Configuration

• Configuring the Fleet binary
  • High-level configuration overview
  • Commands
  • Options
• Managing osquery configurations
• Running with systemd
• Configuring single sign on
  • Identity provider (IDP) configuration
  • Fleet SSO configuration
  • Creating SSO users in Fleet
• Feature flags

Configuring the Fleet binary

For information on how to run the fleet binary, find detailed usage information by running fleet --help. This document is a more detailed version of the data presented in the help output text. If you prefer to use a CLI instead of a web browser, we hope you like the binary interface of the Fleet application!

High-level configuration overview

In order to get the most out of running the Fleet server, it is helpful to establish a mutual understanding of what the desired architecture looks like and what it's trying to accomplish.

Your Fleet server's two main purposes are:

• To serve as your osquery TLS server
• To serve the Fleet web UI, which allows you to manage osquery configuration, query hosts, etc.

The Fleet server allows you to persist configuration, manage users, etc. Thus, it needs a database. Fleet uses MySQL and requires you to supply configurations to connect to a MySQL server. It is also possible to configure your connection to a MySQL replica in addition to the primary. This is for reading only. Fleet also uses Redis to perform more high-speed data access action throughout the applications lifecycle (for example, distributed query result ingestion). Thus, Fleet also requires that you supply Redis connection configurations.

Fleet can scale to hundreds of thousands of devices with a single Redis instance and is also compatible with Redis Cluster. Fleet does not support Redis Sentinel.

Since Fleet is a web application, when you run it there are other configurations that must be defined, such as:

• The TLS certificates that Fleet should use to terminate TLS.

When deploying Fleet, mitigate DoS attacks as you would when deploying any app.

Since Fleet is an osquery TLS server, you are also able to define configurations that can customize your experience there, such as:

• The destination of the osquery status and result logs on the local filesystem
• Various details about the refresh/check-in intervals for your hosts

Commands

The fleet binary contains several "commands." Similarly to how git has many commands (git status, git commit, etc.), the fleet binary accepts the following commands:

• fleet prepare db
• fleet serve
• fleet version
• fleet config_dump

Options

How do you specify options?

You can specify options in the order of precedence via

• a configuration file (in YAML format).
• environment variables.
• command-line flags.

For example, all of the following ways of launching Fleet are equivalent:

Using only CLI flags

/usr/bin/fleet serve \
--mysql_address=127.0.0.1:3306 \
--mysql_database=fleet \
--mysql_username=root \
--mysql_password=toor \
--redis_address=127.0.0.1:6379 \
--server_cert=/tmp/server.cert \
--server_key=/tmp/server.key \
--logging_json

Using only environment variables

FLEET_MYSQL_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1:3306 \
FLEET_MYSQL_DATABASE=fleet \
FLEET_MYSQL_USERNAME=root \
FLEET_MYSQL_PASSWORD=toor \
FLEET_REDIS_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1:6379 \
FLEET_SERVER_CERT=/tmp/server.cert \
FLEET_SERVER_KEY=/tmp/server.key \
FLEET_LOGGING_JSON=true \
/usr/bin/fleet serve

Using a YAML config file

echo '

mysql:
  address: 127.0.0.1:3306
  database: fleet
  username: root
  password: toor
redis:
  address: 127.0.0.1:6379
server:
  cert: /tmp/server.cert
  key: /tmp/server.key
logging:
  json: true
' > /tmp/fleet.yml
fleet serve --config /tmp/fleet.yml

For more information on using YAML configuration files with fleet, please see the configuration files documentation.

What are the options?

Note that all option names can be converted consistently from flag name to environment variable and visa-versa. For example, the --mysql_address flag would be the FLEET_MYSQL_ADDRESS. Further, specifying the mysql_address option in the config would follow the pattern:

mysql:
  address: 127.0.0.1:3306

And mysql_read_replica_address would be:

mysql_read_replica:
  address: 127.0.0.1:3307

Basically, just capitalize the option and prepend FLEET_ to it to get the environment variable. The conversion works the same the opposite way.

All duration-based settings accept valid time units of s, m, h.

