Amazon Linux Installation Instructions

How to install the client on Amazon Linux.

To install the client perform the following steps:

1. Download the corresponding BigFix client RPM file to the Amazon Linux computer.
2. Install the RPM by running the command

   rpm -ivh client_RPM_path 

3. Copy your actionsite masthead to the client computer (the masthead contains configuration, license, and security information). The action site masthead (actionsite.afxm) can be found in your BES Installation folders (by default they are placed under C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Installers\Client on Windows and /var/opt/BESInstallers/Client/ on Linux). If the masthead is not named actionsite.afxm, rename it to actionsite.afxm and place it on the computer at the following location: /etc/opt/BESClient/actionsite.afxm.
   Note: The directory /etc/opt/BESClient/ is not automatically created by the installer. If it does not exist, create it manually.
   The masthead file for each BigFix server is downloadable at http://servername:port/masthead/masthead.afxm (example: http://bes.BigFix.com:52311/masthead/masthead.afxm).
4. Start the BigFix client by running the command:

   systemctl start besclient

   Up to BigFix Version 11.0.1, for backward compatibility reasons, you can also run the command:

   /etc/init.d/besclient start
   

   Note: When upgrading to BigFix Version 11.0.2 or later, the /etc/init.d/besclient file, if present, is removed by the upgrade process and the /etc/init.d/besclient start|stop|status|restart commands are no longer available.