Additional configuration steps
These topics explain additional configuration steps that you can run in your environment.
- Managing operators and permissions
- Using multiple servers (DSA)
- Installing and configuring the email notification service
You can use the email notification service to send automatic email notifications to notify you about the completion status of Baselines that you run. To use this notification feature, you must first install the notification service by running a Task. After you have installed the service, you must configure it by running another Task. - Configuring the FillDB database insertion level
- Increasing the size of the FillDB buffer directory
- Configuring ODBC
- Configuring HTTPS for Web Reports
- Configuring the number of Web Reports results
- Configuring HTTPS for REST API
- Configuring the root server to use a trusted certificate for console and REST connections
If you have a trusted security certificate and key from a certificate authority, you can configure the BigFix root server to use this certificate and key to enable trusted connections. After you have completed the configuration, connections from the REST API and console use this trusted certificate. - Downloading files in air-gapped environments
- FIPS 140-2 cryptography in the BigFix environment
- Managing Client Encryption
- Message Level Encryption (MLE) Overview
- Changing the Client Icon
- Optimizing the servers
- Optimizing the consoles
- Managing Bandwidth
- Dynamic Throttling
- Managing Downloads
- Creating custom client dashboards
- Geographically locating clients
- Locking clients
- Editing the Masthead on Windows systems
- Editing the Masthead on Linux systems
- Obfuscating server passwords
- Modifying Global System Options
- Extending the IBM BigFix License
- Re-creating Site Credentials
- Configuring Linux environment
Things to consider when configuring a Linux environment.