How to download a file from BigFix server to client

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Hi
I am new to Bigfix products. I am trying to use Bigfix to distribute files to the client workstations. I use BFArchive.exe to package the files, but I do not know to to distribute them to the clients. I read about the prefetch and download commands but they seems to require a url argument.

How do I get the clients to get the files from the BF server?

thanks
ek

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The easiest way is to use the “Manage Software Distribution” wizard. That takes care of uploading the files from your Console to the server (it archives them as well, so you don’t need to run bfarchive manually).

Alternatively, you can manually copy them to your BigFix server (create a new folder, beneath wwwrootbes) and reference the downloads as “https://my-bes-server.example.com:52311/MyCustomFolder/filename.bfa”

You could also upload them via the REST API, using the /api/upload resource. There’s a reference on the REST API at https://developer.bigfix.com that should be helpful.

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OK I will try it out. thanks for the fast reply