Home
WebUI User's Guide
Read this guide for an introduction to the WebUI tools, concepts, and terminology.
Extending BigFix management capabilities
BigFix 10 delivers a few significant new functions for enhancing the visibility and management of devices on your network regardless of whether the devices are physical or virtual.
Managing cloud plugins
BigFix 10 Platform includes a plugin for every cloud provider supported, namely Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, VMware and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Each of these cloud providers has its own uniqueness, capabilities, and ways to interface with an external program and they handle access to data and capabilities differently.
Installing the BigFix agent on cloud-native devices
From BigFix WebUI, you can install the BigFix agent on the AWS and Azure environments and use the cloud provider services.

WebUI User's Guide
Read this guide for an introduction to the WebUI tools, concepts, and terminology.
- Welcome
  Welcome to BigFix WebUI. The WebUI delivers a powerful set of functions for BigFix operators. It simplifies BigFix workflows, speeds access to data, and improves flexibility, visibility, and performance.
- Meet the WebUI
  Take a quick tour of the WebUI screens, controls, and workflow.
- Get Started with Devices
  Use the Device screens to view and manage all the devices in your environment as determined by your permission levels. You can find specific devices, access device documents, select devices for deployment, generate and export device reports and do much more.
- Get Started with Patch
  Use the Patch screens to list patches, find specific patches, and view detailed patch information including known issues, vulnerable devices, and deployments.
- Get Started with Patch Policy
  A patch policy is a set of criteria that defines a patch list; that is, a collection of Fixlets that meet the patching criteria of a specific set of endpoints.
- Get started with IVR
  Use the Insights for Vulnerability Remediation (IVR) application to view a list of all the vulnerabilities, remediate vulnerabilities and create customized IVR reports.
- Get Started with Software
  A BigFix software package is the collection of Fixlets used to install software on a device. The package includes the installation files, the Fixlets that install them, and information about the package itself.
- Get Started with Custom Content
  Use the Custom Content pages to view custom content, edit tasks, and view related information, including applicable devices and deployments.
- Get Started with BigFix Query
  Use the BigFix Query feature to retrieve data from endpoints through a dedicated query channel, where the memory available on each Relay minimizes the impact to normal BigFix processing.
- Take Action: The Deploy Sequence
  To deploy means to dispatch content such as applications, modules, updates, and patches to one or more endpoints. For example, by deploying a software, you install the software in the targeted endpoints. BigFix WebUI enables you to configure the content and the target devises to create a deployment and monitor the deployment status. The work flow including all the steps, processes, and activities that are required to create a deployment is collectively called as the Deploy Sequence.
- Get Started with Deployments
  Use the Deployment views to monitor and verify completion of BigFix deployments.
- Get Started with the Content App
  Use the Content App to work with Fixlets, tasks, and baselines on the BigFix sites. Search, filter, and deploy content using standard WebUI tools.
- Get Started with Extensions Management Application
  BigFix Extension Management application provides you the possibility to extend WebUI features beyond what is delivered in the products that you are currently entitled to. You can address specific use cases that are not currently fulfilled by the product by adding ad-hoc extensions to WebUI.
- Modern Client Management and BigFix Mobile
  This section guides you through BigFix Modern Client Management (MCM) and BigFix Mobile to understand the MCM concepts, terminologies, features, and functionality. You can find detailed instructions for managing the complete lifecycle of your MDM managed endpoints here.
- Extending BigFix management capabilities
  BigFix 10 delivers a few significant new functions for enhancing the visibility and management of devices on your network regardless of whether the devices are physical or virtual.
  - Managing cloud plugins
    BigFix 10 Platform includes a plugin for every cloud provider supported, namely Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, VMware and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Each of these cloud providers has its own uniqueness, capabilities, and ways to interface with an external program and they handle access to data and capabilities differently.
    - Installing the plugin portal
      The Plugin Portal is a new component introduced in BigFix 10 to help manage cloud devices as well as modern devices such as Windows 10 and MacOS endpoints enrolled to BigFix. For details on modern client management, see the Modern Client Management documentation.
    - Installing cloud plugins
      Install and manage cloud plugins.
    - Working with cloud plugins
      If you have the cloud plugins enabled and they have discovered cloud instances in your environment, you can access those cloud devices from the Devices page and work with them.
    - Limit AWS Regions to restrict the scope of device discovery
      AWS organizes the data centers and virtual instances by region. This property of a cloud instance is reported in AWS Region by the Amazon Web Services Resources analyses.
    - Installing BigFix Agent on cloud discovered devices
      From BigFix WebUI, you can install the BigFix Agent code on the devices that have been discovered by cloud plugins.
    - Installing the BigFix agent on cloud-native devices
      From BigFix WebUI, you can install the BigFix agent on the AWS and Azure environments and use the cloud provider services.
      - Agent installation from the Devices page
        After you select devices, you can install the agent from the Administration menu of the Devices page.
- Support
  For more information about this product, see the following resources:

Installing the BigFix agent on cloud-native devices

From BigFix WebUI, you can install the BigFix agent on the AWS and Azure environments and use the cloud provider services.

Before you begin

This task is available starting with BigFix Platform Version 10 Patch 2. You must install this patch before you start this task.

About this task

WebUI uses native cloud API services.

Procedure

To deploy the BigFix agent through the WebUI:

From the landing page of the WebUI, click the gear icon at the top right corner and from the dropdown menu select Install Agent.
The Install BigFix agent page displays allowing you to install the agent on devices already discovered and registered in BigFix using one of the available installation methods:
AWS native API

This method deploys the agent using the Amazon Web Services native cloud API services and requires AWS access with execution privileges.

Azure native API

This method deploys the agent using the Microsoft Azure native cloud API services and requires Azure access with execution privileges.
Note: These choices are displayed in brackets and link to the devices that meet these criteria:
- Devices that are relevant to the installation Fixlet.
- Devices that satisfy the prerequisites required by the installation.
You might have more devices discovered in your cloud platforms but, without the prerequisites needed for leveraging the native API services, they are not displayed.

Note: For more details about the native agent installation errors (exit codes) and suggested actions, see BigFix Agent installation on cloud resources.