Subscribing to content sites

Sites are collections of Fixlets, tasks, analysis, that are created internally by you, by IBM, or by vendors. You subscribe to a site and agree on a schedule for downloading the latest batch.

You can add a new site subscription by acquiring a masthead file from a vendor or from IBM. You can subscribe to a site also by using the Licensing Dashboard.

Sites are generally devoted to a single topic, such as security or the maintenance of a particular piece of software or hardware. However, several sites can share characteristics and are then grouped into domains, which might include a set of typical job tasks of your various Console managers. For example, the person responsible for patching and maintaining a common operating environment can find Support sites and Patching sites for various operating systems all bundled into the Patch Management Domain.

You can also set up your own custom site and populate it with Fixlets that you have developed specifically for your own network. You and other operators can then send and receive the latest in-house patches and quickly deploy them to the appropriate locations and departments.

Upon installation, the program is automatically set up to subscribe to certain management and maintenance sites. Depending on the terms of your license, you might have subscriptions to other sites as well. This means that content from those sites automatically flows into your enterprise and is evaluated for relevance on all computers running the BigFix client. These sites, in turn automatically register with an appropriate domain, providing a simple way to divide the content into functional sections.