MySQL

This section describes the configuration options for the primary. Suppose you also want to set up a read replica. In that case the options are the same, except that the YAML section is mysql_read_replica, and the flags have the mysql_read_replica_ prefix instead of mysql_ (the corresponding environment variables follow the same transformation). Note that there is no default value for mysql_read_replica_address, it must be set explicitly for Fleet to use a read replica, and it is recommended in that case to set a non-zero value for mysql_read_replica_conn_max_lifetime as in some environments, the replica's address may dynamically change to point from the primary to an actual distinct replica based on auto-scaling options, so existing idle connections need to be recycled periodically.

mysql​_address

For the address of the MySQL server that Fleet should connect to, include the hostname and port.

• Default value: localhost:3306
• Environment variable: FLEET_MYSQL_ADDRESS
• Config file format:

  mysql:
      address: localhost:3306
  

mysql​_database

This is the name of the MySQL database which Fleet will use.

• Default value: fleet
• Environment variable: FLEET_MYSQL_DATABASE
• Config file format:

  mysql:
      database: fleet
  

mysql​_username

The username to use when connecting to the MySQL instance.

• Default value: fleet
• Environment variable: FLEET_MYSQL_USERNAME
• Config file format:

  mysql:
      username: fleet
  

mysql​_password

The password to use when connecting to the MySQL instance.

• Default value: fleet
• Environment variable: FLEET_MYSQL_PASSWORD
• Config file format:

  mysql:
      password: fleet
  

mysql​_password​_path

File path to a file that contains the password to use when connecting to the MySQL instance.

• Default value: ""
• Environment variable: FLEET_MYSQL_PASSWORD_PATH
• Config file format:

  mysql:
      password_path: '/run/secrets/fleetdm-mysql-password'
  

mysql​_tls​_ca

The path to a PEM encoded certificate of MYSQL's CA for client certificate authentication.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_MYSQL_TLS_CA
• Config file format:

  mysql:
      tls_ca: /path/to/server-ca.pem
  

mysql​_tls​_cert

The path to a PEM encoded certificate is used for TLS authentication.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_MYSQL_TLS_CERT
• Config file format:

  mysql:
      tls_cert: /path/to/certificate.pem
  

mysql​_tls​_key

The path to a PEM encoded private key uses for TLS authentication.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_MYSQL_TLS_KEY
• Config file format:

  mysql:
      tls_key: /path/to/key.pem
  

mysql​_tls​_config

The TLS value in an MYSQL DSN. Can be true,false,skip-verify, or the CN value of the certificate.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_MYSQL_TLS_CONFIG
• Config file format:

  mysql:
      tls_config: true
  

mysql​_tls​_server​_name

This is the server name or IP address used by the client certificate.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_MYSQL_TLS_SERVER_NAME
• Config file format:

  mysql:
      server_name: 127.0.0.1
  

mysql​_max​_open​_conns

The maximum open connections to the database.

• Default value: 50
• Environment variable: FLEET_MYSQL_MAX_OPEN_CONNS
• Config file format:

  mysql:
      max_open_conns: 50
  

mysql​_max​_idle​_conns

The maximum idle connections to the database. This value should be equal to or less than mysql_max_open_conns.

• Default value: 50
• Environment variable: FLEET_MYSQL_MAX_IDLE_CONNS
• Config file format:

  mysql:
      max_idle_conns: 50
  

mysql​_conn​_max​_lifetime

The maximum amount of time, in seconds, a connection may be reused.

• Default value: 0 (Unlimited)
• Environment variable: FLEET_MYSQL_CONN_MAX_LIFETIME
• Config file format:

  mysql:
      conn_max_lifetime: 50
  

mysql​_sql​_mode

Sets the connection sql_mode. See MySQL Reference for more details. This setting should not usually be used.

• Default value: ""
• Environment variable: FLEET_MYSQL_SQL_MODE
• Config file format:

  mysql:
      sql_mode: ANSI
  

Example YAML

mysql:
  address: localhost:3306
  database: fleet
  password: fleet
  max_open_conns: 50
  max_idle_conns: 50
  conn_max_lifetime: 50

Redis

Note that to test a TLS connection to a Redis instance, run the tlsconnect Go program in tools/redis-tests, e.g., from the root of the repository:

$ go run ./tools/redis-tests/tlsconnect.go -addr <redis_address> -cacert <redis_tls_ca> -cert <redis_tls_cert> -key <redis_tls_key>
# run `go run ./tools/redis-tests/tlsconnect.go -h` for the full list of supported flags

By default, this will set up a Redis pool for that configuration and execute a PING command with a TLS connection, printing any error it encounters.

redis​_address

For the address of the Redis server that Fleet should connect to, include the hostname and port.

