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Welcome to the BigFix Lifecycle documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use BigFix Lifecycle.
BigFix Platform
BigFix Query
Lifecycle overview
BigFix Lifecycle is single-agent, single-console technology that provides near real-time visibility into the state of endpoints.
Lifecycle guides in PDF format
Following is a list of links to the BigFix Lifecycle guides in PDF format:
Software Distribution
Use the BigFix Software Distribution applications to deploy software to endpoints across your network from a single location. Maintain control and visibility into software delivery and installation. Device owners can use the Self Service Application to manage software and other BigFix actions that are deployed to them as offers.
OS Deployment
BigFix OS Deployment, which is part of the BigFix Lifecycle Management suite, provides a consolidated, comprehensive solution to quickly deploy new workstations and servers throughout a network from a single, centralized location. This solution saves time and money, enforces a standardized and approved image, and reduces risks associated with non-compliant or insecure configurations.
Remote Control
BigFix Remote Control application helps to communicate between different components, clients, and endpoints within BigFix environment.
- Release notes
  A summary of changed or new features and enhancements included in BigFix Remote Control.
- Remote Control Installation Guide
  By using Remote Control you can remotely support and control thousands of PCs and servers, on an enterprise scale, from a central location or directly, in peer to peer mode.
- Remote Control Administrators Guide
  This guide is for users who want to administer Remote Control.
- Remote Control Console User Guide
  - Definition of terms that are used in Remote Control
  - The Remote Control console
  - Dashboards overview
  - Functions within Remote Control
    - Deploy remote control components
    - Update the remote control components
      - Update the components on a Windows™ system
      - Update the Linux® components
        Updating the Linux™ target
        Updating the Linux™ controller
        Updating the Linux™ command line tools
        Updating the Linux™ gateway support
        Updating the Linux® broker support
    - Download the remote control server component
    - Start a remote control session
      The Remote Control controller and target components can be used to establish remote connections between each other to monitor or control the target system.
    - Respond to warnings
    - Manage target and server configurations
    - Analyses
    - Enable smart card authentication
      To support smart card authentication in the BigFix® Remote Control Target you must install the virtual smart card reader driver and related certificates on the target. You can install the driver and certificates after you install the target by running a Fixlet® in the BigFix console. You can also install the certificates by using Active Directory Group Policy.
    - Configure single sign-on (SSO) on the server
      Remote Control V9.1.3 introduced support for SAML 2.0 authentication on the Remote Control server.
    - Enable secure target registration
      To prevent unauthorized targets from registering with the Remote Control server, you can enable the secure registration feature and use tokens to authenticate the target.
  - Viewing web reports
    Remote Control offers a report available in the Web Reports component of the application. The web report was formulated to provide log data that is gathered from the controller and target logs relevant to specific targets. The data can be used for auditing purposes and for monitoring remote control activity on specific computers in your environment.
  - Frequently asked questions
  - Support
    For more information about this product, see the following resources:
- BigFix Remote Control Controller Users Guide
- Remote Control Target Users Guide
- Remote Control On-demand Target Guide
  Use Remote Control to start remote control sessions over the internet with targets that do not have the target software installed.
- Remote Control V10 Readme
Power Management
Use Power Management to control, monitor, and manage conservation policies in your deployment.
Server Automation
Server Automation provides powerful automation. You can use it to sequence automation actions in steps across multiple endpoints.
Profile Management
Profile Management is a WebUI-based feature of BigFix Lifecycle. It provides Security Administrators the capability to define and deploy security policies to Windows 10 and macOS devices.
CVE Search dashboard
BigFix CVE Search dashboard and Web Report are available as part of the CyberFOCUS site.
BigFix Remediate
BigFix MCM

Updating the Linux™ controller

About this task

Use the Linux™ tasks to update the controller software, on a Linux™ computer. These tasks apply any new enhancements and fixes that are included in the chosen version to the controller configuration that is already installed. To initiate a task, complete the following steps:

Procedure

Click Updates > Linux in the navigation tree.
Select the Fixlet that is relevant to the version of controller that you want to upgrade to.
For example, Updated Remote Control Controller for Linux is now available (Version 10.x.x).
In the Task window, review the description and follow the instructions in the Actions box to initiate the task.
In the Take Action window on the Target tab, select the relevant option for determining which targets to install the controller update on.
Click OK.

Results

The summary screen shows the progress of the task. The controller software on the selected targets is upgraded to the version of the chosen update.