[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix 11.0 Patch 2 is now available!
Announcements for BES Administrators
besadmin-announcements at bigmail.bigfix.com
Wed Mar 27 11:20:02 PDT 2024
The BigFix Team is pleased to announce the release of version 11 Patch 2
(11.0.2.125) of BigFix Platform. The main features in this release are as
follows:
*New **BigFix Explorer component** to extend the power of BigFix!*
With this release BigFix Platform introduces BigFix Explorer.
This new component provides REST API access to BigFix data in an easier,
more scalable and more resilient way.
It is designed to detach the datastore engine from Console and Web Reports
and use it as a standalone service to query the BigFix Server data using
Session Relevance expressions.
For details, see Introduction
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Explorer/c_bigfix_explorer_introduction.html>
and Explorer <https://developer.bigfix.com/rest-api/api/explorer.html>.
*Added Microsoft Entra ID as Identity provider*
BigFix Platform now allows to use Microsoft Entra ID (formerly known as
Microsoft Azure AD) as Identity Provider, to support the Single-Sign-On and
Multi-Factor-Authentication use cases. This allows the user directory on
Entra ID to be used for accessing the BigFix Console, Web Reports and WebUI.
For details, see Integrating with Microsoft Entra ID
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_azure_entra.html>
and Identity Provider Permissions
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Web_Reports/c_identity_provider.html>
.
*IPv6 **validation** completion*
Extensive validation scenarios were run, and problems addressed, to ensure
that BigFix platform components run both in IPv6-only and concurrent
IPv6+IPv4 configuration. For details, see IPv4 and IPv6 protocols
concurrent support
<https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0093361>.
*Removed init.d dependencies for RHEL and SUSE platforms*
With this release BigFix services are no longer dependent on init.d for
RHEL, SUSE and derived platforms. For details, see Managing the BigFix
Services
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_managing_server_services.html>
.
*Enhanced Archive Manager** capabilities*
A new set of REST APIs named "Archive Manager" is available to list,
retrieve or remove the files uploaded by the Archive Manager on the BigFix
Server. Additional customization is also possible with respect to Archive
Manager file cleanup policy. For details, see Archive Manager
<https://developer.bigfix.com/rest-api/api/archivemanager.html> and Automatic
Server Clean Up
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Config/r_client_set.html#r_client_set__cleanup>
.
*VM**w**are Plugin **enhancements*
The VMware Plugin has been extended with inspectors and action commands to
improve the management capabilities for both host and guest systems. For
details, see Introduction to Cloud Plugins
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_cloudplugins_introduction.html>
, Configuring cloud plugins
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_config_cplugins.html>
, VMware Asset Discovery Plugin Inspectors
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_vmware_cloudplugins_inspectors.html>
and VMware Plugin Commands
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_vmware_cloudplugins_commands.html>
.
*Inspector Updates*
· *Added client inspector type to support 128-bit signed integers*
o A new client inspector type named "large integer" was created to
support the 128-bit signed integers. For details, see large integer
<https://developer.bigfix.com/relevance/reference/large-integer.html>.
· *Added client inspector constructor to support BigFix Explorer*
o A new client inspector constructor named "explorer service" was created
to provide access to the BESExplorer service, if available on the local
system. For details, see service
<https://developer.bigfix.com/relevance/reference/service.html>.
· *Added client inspector properties*
o New client inspector properties named "display name of" and "linux of"
were added to return the OS name in a human readable format and to verify
if the computer is running Linux. For details, see operating system
<https://developer.bigfix.com/relevance/reference/operating-system.html>.
*Library and driver upgrades*
· The jQuery library was upgraded to Version 3.7.1.
· The libcURL library was upgraded to Version 8.6.0.
· The Microsoft ODBC Driver was upgraded to Version 17.10.5.1.
· The OpenSSL library was upgraded to Version 3.1.5.
· The sqlite library was upgraded to Version 3.45.1.
· The zlib library was upgraded to Version 1.3.1.
*Additional information about this release *
· The standalone BigFix tools are published under the 11.0 Utilities
<https://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/> section in BigFix Enterprise
Suite Download Center
· A Non-Functional Requirements checklist, covering both performance
and security management of your BigFix deployment, is available at BigFix
Performance & Capacity Planning Resources <https://bigfix-mark.github.io/>
*References*
· See the full technical changelist
<https://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-110.txt>
*Pre-Upgrade Considerations *
Important considerations to keep into account before upgrading to BigFix
Platform Version 11 are:
· BigFix Version 10.0.7 is the minimum version supporting the upgrade
of the BigFix server components to Version 11
· You must enable the “Enhanced Security” before upgrading BigFix
Platform to Version 11
· The minimum TLS supported protocol in BigFix V11 is TLS 1.2
· The SHA1 hashing algorithm for content and action signature will no
longer be supported. SHA1 is still supported for file download in
actionscript
For details, see the BigFix Platform V11 Overview Page
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_overview.html>
· The unixODBC RPM package is a prerequisite for the Server
components on Linux systems (see Server Requirements). This applies to
installations with a DB2 database.
· The msodbcsql17 RPM package is a prerequisite for the Server
components on Linux systems (see Server Requirements). This applies to
installations with a MSSQL database.
For details, see Upgrade paths (Windows)
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1.html>
and Upgrade paths (Linux)
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1_linux.html>
· For detailed information on the specific changes to minimum
supported versions of operating systems and databases for BigFix 11,
see Detailed
system requirements
<https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0104120>.
· Before getting started with the upgrade process, stop any active
application that is connected to the BigFix database (such as Web Reports,
WebUI, BigFix Inventory, or BigFix Compliance).
*Useful links *
· BigFix downloads and release information
<https://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/>
· BigFix 11 Platform Documentation
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/welcome/BigFix_Platform_welcome.html>
· Upgrade Windows considerations
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1.html>
· Upgrade Linux considerations
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1_linux.html>
· Detailed system requirements
<https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0104120>
A blog that discusses the benefits of BigFix 11 is available here
<https://bigfix-mark.github.io/Blogs/BigFix%2011%20Improvements%20v1.pdf>
Upgrade Fixlets are available in BES Support version 1488 (or later).
Continue to discuss on the forum
<https://forum.bigfix.com/t/bigfix-11-0-patch-2-is-now-available/48158>
– HCL BigFix – Platform Team
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