Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
Welcome to the BigFix Platform documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use BigFix.
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Following is a list of links to the BigFix Platform user guides in PDF format:
Use this section to become familiar with BigFix infrastructure and key concepts necessary to understand how it works.
This topic describes how the SSL/HTTPS communication works in BigFix applications and links the tasks on how to configure it.
Learn the system requirements, licensing and installation instructions, and how to configure and maintain BigFix.
Learn how to configure BigFix according to your needs.
The console is the visible face of BigFix, used by the operator to monitor and repair networked computers running the BigFix client.
Actions are scripts that run on selected targets. They are used to fix policy violation and security exposures and to run configuration steps. Fixlet, tasks, and baselines depend on actions to run their remediation mission.
How to activate the license counting process.
The Web Reports program can monitor, print, or archive the status of the local database.
Dashboards are list of reports that update in real time and provide you with high-level views of your BigFix network.
Starting from BigFix Version 10.0.8, you can decide to disable the local operators from logging into the BigFix Console, to use LDAP operators instead.
Starting with BigFix Platform Version 11.0.7, Read-Only Users are available.
Starting from BigFix Version 11.0.7, you can use a new setting controlling the BigFix Console lock timeout, named LocalTimeoutLockMinutes, which is configurable locally on the selected BigFix Console instances.
Learn how BigFix Asset Discovery works.
Learn how the Web Reports feature extends the power of BigFix.
Learn how the BigFix Explorer feature extends the power of BigFix.
Learn how the BigFix Platform MCP Server extends the capabilities of BigFix by allowing compatible AI clients to use BigFix functionalities through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Read this guide for an introduction to the WebUI tools, concepts, and terminology.
Read this guide for information about installing and administering the WebUI.
This glossary provides terms and definitions for the BigFix software and products.
