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Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
Domains
Selecting Domains
You typically have several Domains available to you, each covering a group of related tasks that fall into the purview of a specified Console Operator.

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
  - Introducing Domains
    Domains represent the major organizing principle in the BigFix Console.
  - Domain Sites
    Domains are composed of related sites, grouped together for convenience and because they share a similar structure.
  - Selecting Domains
    You typically have several Domains available to you, each covering a group of related tasks that fall into the purview of a specified Console Operator.
  - Navigating Domains
    Domains are a logical collection of sites that all have similar purposes and structure.
  - Minimizing the Domain Panel
    If you need more panel space, you can minimize the Domain Panel by clicking the minimize icon at the upper right of the panel.
  - Deleting Domains
    A domain can be deleted when all of its constituent sites have been deleted.
- 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.

Selecting Domains

You typically have several Domains available to you, each covering a group of related tasks that fall into the purview of a specified Console Operator.

As you add sites to your Console, they find their way into the appropriate Domains, and create new Domains when needed. The Domain Panel is on the left side of the Console, and buttons corresponding to the Domains are shown at the bottom of that panel.

This window displays the domain panel on the left side of the Console, and buttons corresponding to the domains are shown at the bottom of that panel.

Depending on the Domain you click, an overview is typically displayed in the Work Area. It shows a list of the most recent additions to the content for a quick appraisal.

At the bottom of the button list is a pull-out menu that lets you adjust the number of buttons you want to display.