SUSE Linux Enterprise (64-bit) Installation Instructions
How to install the client on SUSE Linux Enterprise (64-bit).
Prerequisites
- Before running the BigFix Client user interface in a GNOME desktop environment on SLES/SLED 15, download and install libXaw8-1.0.13-1.26.x86_64.rpm.
- All RPM libraries installed on the system must be at the same level.
To install the client, do the following steps:
- Disable the SELinux process.
- Download the corresponding BigFix client RPM file to the SUSE computer.
- Install the RPM by running the command
rpm -ivh client_RPM_path
- Copy your actionsite masthead to the client computer (the masthead
contains configuration, license, and security information). The action
site masthead (
actionsite.afxm
) can be found in your BES Installation folders (by default they are placed underC:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Installers\Client
on Windows and/var/opt/BESInstallers/Client/
on Linux). If the masthead is not namedactionsite.afxm
, rename it toactionsite.afxm
and place it on the computer at the following location:/etc/opt/BESClient/actionsite.afxm
.Note: The directoryThe masthead file for each BigFix server is downloadable at/etc/opt/BESClient/
is not automatically created by the installer. If it does not exist, create it manually.http://servername:port/masthead/masthead.afxm
(example:http://bes.BigFix.com:52311/masthead/masthead.afxm
). - Start the BigFix client by running
the following command:
/etc/init.d/besclient start