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Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
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Canceling a Subscription
You can try out different Site subscriptions for your organization, because no actions are ever taken without your approval.

Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
- Accessing the console
  The console is the visible face of BigFix, used by the operator to monitor and repair networked computers running the BigFix client.
- Fixlets and Tasks
- Actions
  Actions are scripts that run on selected targets. They are used to fix policy violation and security exposures and to run configuration steps. Fixlet, tasks, and baselines depend on actions to run their remediation mission.
- Sites
  - Introducing Sites
    Sites are collections of Fixlet messages that are created internally by you, by HCL, or by other vendors. You subscribe to a Site and agree on a schedule for downloading the latest batch of Fixlet messages.
  - Selecting Sites
    Upon installation, the program is automatically set up to subscribe to certain management and maintenance sites.
  - Viewing Site Properties
    After initiating a subscription, you can inspect its properties and signing authorities.
  - Restricting Computers
    There might be occasions where a BigFix Client or a group of Clients is storing redundant Fixlet messages, typically due to an overlap in site content.
  - Restricting Readers
    Restrictions can be placed on Sites to limit access.
  - Creating Custom Sites
    You can create a Custom Site to host your own Fixlet messages that are pertinent to your network.
  - Canceling a Subscription
    You can try out different Site subscriptions for your organization, because no actions are ever taken without your approval.
  - Adding Files to Sites
    You can add files to a Site. These can be as simple as text and utility files or as powerful as Dashboards and Domains.
  - Viewing and Deleting Site Files
    After adding files to a site as described in Adding Files to Sites, you can view or delete these files.
- Domains
- Roles
- Client Computers
- Computer Groups
- Analyses
- Baselines
- Relays and Servers
- Activating the license counting process
  How to activate the license counting process.
- Displays and Reports
- Menus
- The Dialogs
- Disabling local operators on BigFix Console
  Starting from BigFix Version 10.0.8, you can decide to disable the local operators from logging into the BigFix Console, to use LDAP operators instead.

Canceling a Subscription

You can try out different Site subscriptions for your organization, because no actions are ever taken without your approval.

Nevertheless, if you find that a subscription is not useful, you can cancel it by removing the site from the domain in which it is located, as follows:

In the Domain Panel, expand the icon containing Sites. From the External or Custom icon, select the site you want to delete.
Open the site and from the Work Area Tool bar, click the Remove button.
Click Yes on the confirmation dialog, and enter your password to complete the site removal.

Note: You cannot unsubscribe from the BigFix Support site because it is needed to upgrade and manage licensing issues in the Console program.