Home
Remote Control
BigFix Remote Control application helps to communicate between different components, clients, and endpoints within BigFix environment.
Remote Control Installation Guide
By using Remote Control you can remotely support and control thousands of PCs and servers, on an enterprise scale, from a central location or directly, in peer to peer mode.
Enable secure target registration
To prevent unauthorized targets from registering with the Remote Control server, you can enable the secure registration feature and use tokens to authenticate the target.
Add a token for secure target registration
The BigFix® Remote Control Target provides an installation option to add a secure registration token. You can also add the token by running a Fixlet in the BigFix console.
Adding a token on a Windows system
On a Windows™ system, you can add a secure registration token in multiple ways:
Running the target installer with a secure registration token
When you install the target component, use the BigFix® Remote Control Target installer to provide the target with a secure registration token. The target uses the token to authenticate to the server when it contacts the server for the first time.

Remote Control
BigFix Remote Control application helps to communicate between different components, clients, and endpoints within BigFix environment.
- Release notes
  A summary of changed or new features and enhancements included in BigFix Remote Control.
- Remote Control Installation Guide
  By using Remote Control you can remotely support and control thousands of PCs and servers, on an enterprise scale, from a central location or directly, in peer to peer mode.
  - Audience
  - Versions
  - Terms used in this guide
  - Overview of the Remote Controlsystem
  - Get started
    Now that you understand the terms and components available in Remote Control, you can identify which components you need to install:
  - Install the Remote Control components
    The Remote Control components can be installed in two ways. If you have access to the BigFix® console, use a deployment fixlet to install the components.
  - Utility for extracting the component installation files
    Remote Control provides a utility that you can use to extract the installation files that are required for each component.
  - Enable secure target registration
    To prevent unauthorized targets from registering with the Remote Control server, you can enable the secure registration feature and use tokens to authenticate the target.
    - Enable secure target authentication in the server
      The BigFix® Remote Control Server provides an installation option to enable secure registration of targets.
    - Add a token for secure target registration
      The BigFix® Remote Control Target provides an installation option to add a secure registration token. You can also add the token by running a Fixlet in the BigFix console.
      - Adding a token on a Windows system
        On a Windows™ system, you can add a secure registration token in multiple ways:
        Running the target installer with a secure registration token
        When you install the target component, use the BigFix® Remote Control Target installer to provide the target with a secure registration token. The target uses the token to authenticate to the server when it contacts the server for the first time.
        Running a target silent installation with a secure registration token
        Install the target along with a secure registration token when you run a new Remote Control target silent installation.
        Adding the secure registration token after you install the target
        If you install the target component and do not install the secure registration token, you can modify the target and add the token.
        Upgrading the target with a secure registration token
        Upgrade the Remote Control target with a secure registration token.
      - Add a token on a Linux system
        On a Linux™ system, you can add a registration token for secure target authentication by editing the /etc/trc_target.properties file after you install the target.
  - Install the driver for smart card authentication
    The BigFix® Remote Control Target provides an installation option to install a virtual smart card reader driver. You can also install the driver by running a fixlet in the BigFix console.
  - Manage the component services
    After you install the Remote Control components, if you change their configuration, you can stop, start, or restart the component services.
  - Enabling email
  - Configure LDAP
  - Configure TLSv1.3
  - Federal information processing standard (FIPS 140-2) compliance in Remote Control
    The US Federal information processing standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) is a cryptographic function validation program that defines security standards for cryptographic modules that are used in IT software.
  - NIST SP800-131A compliance in Remote Control
    Remote Control version 10.0.0 components can be configured for NIST SP800-131A compliance.
  - Verifying the server installation
  - Recover from installation errors
  - Uninstall the components
  - Upgrade from previous versions
  - Maintaining the target installation
  - Properties that can be set in the target configuration
    You can configure target properties either during or after installation. The operating system on the target system determines which properties can be configured. The target properties determine the actions that can be carried out during a peer-to-peer session. If you set a server URL and set the Managed property to Yes, the actions are determined by the policies that are set on the Remote Control server.
- Remote Control Administrators Guide
  This guide is for users who want to administer Remote Control.
- Remote Control Console User Guide
- BigFix Remote Control Controller Users Guide
- Remote Control Target Users Guide
- Remote Control On-demand Target Guide
  Use Remote Control to start remote control sessions over the internet with targets that do not have the target software installed.
- Remote Control V10 Readme

Running the target installer with a secure registration token

When you install the target component, use the BigFix® Remote Control Target installer to provide the target with a secure registration token. The target uses the token to authenticate to the server when it contacts the server for the first time.

About this task

To run the target installer with a token, complete the following steps:

Procedure

Follow the installation steps in Installing the Windows target.
On the Server Address window, for secure target registration, enter or paste the token in the Secure registration token field.
Ensure that Use secure connections (https) is also selected. For more information about secure target registration, see Add a token for secure target registration.
Complete the installation.