Welcome
Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
Menus
File Menu
The File Menu offers the following commands.

BigFix Documentation Homepage
BigFix 11 Platform Documentation
Welcome to the BigFix Platform documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use BigFix.
Detailed system requirements
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Platform guides in PDF format
Following is a list of links to the BigFix Platform user guides in PDF format:
Common Criteria Certification
Getting Started
Use this section to become familiar with BigFix infrastructure and key concepts necessary to understand how it works.
HTTPS across BigFix applications
This topic describes how the SSL/HTTPS communication works in BigFix applications and links the tasks on how to configure it.
Installation Guide
Learn the system requirements, licensing and installation instructions, and how to configure and maintain BigFix.
Configuration Guide
Learn how to configure BigFix according to your needs.
Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
- Accessing the console
  The console is the visible face of BigFix, used by the operator to monitor and repair networked computers running the BigFix client.
- Fixlets and Tasks
- Actions
  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.
- Sites
- Domains
- Roles
- Client Computers
- Computer Groups
- Analyses
- Baselines
- Relays and Servers
- Activating the license counting process
  How to activate the license counting process.
- Displays and Reports
- Menus
  - File Menu
    The File Menu offers the following commands.
  - Edit Menu
    The Edit Menu offers the following commands.
  - View Menu
    The View Menu offers the following commands.
  - Go Menu
    The Go Menu allows you to quickly select Domains and to change the focus area of the Console.
  - Tools Menu
    The Tools Menu offers the following commands.
  - Help Menu
    The Help Menu offers the following commands.
- The Dialogs
- Disabling local operators on BigFix Console
  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.
- Read only users
  Starting with BigFix Platform Version 11.0.7, Read-Only Users are available.
- Setting the BigFix Console lock timeout
  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.
Asset Discovery User's Guide
Learn how BigFix Asset Discovery works.
Web Reports Guide
Learn how the Web Reports feature extends the power of BigFix.
BigFix Explorer Guide
Learn how the BigFix Explorer feature extends the power of BigFix.
BigFix MCP Server Guide
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).
WebUI User's Guide
Read this guide for an introduction to the WebUI tools, concepts, and terminology.
WebUI Administration Guide
Read this guide for information about installing and administering the WebUI.
Glossary
This glossary provides terms and definitions for the BigFix software and products.

File Menu

The File Menu offers the following commands.


Import	Import .bes files, which can be default Tasks, Actions, Baselines, or other content that you might have created or customized.
Export	Export a Task, Action, Fixlet, Baseline, and so on. that you or another Console user can subsequently import. Exporting provides a useful mechanism for creating customized content. Simply export the content, edit it with any text editor, and then import the customized version.
Preferences...	Set refresh, BigFix Client heartbeat, colorizing, caching, and other persistent Console preferences.
Change Password...	Change the sign-in password for the currently connected user.
Lock Console...	Lock the local BigFix Console instance immediately. This option is particularly useful because it hides the entire console to prevent any other user to see or use it. This option is available starting from BigFix version 11.0.7.
Exit	Quit the program.