Installation Folder Structure

After the BigFix installation, you can see the following folder structure.

Server Folder Structure:

/var/opt/BESInstallers
/var/opt/BESInstallers/Client (Client installer)
/var/opt/BESInstallers/Console (Console installer)

/var/opt/BESServer
  besserver.config (Configuration file)
  besserver.config.default (Default configuration file)

/var/opt/BESServer/FillDBData/FillDB.log (FillDB service log)

/var/opt/BESServer/GatherDBData/GatherDB.log (GatherDB service log)

/opt/BESServer
/opt/BESServer/bin (Server binaries)
/opt/BESServer/reference (Rest API xsd templates)

/etc/opt/BESServer
  actionsite.afxm (Masthead file)

/etc/init.d 
or /usr/lib/systemd/system (from Version 11.0.2 or later, but only for RHEL, SLES and derived platforms.
For more details, see Managing the BigFix Services)
  besserver (Server service) 
  besfilldb (FillDB service)
  besgatherdb (GatherDB service)

If you want to move the content of the directories:

/var/opt/component_folder
/opt/component_folder

For example the /var/opt/BESServer directory, to a new location, you can use the UNIX symbolic link feature to point to the new directory.

Web Reports Folder Structure:

/var/opt/BESWebReportsServer
  beswebreports.config (Configuration file) 
  beswebreports.config.default (Default configuration file)

/opt/BESWebReportsServer
/opt/BESWebReportsServer/bin (WebReports binaries)

/etc/opt/BESWebReportsServer
	actionsite.afxm (Masthead file)

/etc/init.d 
or /usr/lib/systemd/system (from Version 11.0.2 or later, but only for RHEL, SLES and derived platforms.
For more details, see Managing the BigFix Services)  
  beswebreports (WebReports service)

If you want to move the content of the directories:

/var/opt/component_folder
/opt/component_folder

For example the /var/opt/BESWebReportsServer directory, to a new location, you can use the UNIX symbolic link feature to point to the new directory.

Client Folder Structure:

/var/opt/BESClient
   besclient.config (Configuration file)
   besclient.config.default (Default configuration file)

/opt/BESClient
/opt/BESClient/bin (Client binaries)

/etc/opt/BESClient
  actionsite.afxm (Masthead file)

/etc/init.d
or /usr/lib/systemd/system (from Version 11.0.2 or later, but only for RHEL, SLES and derived platforms.
For more details, see Managing the BigFix Services) 
   besclient  (besclient service)

If you want to move the content of the directories:

/var/opt/component_folder
/opt/component_folder

For example the /var/opt/BESClient directory, to a new location, you can use the UNIX symbolic link feature to point to the new directory.

Install Log Files:

/var/log/
   BESInstall.log       (Installer log file)
   BESAdminDebugOut.txt (Administrator Tool debug information)
   BESRelay.log         (Relay log file)

Be aware that if one of the following folders does not exist, the installation procedure fails:

/opt
 /etc
 /var

Common files:

/var/opt/BESCommon

This folder contains files which are relevant to the identification of BigFix components. You must not modify or remove them.