Adding Local Operators

You can create accounts for operators that access the console using the local BigFix account.

To add a local operator perform the following steps:

1. Click the Tools > Create Operator menu item or right click in the operators work area and select Create Operator. The Add User dialog appears.
   
   
2. Enter the Username of the person you want to designate as a publisher or operator.
3. Create a Password and retype it for confirmation. When you give the keys to your operators, they can change their passwords if they want.
4. Click OK. The Console Operator window opens.
   
   
5. From the Details tab, assign operator permissions.

   You also decide to influence the ability of the operator to trigger restart and shutdown as Post-Action or to include them in BigFix Action Scripts. Depending on the configuration that you set for a specific operator for shutdown and restart, the radio button in the Take action panel might be disabled for that operator. This configuration has no effect on actions with type other than BigFix Action Script.

   You can also set permissions to access the BigFix Console and REST API.

6. From the Administered Computers tab, assign the desired computers to this operator.
7. From the Assigned Role tab, select the roles to apply to this operator.
8. From the Sites tab, assign the sites you want this operator to have access to.
9. From the Computer Assignments tab, specify the properties that must be matched by the computers that the operator can manage. For master operators, the assigned computers are always all the computers irrespective of the computers being assigned.
10. To save the changes click Save Changes.

At any time, you can also convert a local operator to an LDAP operator. To do so, follow these steps:

1. From any list of local operators, right click on the operator you want to convert.
2. From the context menu, select Convert to LDAP Operator.