Welcome
Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
Relays and Servers
Relay requirements
A Relay takes over most of the download tasks of the BigFix Server.

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
  - Understanding Relays
    Relays are optional network components that can significantly improve the performance of your installation.
  - Relay requirements
    A Relay takes over most of the download tasks of the BigFix Server.
  - Setting up relays
    To set up a Relay, you must designate a client computer to take over some server duties.
  - Using Relays
    When you have set up a Relay you must direct BigFix Clients on your network to gather from that relay, instead of from your Server.
  - Automatic Relays
    How to ensure that your BigFix Client computers are automatically signing up to the nearest relays.
  - Manually Assigning Multiple Clients
    You can select all the computers (or any given subset) of the local network to gather from a specified relay.
  - Manually Assigning Single Clients
    how to set a single computer to point to a relay.
  - Adjusting the BigFix Server and Relays
    To get the best performance from BigFix, you might need to adjust the server and the relays.
- Activating the license counting process
  How to activate the license counting process.
- Displays and Reports
- Menus
- 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.

Relay requirements

A Relay takes over most of the download tasks of the BigFix Server.

If several Clients simultaneously request files from a Relay, a significant amount of the computer's resources might be used to serve those files. Other than that, the duties of the Relay are not too demanding. The requirements for a Relay computer vary widely depending on three main factors:

The number of connected Clients that are downloading files.
The size of each download.
The period of time allotted for the downloads.

The Relay system requirements are similar to those for a workgroup file server. A computer with 1 GHZ CPU, 256 MB RAM, and 5 GB of free space on the hard drive can act as a Relay for as many as one thousand computers, if the Console operator distributes the file downloads over an appropriate length of time. Here are some further requirements and recommendations:

The Relay can only be installed on computers running under Windows 200x, 7, Vista, or XP as well as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4/5/6/7, and Solaris 10.
The Relay can be installed on an ordinary workstation, but if several Clients simultaneously download files, it might slow the computer down.
Workgroup file servers and other server-quality computers that are always turned on are good candidates for installing a Relay.