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BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation
Welcome to the BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation (IVR) documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain and use IVR service.
Updating and validating the IVR configuration file
You can update and validate the IVR configuration.

Implementation Guides
This guides allow you quickly and easily find the information you need to deploy, set up and configure the solution.
- ServiceNow Data Flow
  This module provides an overview and features of BigFix ServiceNow Data Flow.
- BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation
  Welcome to the BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation (IVR) documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain and use IVR service.
  - BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation
    Use this section to become familiar with BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation infrastructure and key concepts necessary to understand how it works.
  - System requirements
    Learn more about the prerequisites and system requirements for BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation (IVR) service.
  - Deployment and configuration
    This module provides the steps to deploy and configure the BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation solution for:
  - Setting up IVR App
    Use this module to install and set up your WebUI IVR app.
  - Scheduling IVR ETL
    The Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) process pulls data from a datasource and stores it in the IVR database. An ETL process consumes significant time and resources and hence must be performed on a customized schedule to minimize disruption. In IVR, you can schedule an ETL daily, weekly, or monthly.
  - IVR Fixlets and Tasks
    Learn more about available Fixlets and Tasks for BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation.
  - Updating and validating the IVR configuration file
    You can update and validate the IVR configuration.
  - Updating IVR credentials
    You can update the IVR credentials.
  - Business Intelligence reports
    Use this section to become familiar with Power BI and Tableau reports.
  - Reference
    The following topics contain information on how you can work with the configuration file and settings, the CLI that comes with the package. They also describe how to use the log files for troubleshooting purposes.
  - Release Notes
    The release notes outline the features, updates and patches that are included in each version of BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation, including the latest application updates.

Updating and validating the IVR configuration file

You can update and validate the IVR configuration.

About this task

Note: Configuration-file changes remove all IVR data that is associated with the current data flow configuration (from which a hash is generated). Additionally, all data that is not associated with existing data flow configurations are removed. For more information, see the PurgeFindingsOnExecutionOfDataflow setting.

Updating the configuration file

Procedure

Log in to the target server.
Go to the product installation directory.
Open the DataFlowsConfig.xml file in a text editor.
Update configuration. For more information, see Configuration Settings.

Validating the configuration file

Procedure

Open CLI (Command Line Interface) and run the BFIVR.exe --ValidateConfiguration command.
Restart BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation to import the new configuration. On successful completion, the message, Configuration verified successfully appears.