Perl Script deploy from Bigfix

[Nagaraj]

Hi All,

Is there any option to deploy perl script to the linux endpoints,
rpm deployment wizard cannot make as fixlet with out rpm file,

Is there any other way please share your inputs,

Thanks,
Nagarajan,

[cmcannady]

Can you script the process in Bash? If so, use the createfile option in Action Script to drop the Bash script contents to the endpoints and then execute.

I’d still recommend using prefetch to download any required binaries, etc. to the endpoints so that it’s pulled through the BigFix cache.

[Nagaraj]

Could you share sample action command for create file option,

[cmcannady]

See the contents of this post for details on using the createfile feature.

Creating fixlet

Here’s the action script source that I’ve utilized in the past to pull files from an internal HTTP resource and drop into the BES cache on the root server. This will only work on NIX endpoints with Bash installed. // Query for action parameters of fixlet action parameter query "_filename" with description "Please enter the file name." action parameter query "_sha1" with description "Please enter SHA1 value of the file." action parameter query "_internal_url" with description "Please enter the …

[Nagaraj]

thanks for your help @cmcannady