• Default value: localhost:6379
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_ADDRESS
• Config file format:

  redis:
      address: 127.0.0.1:7369
  

redis​_password

The password to use when connecting to the Redis instance.

• Default value: <empty>
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_PASSWORD
• Config file format:

  redis:
      password: foobar
  

redis​_database

The database to use when connecting to the Redis instance.

• Default value: 0
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_DATABASE
• Config file format:

  redis:
    database: 14
  

redis​_use​_tls

Use a TLS connection to the Redis server.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_USE_TLS
• Config file format:

  redis:
    use_tls: true
  

redis​_duplicate​_results

Whether or not to duplicate Live Query results to another Redis channel named LQDuplicate. This is useful in a scenario involving shipping the Live Query results outside of Fleet, near-realtime.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_DUPLICATE_RESULTS
• Config file format:

  redis:
    duplicate_results: true
  

redis​_connect​_timeout

Timeout for redis connection.

• Default value: 5s
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT
• Config file format:

  redis:
    connect_timeout: 10s
  

redis​_keep​_alive

The interval between keep-alive probes.

• Default value: 10s
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_KEEP_ALIVE
• Config file format:

  redis:
    keep_alive: 30s
  

redis​_connect​_retry​_attempts

The maximum number of attempts to retry a failed connection to a Redis node. Only certain types of errors are retried, such as connection timeouts.

• Default value: 0 (no retry)
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_CONNECT_RETRY_ATTEMPTS
• Config file format:

  redis:
    connect_retry_attempts: 2
  

redis​_cluster​_follow​_redirections

Whether or not to automatically follow redirection errors received from the Redis server. Applies only to Redis Cluster setups, ignored in standalone Redis. In Redis Cluster, keys can be moved around to different nodes when the cluster is unstable and reorganizing the data. With this configuration option set to true, those (typically short and transient) redirection errors can be handled transparently instead of ending in an error.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_CLUSTER_FOLLOW_REDIRECTIONS
• Config file format:

  redis:
    cluster_follow_redirections: true
  

redis​_cluster​_read​_from​_replica

Whether or not to prefer reading from a replica when possible. Applies only to Redis Cluster setups, ignored in standalone Redis.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_CLUSTER_READ_FROM_REPLICA
• Config file format:

  redis:
    cluster_read_from_replica: true
  

redis​_tls​_cert

This is the path to a PEM-encoded certificate used for TLS authentication.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_TLS_CERT
• Config file format:

  redis:
      tls_cert: /path/to/certificate.pem
  

redis​_tls​_key

This is the path to a PEM-encoded private key used for TLS authentication.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_TLS_KEY
• Config file format:

  redis:
      tls_key: /path/to/key.pem
  

redis​_tls​_ca

This is the path to a PEM-encoded certificate of Redis' CA for client certificate authentication.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_TLS_CA
• Config file format:

  redis:
      tls_ca: /path/to/server-ca.pem
  

redis​_tls​_server​_name

The server name or IP address used by the client certificate.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_TLS_SERVER_NAME
• Config file format:

  redis:
      tls_server_name: 127.0.0.1
  

redis​_tls​_handshake​_timeout

The timeout for the Redis TLS handshake part of the connection. A value of 0 means no timeout.

• Default value: 10s
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_TLS_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT
• Config file format:

  redis:
      tls_handshake_timeout: 10s
  

redis​_max​_idle​_conns

The maximum idle connections to Redis. This value should be equal to or less than redis_max_open_conns.

• Default value: 3
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_MAX_IDLE_CONNS
• Config file format:

  redis:
      max_idle_conns: 50
  

redis​_max​_open​_conns

The maximum open connections to Redis. A value of 0 means no limit.

