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:

Table 1. Supported components and system requirements to deploy BigFix Compliance Analytics

Components Requirements
Supported browser versions
  • Internet Explorer versions 10.0, 11.0
  • Firefox 31 and later versions
  • Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) versions 24 and 31
  • Google Chrome 35.0 and later versions
Supported HCL BigFix component versions
  • Console versions 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.5
  • Web Reports versions 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.5
  • Windows Client versions 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.5
  • UNIX Client versions 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.5
SCA server operating system requirements
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (64-bit only)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Windows 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Note: BigFix Compliance Analytics supports operating systems with the 64-bit versions only.
SCA database server requirements
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2014
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2016
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
  • You might have earlier BigFix Fixlets, HCL BigFix Fixlets, and custom Fixlets for security compliance in your deployment. These Fixlets continue to function correctly, but only certain Fixlets display within the SCA reports.
  • To view the current list of SCM sites that are supported with SCA, see the SCM Checklists.
HCL BigFix DB2 database permissions You must have data administration authority (DATAACCESS) to perform the following tasks:
  • Access to create objects
  • Access to data within an HCL BigFix DB2 database
HCL BigFix database permissions for datasources You must have the following MSSQL and DB2 permissions to perform tasks related to datasource.
MSSQL
Note: MSSQL requires dbcreator permissions at a minimum. The following permission requirements are required for the datasource related tasks.
  • SELECT, EXECUTE
  • During set up or when upgrading: CREATE SCHEMA, CREATE TABLE, CREATE VIEW, CREATE FUNCTION
DB2
  • DATAACCESS
  • During set up or when upgrading: DBADM
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:
  • Can use REST API
  • Have reader permission for the PCI DSS Reporting site

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.

Table 2. End of Support date of BigFix Compliance (previously Security and Compliance) and BFC Server
BigFix Compliance versions BigFix Compliance Analytics/BFC versions End of Support date
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
Table 3. SCA and BES: Support Matrix
BigFix Compliance versions BigFix Compliance Analytics/BFC versions
9.5.x 1.8.x, 1.9.x, 1.10.x, 2.0.x