Extraction usage

Optionally, you can also specify the following command line parameters:

-usehttps

All urls beginning with "http" are forced to use "https" to gather license information and site contents. Note that some urls in Fixlets begin with "https" and some patch sites might redirect requests to urls beginning with "https".

-proxy [user:password@]hostname:port

This option is available only starting from BigFix Version 9.5.5. Used when the workstation that has access to the public Internet can connect only through a proxy server. In this case, after the -proxy option, specify the host name and the port of the proxy server in the format hostname:port. If the proxy is an authenticating proxy, add also the user ID and the password in the format userid:password@hostname:port. In extraction usage, when a proxy server is configured in the client registry settings or in the Internet Explorer settings for the current user and the -proxy option is not specified, the proxy settings are used as in earlier versions of the Airgap tool. When you use the -proxy option, the specified values are used regardless of other settings.

-cacert <full_path_to_ca-bundle.crt_file>

To specify a path in which to store the file ca-bundle.crt, if you want to use a different folder from that where the Airgap tool runs. The file ca-bundle.crt is used to validate the server certificate when you use the -usehttps option, or when the URL in the Fixlet begins with "https". The option -cacert can only be used together with the -usehttps option.

Take the portable drive back to the BigFix server computer and run the BESAirgapTool.exe again by double-clicking BESAirgapTool.exe or invoking it from the command line without any parameters. Ensure that you are running it logged on as a user that:

• Has Administrator privileges.
• Has the database permissions necessary to add content to the BFEnterprise database.

Ensure that on the Linux computer, the Airgap tool is located in the same path where you installed the BigFix server. The default path is /opt/BESServer/bin. Open the Linux Terminal, and enter the following commands to create a tar file named airgap.tar, containing the AirgapRequest.xml file based on the BigFix database information:

# cd /opt/BESServer/bin 
# ./Airgap.sh -remotedir directory

Where:

-remotedir directory

Runs Airgap to generate the request file in the specified folder.

Copy the airgap.tar file to a portable drive, and extract the airgap.tar file content by issuing the following command:

# tar -xf airgap.tar

Ensure that your system has an environment variable named LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to the path of the folder containing the DB2 library libdb2.so.1. Ensure that the Airgap.sh and AirgapRequest.xml files are in the same folder and that you have writing rights to that folder. Run the Airgap.sh command.

Optionally, you can also specify the following command line parameters:

-usehttps

All urls beginning with "http" are forced to use "https" to gather license information and site contents. Note that some urls in Fixlets begin with "https" and some patch sites might redirect requests to urls beginning with "https".

-proxy [user:password@]hostname:port

Used when the workstation that has access to the public Internet can connect only through a proxy server. In this case, after the -proxy option, specify the host name and the port of the proxy server in the format hostname:port. If the proxy is an authenticating proxy, add also the user ID and the password in the format userid:password@hostname:port.

-cacert <full_path_to_ca-bundle.crt_file>

To specify a path in which to store the file ca-bundle.crt, if you want to use a different folder from that where the Airgap tool runs. The file ca-bundle.crt is used to validate the server certificate when you use the -usehttps option, or when the URL in the Fixlet begins with "https". The option -cacert can only be used together with the -usehttps option.

If you receive the following error message when running the Airgap tool:

./Airgap: error while loading shared libraries: libdb2.so.1: 
cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Create and export the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable by running the command:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/your/path/"

Where:

/your/path

Is the path of the folder containing the DB2 library libdb2.so.1

Connect the portable drive back to the BigFix server computer and run the Airgap.sh command. This imports the response file with Fixlet content and license updates into your deployment.

# cd airgap 
# ./Airgap.sh -run

Optionally, you can also specify the following option:

-temp directory

The Airgap tool creates temporary files under the /tmp directory, but in the event you do not have enough space left in it, you can use this option to specify a different folder where you have enough space.