CentOS Installation Instructions
To install the client perform the following steps.
- Download the corresponding BigFix client RPM file to the CentOS computer.
- Install the RPM by running the command
rpm -ivh client_RPM_path
- 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 underC:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Installers\Client
on Windows and/var/opt/BESInstallers/Client/
on Linux). If the masthead is not namedactionsite.afxm
, rename it toactionsite.afxm
and place it on the computer at the following location:/etc/opt/BESClient/actionsite.afxm
.Note: The directoryThe masthead file for each BigFix server is downloadable at/etc/opt/BESClient/
is not automatically created by the installer. If it does not exist, create it manually.http://servername:port/masthead/masthead.afxm
(example:http://bes.BigFix.com:52311/masthead/masthead.afxm
). - Start the BigFix client
by running the command:
/etc/init.d/besclient start
Note:
The BigFix client and relay installation on a CentOS Version 6 and 7 operating system can be performed also on computers having SELinux enabled. With SELinux enabled, the following SELinux settings are supported:
selinux = enforcing, policy = targeted.
Signed RPM packages
Starting from BigFix Version 9.5.9, RPM packages are signed with a PGP key. For more details, see Red Hat Installation Instructions.