Set up the BigFix Inventory spoke

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title: Set up the BigFix Inventory spoke
description: Integrate the ServiceNow instance and the BigFix Inventory using an API key for authenticating ServiceNow requests.Generate an API key that enables your ServiceNow instance to request access to the BigFix Inventory instance.Configure the connection and credential record that contains the information to request access to the BigFix Inventory instance.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/integrate-applications/integration-hub/setup-bigfix.html
release: australia
product: Integration Hub
classification: integration-hub
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 2
breadcrumb: [BigFix Inventory Spoke, Integration Hub spokes, Build integrations, Integration Hub, Workflow Data Fabric]
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# Set up the BigFix Inventory spoke

Integrate the ServiceNow instance and the BigFix Inventory using an API key for authenticating ServiceNow requests.

## Before you begin

-   Request an Integration Hub subscription.
-   Activate the BigFix Inventory spoke.
-   BigFix Inventory administrator access to the BigFix Inventory portal.
-   Role required: admin.

## Generate an API key

Generate an API key that enables your ServiceNow instance to request access to the BigFix Inventory instance.

### Before you begin

BigFix Inventory requirements:

-   BigFix Inventory account
-   Role required: BigFix Inventory administrator

Complete these steps from your BigFix Inventory environment. For more information on installation and configuration, see [BigFix V9.5 Inventory Documentation](https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/inventory/welcome/BigFix_Inventory_welcome.html).

### Procedure

1.  Log in to your BigFix Inventory portal.

2.  On the Overview page, select the Profile icon \(\[Omitted image "bigfix-inventory-spoke-profile-icon.png"\] Alt text: Profile icon.\).\[Omitted image "bigfix-inventory-spoke-overview-page.png"\] Alt text: BigFix Inventory portal Overview page.

3.  Select Profile.

4.  On the Edit User page, select the Show token link in the API Token field.\[Omitted image "bigfix-inventory-spoke-api-token-link.png"\] Alt text: Show token link in the API Token field.

5.  Copy the API token and store at a secure place.

6.  Navigate to **Management** > **Configuration** > **Mail Setting**.

7.  Configure the mail settings.

    \[Omitted image "bigfix-mailsettings.png"\] Alt text: Mail settings.

8.  Schedule exports of the required reports.

    1.  Navigate to the required report under **Reports**, for example, **Computers**.

        \[Omitted image "bigfix-report.png"\] Alt text: BigFix reports.

    2.  Select **Schedule Export**.

        \[Omitted image "bigfix-comp-rep.png"\] Alt text: Schedule export.

    3.  On the form, specify the ServiceNow instance email address to which the report must be sent and the frequency and time at which the report must be emailed.

        \[Omitted image "bigfix-scheduleexp.png"\] Alt text: Schedule Export configurations.

    4.  Save the configurations.


## Configure the connection and credential record

Configure the connection and credential record that contains the information to request access to the BigFix Inventory instance.

### Before you begin

Role required: admin

### Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Process Automation** > **Workflow Studio**.

2.  Click the **Integrations** tab.

3.  Under **Connections**, toggle and enable the **Outbound** connections.

4.  Locate the alias for **BigFix\_Inventory** and click **View Details**.

    -   To configure the default connection and credential alias record that is shipped along with the BigFix Inventory spoke, click **View Details**.

        \[Omitted image "bigfix-inventory-connection.png"\] Alt text: Connection for the BigFix Inventory spoke

    -   To manage more than one BigFix Inventory spoke connection records, you should create a new child alias record by clicking **Add Connection**. For more information about using multiple connections, see [Supporting multiple connections](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/integration-hub/support-multiple-connections.md).
    If you are configuring the spoke for the first time, click **Configure**. Otherwise, click **Edit**.

    \[Omitted image "bigfix-inventory-connection-conf.png"\] Alt text: Initial connection configuration.

5.  On the form, fill in these fields:

    |Field|Value required|
    |-----|--------------|
    |Connection Information|
    |Name|Name of the connection established with the BigFix Inventory instance. The first connection's default name is automatically assigned to match the name specified in the Connections and Credentials form on the Connection & Credential Aliases page. To provide your custom name, create a connection record by selecting `Add Connection`.|
    |URL|The URL your ServiceNow instance uses to connect to the BigFix Inventory instance.|
    |Credential Information|
    |API Key|The key that your ServiceNow instance requires to access the BigFix Inventory instance. Enter the API key that you had generated in the BigFix Inventory portal. To learn how to generate an API key, see[Generate an API key](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/integration-hub/setup-bigfix.md).|

    \[Omitted image "bigfix-inventory-conf-temp.png"\] Alt text: Configure a connection for the BigFix Inventory spoke.

6.  Click **Save**.