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Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
Roles
Creating Roles
You can create roles to define a set of permissions that can be shared by various operators.

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
- Domains
- Roles
  - Introducing Roles
    Roles provide a powerful tool to help you organize and grant complex permissions.
  - Creating Roles
    You can create roles to define a set of permissions that can be shared by various operators.
  - Assigning Roles
    Once you have created a role and set its permissions, you can assign console operators, client computers, LDAP groups and Fixlet sites to that role.
- 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.

Creating Roles

You can create roles to define a set of permissions that can be shared by various operators.

Roles allow you to create a generic category of permissions. You can then associate individual operators, computers, groups and sites to the role.

To create a role, perform the following steps:

Click Tools > Create Role or right click in the Roles work area and select Create Role. The Create Role dialog appears and prompts you for a name.
Enter a descriptive name for your role. The role panel opens.
Optionally, enter a short description of the role. Set the permission levels associated to the role, the restart and shutdown ability, and the permissions to access the BigFix user interfaces. The fields listed in this tab correspond to the fields listed in the Operator's Details tab and documented in Adding Local Operators.
Set the computer assignments, operators, LDAP groups, sites, and WebUI Applications to associate to the role by clicking the various tabs.
Make sure to click Save Changes when you're done.