Welcome
Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
Menus
Go Menu
The Go Menu allows you to quickly select Domains and to change the focus area of the Console.

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
BigFix 10.0.1.41 complies with the requirements of the standard ISO/IEC 15408 (Common Criteria) v. 3.1 for the assurance level: EAL2
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.
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.
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 Modern Client Management for BigFix software and products.

Go Menu

The Go Menu allows you to quickly select Domains and to change the focus area of the Console.

It offers the following commands:


All Content	Open the top-level Domain that contains a combination of all Domains.
Other Domain Names	Open the specified Domain. The next few entries in this menu include the various Domains you created, depending on the specific Fixlet sites you are subscribed to.
Current List	Move the focus of the Console to the List Panel at the top right of the Console.
Current Document	Move the focus of the Console to the current document in the Work Area at the bottom right of the Console.