Enabling the fixlet site on Windows without Internet access (BigFix scenario)

If the BigFix® server cannot access the Internet, use the Airgap tool to enable the fixlet site. When the site is enabled and the content loaded, use the BES Download Cacher to download and cache the files on the BigFix server.

1. Create a request file to obtain the list of fixlet sites to which you are entitled.
   1. Go to the BigFix server installation directory, by default C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Server, and run the BESAirgapTool.exe file. When prompted, save the files to a dedicated folder, for example Airgap.
   2. Copy the created files to a computer with Internet access, and run the BESAirgapTool.exe file on that computer. This action exchanges the request file for a response file.
   3. Copy the AirgapResponse file back to the computer where the BigFix server is installed, and place it in the Airgap folder.
   4. Remove the AirgapRequest.xml file from the Airgap folder.
   5. Run the BESAirgapTool.exe file to load the response to the BigFix server.
2. Enable the License Metric Tool site.
   1. Log in to the BigFix console.
   2. In the bottom-left corner of the console, click BigFix Management.
      
   3. In the left navigation panel, click License Overview.
      
   4. In the pane on the right, locate the entry called IBM License Metric Tool , and accept the license agreement.
   5. From the list of available sites, enable the IBM License Reporting (ILMT) v9 site.
3. To create a request file to load the content into the site, repeat step 1.
4. Subscribe all computers that you want to monitor to the License Metric Tool fixlet site so that its content becomes applicable to these computers.
   1. Log in to the BigFix console.
   2. In the left navigation panel, click Sites > External Sites > IBM License Reporting (ILMT) v9.
   3. In the pane on the right, open the Computer Subscriptions tab, and select computers that you want to monitor. If you want to monitor the entire infrastructure, select All Computers. Otherwise, specify appropriate filtering criteria. Click Save Changes.
      The IBM License Reporting.efxm file is created on the server.
5. Cache the content of the fixlet site on the BigFix server.
   1. On the computer where the BigFix server is installed, go to: install_dir\BES Server\wwwrootbes\bfsites. Copy the IBM License Reporting.efxm file.
   2. On a Windows computer with Internet access, create the C:\BigFix directory and place the IBM License Reporting.efxm file in that directory.
   3. In the C:\BigFix directory create a folder called downloads.
   4. Run the BES Download Cacher with the following command. You can download the BES Download Cacher from the BigFix wiki.

      BESDownloadCacher.exe -m "C:\BigFix\IBM License Reporting.efxm"
      -x C:\BigFix\downloads

      The BES Download Cacher downloads approximately 3 GB of required files.

   5. Optional: The default cache size is enough if you use only the IBM License Reporting (ILMT) v9 fixlet site. However, if you plan to run fixlets from other sites, such as BES Support, increase the cache size so that the BigFix server does not try to delete any files.
      1. Log in to the BigFix console.
      2. In the left navigation bar, click Computers and right-click the computer on which the BigFix server is installed. Then, click Edit Computer Settings.
      3. Increase the value of the _BESGather_Download_CacheLimitMB setting. If the setting is not on the list, add it and specify the value in MB.
         Tip: The size depends on each fixlet site, however you might need to increase it to at least a couple of gigabytes. The License Metric Tool site itself caches 3 GB of files.
   6. Copy the contents of the downloads folder from the computer with Internet access to the following directory on the computer where the BigFix server is installed:

      install_dir\BES Server\wwwrootbes\bfmirror\downloads\sha1