics (SCA), and related tools.
BigFix Remediate
BigFix MCM
Glossary
This glossary provides terms and definitions for the BigFix® Compliance software and products.

Site Subscription - Enabling updates for Linux middleware applications

You can enable updates for Linux middleware applications from BigFix console.

Procedure

Complete the following steps to enable Updates for Linux applications from the BigFix console license overview dashboard:

Click License Overview on the BigFix Management navigation tree.
Click Compliance or Lifecycle tab on the License Overview dashboard.
Navigate the site list and click Enable.

Note: The site name is updateslinuxappsmiddleware or Updates for Linux Applications Middleware.