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Administrating DEX
DEX Installation
This topic provides a detailed sequence of steps required to install all BigFix DEX components. The installation must follow the order listed to ensure successful integration and configuration of all dependent services.
BigFix UI Installation
This topic provides an overview of the BigFix UI Configuration Manager setup process and describes the sequential steps required to complete the configuration of your BigFix UI.
Getting into BigFix UI
This section provides an overview of the initial setup and startup configurations required to access and use the BigFix UI after deployment. It includes details about configurable variables, port mappings, and the process to start the application.
Starting BigFix UI
This topic explains how to launch the BigFix UI after completing deployment and configuration.

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  - Using DEX
    Welcome to the BigFix DEX documentation, where you can find information about how to install and configure BigFix DEX (Digital Employee Experience). DEX is a endpoint experience management application that provides simplified view of your IT environment and make well-informed decisions to increase the productivity of employees.
  - Administrating DEX
    - DEX Installation
      This topic provides a detailed sequence of steps required to install all BigFix DEX components. The installation must follow the order listed to ensure successful integration and configuration of all dependent services.
      - DEX Capacity Plan
        Capacity Planning is the proactive practice of checking your IT environments' current endpoint usage and forecast when they will run out of resources. The main objective is to prevent performance drops or system crashes before they happen.
      - DEX Deployment Requirements
        This section outlines the hardware, network, and storage specifications required to deploy DEX.
      - DEX Prerequisites
        Before installing DEX, the following set of prerequisites must be met:
      - Analysis
      - Fixlets
      - System support and requirements
        This topic provides information about the system requirements for DEX.
      - BigFix UI Installation
        This topic provides an overview of the BigFix UI Configuration Manager setup process and describes the sequential steps required to complete the configuration of your BigFix UI.
        System Requirements
        This topic provides details about the environment requirements for running and configuring the BigFix UI. It outlines the supported hardware and software platforms, and the methods available to initiate the setup.
        Installation
        This topic explains how to install the BigFixUI.exe file to initiate the BigFix UI Setup. It also outlines the steps to configure settings using the BigFix UI Configuration Manager tool.
        Getting into BigFix UI
        This section provides an overview of the initial setup and startup configurations required to access and use the BigFix UI after deployment. It includes details about configurable variables, port mappings, and the process to start the application.
        Configuration Variables
        This topic explains the purpose and structure of the AppConfig.yaml file used by BigFix UI. This configuration file enables administrators to manage application behavior and environment-level settings.
        Starting BigFix UI
        This topic explains how to launch the BigFix UI after completing deployment and configuration.
        Uninstallation
        This topic explains how to uninstall the BigFixUI application.
      - DEX Installation
        This topic provides a detailed sequence of steps required to install all BigFix DEX components. The installation must follow the order listed to ensure successful integration and configuration of all dependent services.
      - BigFix Self-Service Application
        The BigFix Self-Service Application (SSA) is a client-side interface that empowers endpoint users to install software, accept administrative actions, and review deployments without requiring local administrator privileges.
      - Firewalls configuration
      - BigFix UI Command line DEX configuration
        To configure the BigFix UI to show the DEX application to the users with 'DEX dashboard' privileges, you can use the BigFix UI command line to configure DEX.
    - Configuration
      BigFix DEX provides four configuration Fixlets, one for each DEX component, to support post-installation configuration and reconfiguration.
    - Upgrade
      The upgrade Fixlets are available for each of the four DEX components, which internally refers to the same directory path where the installation was previously performed.
  - Knowing BigFix UI
    BigFix UI is a unified interface that consolidates multiple BigFix capabilities into one modern application. It provides IT operations and security teams with a centralized workspace to manage endpoints, remediate vulnerabilities, and generate reports.
  - Integrations available with DEX
    The Service Now, Remote Control and Historical data integration are available using the APIs. For information on the respective areas, refer to their documentations.
  - Troubleshooting DEX Application Issues
    This section provides sinformation about the types of issues and te ways to solve it.
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Starting BigFix UI

This topic explains how to launch the BigFix UI after completing deployment and configuration.

Starting BigFix UI

Start the BigFix UI
- Open a command prompt and run the following command:
  bfui.exe --start
- If you selected the Windows service option during setup, the service will start automatically when the system boots.
Note: The service is optional during the setup flow. You can start the UI manually with the command line or rely on the Windows service if it was enabled.
Set BFUI mode to beta in config.json
- Go to the BFUI installation folder and open the configuration file: <BFUI_install_dir>/wwwroot/frontend/host/config.json
- Find the mode setting in the file. Change the mode from production to beta.
- Save the config.json file.
- Restart BigFix UI so the new mode is applied.
- Open BigFix UI in a browser to confirm it loads successfully: https://<host>[:port]/ui.
Access the BigFix UI
- Once the service is running, open a supported browser (Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome) and navigate to the BigFix UI URL https://<host>[:port]/ui.
  - Host refers to the system where the BigFix UI is installed.
    
    This can be localhost (if accessing from the same system) or a remote server hostname or IP address (if accessing the UI from another machine).
  - Port refers to the Main Application Service port defined in the configuration file.
    
    The default port is 443.
- The login page is displayed.
First Login: Log in using the credentials you created during the setup process.
Create an Administrator User
- Navigate to Administration > User Management.
- Create a new user and assign them the role of Master Operator.
- This administrator account will be used for all future operations.
After the administrator user is created, the BigFix UI is ready for use. For details on navigation, dashboards, and features, see the Knowing BigFix UI.

External Reference

For details on how to use the BigFix UI once it has started, see the Knowing BigFix UI.