Before you begin
You need a Windows or Linux computer with the Internet access.
Procedure
- Obtain the serial number of your BigFix server and the e-mail address that is specified in
the BigFix license. To obtain this information,
go to the following URL:
https://<ip_address>:<port_number>/masthead/masthead.afxm.
Where:
- <ip_address>
- IP address of the BigFix server.
- <port_number>
- Port that is used by the BigFix server. By
default, it is 52311.
The information is listed in the following
lines.
From: <mail_address>
X-Fixlet-Site-Serial-Number: <serial_number>
- On a computer with the Internet access, gather site contents and
create the Airgap response file. You can perform these steps on Windows or Linux, regardless of the
operating system on which the BigFix server is
installed.
- To gather site
contents and create the Airgap response file on a Windows computer with the Internet access, perform
the following steps.
- Download the Airgap tool, and extract the files. The tool is available in the BigFix Enterprise Suite Download Center. Choose the
version of the Airgap Tool compatible with your version of BigFix.
- Open the command line, go to the directory where you extracted the Airgap tool, and run the
following command.
BESAirgapTool.exe -serial <serial_number> -email
<mail_address> -createSiteList <site_list_file_name>
Where:
- <serial_number>
- Serial number of your BigFix server.
- <mail_address>
- E-mail address that is specified in the BigFix license.
- <site_list_file_name>
- Name of the file to which you want to write the sites for your BigFix license.
- Open the <site_list_file_name> file and check whether the flag
A
is specified next to the IBM License Reporting site. The flag indicates that
contents of the IBM License Reporting site is gathered and necessary files are downloaded. If a
different flag is specified, change it to
A
.N::BES Support::http://sync.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/bfgather/bessupport
A::IBM License Reporting::http://sync.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/bfgather/ibmlicensereporting
- Open the command line, go to the directory where you extracted the Airgap tool, and run the
following
command.
BESAirgapTool.exe -site <site_list_file_name> -download -cache <cache_name>
Where:
- <site_list_file_name>
- Name of the file that contains the list of sites for your BigFix license.
- <cache_name>
- Path to the folder where you want to store the downloaded files.
As a result, files are downloaded to the <cache_name> folder, and the
AirgapResponse file is created.
- To gather site
contents and create the Airgap response file on a Linux computer with the Internet access, perform
the following steps.
- Go to the computer where the BigFix server is
installed, open the terminal, and run the following
command.
# cd /opt/BESServer/bin
# ./Airgap.sh -remotedir <folder_name>
Where:
<folder_name> is the folder that you will copy to the Linux computer with the
Internet access.
- Move the <folder_name> folder to the Linux computer with the Internet
access.
- In the <folder_name> folder, locate the airgap.tar
compressed file, and decompress it.
- From the decompressed folder, delete the AirgapRequest.xml file.
- Open the terminal, go to the directory where you extracted the Airgap tool, and run the
following command.
./Airgap.sh -serial <serial_number> -email
<mail_address> -createSiteList <site_list_file_name>
Where:
- <serial_number>
- Serial number of your BigFix server.
- <mail_address>
- E-mail address that you specified in the BigFix license.
- <site_list_file_name>
- Name of the file to which you want to write the sites for your BigFix license.
- Open the <site_list_file_name> file and check whether the flag
A
is specified next to the IBM License Reporting site. The flag indicates that
contents of the IBM License Reporting site is gathered and necessary files are downloaded. If a
different flag is specified, change it to
A
.N::BES Support::http://sync.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/bfgather/bessupport
A::IBM License Reporting::http://sync.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/bfgather/ibmlicensereporting
- Open the terminal, go to the directory where you extracted the Airgap tool, and run the
following
command.
./Airgap.sh -site <site_list_file_name> -download -cache <cache_name>
Where:
- <site_list_file_name>
- Name of the file that contains the list of sites for your BigFix license.
- <cache_name>
- Path to the folder where you want to store the downloaded files.
As a result, files are downloaded to the
<cache_name> folder, and the
AirgapResponse file is created.
- Copy the AirgapResponse, and the <cache_name>
folder to the Linux computer where the BigFix
server is installed.
Place the files in the following locations.
- Place the AirgapResponse file in the folder with the
Airgap.sh script.
- Place the content of the <cache_name> folder in the BigFix server cache folder. By default, the cache folder
is: /var/opt/BESServer/wwwrootbes/bfmirror/downloads/sha1.
- Open the terminal, go to the directory where you placed the files and run the following
command to import the content of the fixlet site to your BigFix server.