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Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
Sites
Restricting Readers
Restrictions can be placed on Sites to limit access. As with operator permissions on Custom Sites, you can restrict both the operators and computers of most external Sites.

Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
- Accessing the console
  The console is the visible face of BigFix, used by the operator to monitor and repair networked computers running the BigFix client.
- Fixlets and Tasks
- Actions
  Actions are scripts that run on selected targets. They are used to fix policy violation and security exposures and to run configuration steps. Fixlet, tasks, and baselines depend on actions to run their remediation mission.
- Sites
  - Introducing Sites
    Sites are collections of Fixlet messages that are created internally by you, by HCL, or by other vendors.
  - Selecting Sites
    Upon installation, the program is automatically set up to subscribe to certain management and maintenance sites. Depending on the terms of your license, you might have subscriptions to other sites as well.
  - Viewing Site Properties
    After initiating a subscription, you can inspect its properties and signing authorities.
  - Restricting Computers
    There might be occasions where a BigFix Client or a group of Clients is storing redundant Fixlet messages, typically due to an overlap in site content.
  - Restricting Readers
    Restrictions can be placed on Sites to limit access. As with operator permissions on Custom Sites, you can restrict both the operators and computers of most external Sites.
  - Creating Custom Sites
    You can create a Custom Site to host your own Fixlet messages that are pertinent to your network.
  - Canceling a Subscription
    You can try out different Site subscriptions for your organization, because no actions are ever taken without your approval.
  - Adding Files to Sites
    You can add files to a Site.
  - Viewing and Deleting Site Files
    After adding files to a site as described in Adding Files to Sites, you can view or delete these files.
- Domains
- Roles
- Client Computers
- Computer Groups
- Analyses
- Baselines
- Relays and Servers
- Activating the license counting process
- Displays and Reports
- Menus
- The Dialogs

Restricting Readers

Restrictions can be placed on Sites to limit access. As with operator permissions on Custom Sites, you can restrict both the operators and computers of most external Sites.

Not all operators need to know about all sites, and some sites might be most easily managed by a single operator, such as an appointed Anti-Virus Czar or the Finance IT Manager. If you have Master Operator privileges, you can limit how many Non-Master Operators are able to view any specified Site. Here is how:

Select the desired site from the Domain Panel.
The site properties are shown in the Work Area. Click Operator Permissions.
You can click the box to Grant read permission globally. Otherwise, clear the box and set permissions on a user-by-user basis.
When you are satisfied with your selections, click OK.