Enabling the fixlet site 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. Log in to a Windows computer with Internet access and download the Airgap tool. The tool is available on the BigFix Enterprise Suite Download Center page.
   Important: Ensure that the version of the Airgap tool that you download corresponds with the version of your BigFix server.
2. Create a request file to obtain the list of fixlet sites to which you are entitled.
   1. Log in to the Linux computer where the BigFix server is installed.
   2. Go to the BigFix server installation directory, by default /opt/BESServer/bin, and run the following command to start the Airgap tool.

      ./Airgap.sh -remotedir /directory

      Where directory is the directory in which the airgap.tar file is created.
   3. Extract the airgap.tar file.

      tar xvf airgap.tar

   4. Copy the extracted AirgapRequest.xml file to the Windows computer, and place it in the folder that contains the downloaded BESAirgapTool.exe file.
   5. On the Windows computer, run the BESAirgapTool.exe file. This action exchanges the request file for a response file.
   6. Copy the AirgapResponse file to the Linux computer, and place it in the /opt/BESServer/bin directory.
   7. Run the Airgap tool again on the Linux computer.

      ./Airgap.sh -run

3. 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.
4. To create a request file to load the content into the site, repeat step 2.
5. 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.
6. Cache the content of the fixlet site on the BigFix server.
   1. On the computer where the BigFix server is installed, go to the install_dir/BESServer/wwwrootbes/bfsites directory. Copy the IBM License Reporting.efxm file to a Windows computer with Internet access, and place it in the C:\BigFix directory.
   2. In the C:\BigFix directory create a folder called downloads.
   3. Run the BES Download Cacher with the following command:

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

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

   4. 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 panel, 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.
   5. 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/BESServer/wwwrootbes/bfmirror/downloads/sha1