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Configuration Management (SCM)
BigFix Compliance Configuration Management (SCM) includes configurable content that is checks and checklists, which assess and manages the devices to ensure compliance standards are met.
Configuration Management for Console User Guide
Configuration management (SCM) is used to manage security configuration of devices using checklists which includes creating custom checklists, customize individual checks, synchronizing, deploying checklists to devices.
Configuring UNIX checklists
You can configure checklists for the superseded and non-superseded UNIX content.
Configuring checklists

Configuration Management (SCM)
BigFix Compliance Configuration Management (SCM) includes configurable content that is checks and checklists, which assess and manages the devices to ensure compliance standards are met.
- Configuration Management for Console User Guide
  Configuration management (SCM) is used to manage security configuration of devices using checklists which includes creating custom checklists, customize individual checks, synchronizing, deploying checklists to devices.
  - Setting up Configuration Management
    Follow these steps to set up your Configuration Management deployment.
  - Using checks and checklists
  - Configuring Windows checklists
  - Configuring UNIX checklists
    You can configure checklists for the superseded and non-superseded UNIX content.
    - Configuring checklists
      - Select checks via task
        Follow these steps to run subsets of the checks on your own schedule.
      - Parametizing checks of UNIX content
        Use the task that is associated with a particular Fixlet to modify parameters for content from the console.
      - Running checklists
    - Analyses
    - Using the Create Custom Relevance SCM content wizard
      Follow these steps to incorporate custom checks into an existing SCM custom site.
    - Creating custom UNIX Security Configuration Management content
      Follow these steps to create custom check for UNIX Security Configuration Management.
  - Importing SCAP content
  - Configuration Management Reporting
    In previous releases, the primary reporting tools for the Configuration Management solution included the Configuration Management dashboard, Exception Management dashboard, and Web Reports.
  - Frequently asked questions
- Security Configuration Management for WebUI User Guide
  Security Configuration Management (SCM) App in WebUI continuously assess and manages the device for security misconfiguration and deviation, which enables operator to deploy remediation action to ensure the device meets compliance standards.

Configuring checklists

Use HCL BigFix for Configuration Management to configure your checklists by using the -F option in the action scripts or by parametizing checks from the console or at the system level.