System Requirements
Set up your deployment according to the system requirements to successfully deploy BigFix Compliance Analytics.
Configure your BigFix Compliance Analytics deployment according to the following requirements:
Components | Requirements |
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Supported browser versions |
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Supported HCL BigFix component versions |
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SCA server operating system requirements |
Note: BigFix Compliance Analytics supports operating systems with the 64-bit versions only.
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SCA database server requirements |
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SCA server | You must have Administrator privileges on the target SCA server. |
SCA database | You must have dbcreator permissions on the target SCA database. server. |
HCL BigFix database user permissions | HCL BigFix database user permissions |
SCM mastheads and Fixlet sites |
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HCL BigFix DB2 database permissions | You must have data administration authority (DATAACCESS) to perform the
following tasks:
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HCL BigFix database permissions for datasources | You must have the following MSSQL and DB2 permissions to perform tasks related
to datasource.
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Server API credentials for PCI DSS policy sites users | Using the PCI DSS policy sites requires providing additional BigFix API user
credentials for each datasource that uses PCI. Users must have master operator credentials or must
meet the following minimum requirements:
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BigFix Compliance End of Support (EOS)
BFC Server (or BFC Analytics, previously SCA) is a BigFix Compliance application and so has its own versioning. BigFix Compliance version is the official marketing version of BigFix Compliance, however, it does not denote the version of the BFC Server code. Under each BigFix Compliance version, the BFC development team releases application updates, which are numbered independently. The EOS date of BFC is the same as that of BigFix Compliance.
The following table lists the releases and EOS date of BigFix Compliance (previously Security and Compliance) and BFC Server.
BigFix Compliance versions | BigFix Compliance Analytics/BFC versions | End of Support date |
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8.2.x | 1.4.x | 2016-04-30 |
9.0.x | 1.4.x | 2016-04-30 |
9.1.x | 1.5.x | 2017-09-30 |
9.2.x | 1.6.x, 1.7.x, 1.8.x | 2020-03-31 |
BigFix Compliance versions | BigFix Compliance Analytics/BFC versions |
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9.5.x | 1.8.x, 1.9.x, 1.10.x, 2.0.x |