Requirements and assumptions

Before installing BigFix Explorer, consider the following BigFix Explorer requirements.

OS Requirements

BigFix Explorer can be installed on the following operating systems:
  • Linux: On Red Hat Enterprise 8.0 and 9.0.
  • Windows: On Windows Server 2019 and 2022.
Notes:
  • Only the 64-bit architecture is supported for installing the BigFix Explorer component.
  • The firewall can be either turned off or configured to open the port 9383.
Notes about Linux operating systems:
  • In BigFix Version 11.0.2, the BigFix Explorer component installed on Linux requires the unixODBC RPM package unixODBC.x86_64. If Yum is not configured on the Linux system, you must manually install the unixODBC RPM package prior to running the installation, otherwise you can use the Fixlet Install and configure unixODBC of BES Support Site.

    Starting from BigFix Version 11.0.3, installing the unixODBC RPM package is no longer required, nor running the Fixlet named Install and configure unixODBC, to be able to successfully install the BigFix Explorer component.

Hardware Requirements

The BigFix Explorer must be installed on a server machine. The number of computers and content that you are managing with the server impact the resource needs of the BigFix Explorer.

The BigFix Explorer also requires a high bandwidth connection (LAN speeds work best) to the server due to the amount of data that needs to be transferred to the BigFix Explorer.

Minimum disk space requirements to install BigFix Explorer on Windows:

400MB

Minimum disk space requirements to install BigFix Explorer on Linux:

200MB

This is the disk space used in each file system for installing the BigFix Explorer component:

  • 170 MB in /opt/BESExplorer.
  • 30 MB in /var/opt/BESExplorer.

Network configuration requirements

BigFix Explorer should have high speed connections to the BigFix server (100 mbps or higher).