RHEL ESU Add-On User's Guide
BigFix content supporting Red Hat’s Extended Update Support (EUS) and Extended LifeCycle Support (ELS) patching program is available as an add-on to the BigFix Patch, BigFix Lifecycle and BigFix Compliance products.
Understanding RHEL patch add-ons
This topic gives you a brief introduction about Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Patch Add-Ons.
Enabling EUS patch functionality
This topic describes how to enable BigFix EUS Patch functionality in BigFix.
Deploying extended support patches with BigFix
You can apply Extended Support (EUS and ELS) patch Fixlets the same way you have been applying all your RHEL patches with BigFix.
Frequently Asked Questions
Learn the answers to frequently asked questions about BigFix EUS/ELS Patch Add-Ons for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Payment Card Industry (PCI) Add-on User Guide
The BigFix PCI DSS Add-On is a premium component that provides security configuration checklists that are based the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). These compliance checks are designed to help ensure continuous compliance at every endpoint in your organization.
Overview
HCL BigFix Compliance PCI Add-on is a new chargeable component that provides security configuration checklists that are based on the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). These compliance checks are designed to help ensure continuous compliance at every endpoint in your organization.
Setup
Complete configuration steps to access the PCI DSS checklists and checks and ensure accurate relevance evaluation on the endpoints.
Using checks and checklists
The check Fixlets in Configuration Management checklists assess an endpoint against a configuration standard. Many check Fixlets have a corresponding analysis, sometimes referred to as measured values, that report the value of the element that the check Fixlet evaluates.
Understanding the results in BigFix Compliance Analytics
Use BigFix Compliance Analytics (formerly known as Security and Compliance Analytics or SCA) to navigate and explore security configuration check results.
Resources
You can find more information about Security Configuration Management and PCI DSS in the following resources.
Service Graph Connector Integration
The BigFix Service Graph Connector is available as an add-on for integrating BigFix Inventory with your CMDB. The connector is designed to support common use cases and requires additional customizations to meet your specific business process requirements. Successful implementation of the connector requires thorough assessment and due diligence, and could involve modifications to input fields or the implementation of specialized reconciliation processes to align with your internal workflows.
Service Graph Connector Integration
The Service Graph Connector allows you to integrate the BigFix Inventory with the CMDB. The connector is designed to support common use cases and requires additional customizations to meet your specific business process requirements. Successful implementation of the connector requires thorough assessment and due diligence, and could involve modifications to input fields or the implementation of specialized reconciliation processes to align with your internal workflows.
System requirements
This topic provides detailed information about the system requirements.
Configuration Instructions
Beginning with Rome, the out of the box MID Server security policy checks for certificates for communicating with mid server. For more information on MID Server certificate check policies, refer to ServiceNow documentation.
Rest API and existing mappings
Learn how to integrate and interact with ServiceNow using REST APIs, including configuring existing data mappings for seamless data exchange.
Support and Troubleshooting
This section provides information on resolving common issues with the ServiceNow Graph Connector.
Working with different data sources
Data source integration is a user-led project. The user is responsible for data preparation and subsequent process determination. They have full autonomy and are accountable for aligning the data with their organization's requirements.
BigFix Inventory Service Graph Connector Troubleshooting
This topic provides information on troubleshooting ServiceNow which only data source is BigFix Inventory Service Graph Connector. In case other connectors, or data sources are present that import Computer and Software data into ServiceNow, this procedure will have discrepancies in number of Computers and Software.