• Default value: 0
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_MAX_OPEN_CONNS
• Config file format:

  redis:
      max_open_conns: 100
  

redis​_conn​_max​_lifetime

The maximum time a Redis connection may be reused. A value of 0 means no limit.

• Default value: 0 (Unlimited)
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_CONN_MAX_LIFETIME
• Config file format:

  redis:
      conn_max_lifetime: 30m
  

redis​_idle​_timeout

The maximum time a Redis connection may stay idle. A value of 0 means no limit.

• Default value: 240s
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_IDLE_TIMEOUT
• Config file format:

  redis:
      idle_timeout: 5m
  

redis​_conn​_wait​_timeout

The maximum time to wait for a Redis connection if the max_open_conns limit is reached. A value of 0 means no wait. This is ignored if Redis is not running in cluster mode.

• Default value: 0
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_CONN_WAIT_TIMEOUT
• Config file format:

  redis:
      conn_wait_timeout: 1s
  

redis​_read​_timeout

The maximum time to wait to receive a response from a Redis server. A value of 0 means no timeout.

• Default value: 10s
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_READ_TIMEOUT
• Config file format:

  redis:
      read_timeout: 5s
  

redis​_write​_timeout

The maximum time to wait to send a command to a Redis server. A value of 0 means no timeout.

• Default value: 10s
• Environment variable: FLEET_REDIS_WRITE_TIMEOUT
• Config file format:

  redis:
      write_timeout: 5s
  

Example YAML

redis:
  address: localhost:7369
  password: foobar
  database: 14
  connect_timeout: 10s
  connect_retry_attempts: 2

Server

server​_address

The address to serve the Fleet webserver.

• Default value: 0.0.0.0:8080
• Environment variable: FLEET_SERVER_ADDRESS
• Config file format:

  server:
      address: 0.0.0.0:443
  

server​_cert

The TLS cert to use when terminating TLS.

See TLS certificate considerations for more information about certificates and Fleet.

• Default value: ./tools/osquery/fleet.crt
• Environment variable: FLEET_SERVER_CERT
• Config file format:

  server:
      cert: /tmp/fleet.crt
  

server​_key

The TLS key to use when terminating TLS.

• Default value: ./tools/osquery/fleet.key
• Environment variable: FLEET_SERVER_KEY
• Config file format:

  server:
      key: /tmp/fleet.key
  

server​_tls

Whether or not the server should be served over TLS.

• Default value: true
• Environment variable: FLEET_SERVER_TLS
• Config file format:

  server:
      tls: false
  

server​_tls​_compatibility

Configures the TLS settings for compatibility with various user agents. Options are modern and intermediate. These correspond to the compatibility levels defined by the Mozilla OpSec team (updated July 24, 2020).

• Default value: intermediate
• Environment variable: FLEET_SERVER_TLS_COMPATIBILITY
• Config file format:

  server:
      tls_compatibility: intermediate
  

server​_url​_prefix

Sets a URL prefix to use when serving the Fleet API and frontend. Prefixes should be in the form /apps/fleet (no trailing slash).

Note that some other configurations may need to be changed when modifying the URL prefix. In particular, URLs that are provided to osquery via flagfile, the configuration served by Fleet, the URL prefix used by fleetctl, and the redirect URL set with an identity provider.

• Default value: Empty (no prefix set)
• Environment variable: FLEET_SERVER_URL_PREFIX
• Config file format:

  server:
      url_prefix: /apps/fleet
  

server​_keepalive

Controls the server side http keep alive property.

Turning off keepalives has helped reduce outstanding TCP connections in some deployments.

• Default value: true
• Environment variable: FLEET_SERVER_KEEPALIVE
• Config file format:

  server:
      keepalive: true
  

Example YAML

server:
  address: 0.0.0.0:443
  password: foobar
  cert: /tmp/fleet.crt
  key: /tmp/fleet.key
  invite_token_validity_period: 1d

Auth

auth​_bcrypt​_cost

The bcrypt cost to use when hashing user passwords.

• Default value: 12
• Environment variable: FLEET_AUTH_BCRYPT_COST
• Config file format:

  auth:
      bcrypt_cost: 14
  

auth​_salt​_key​_size

The key size of the salt which is generated when hashing user passwords.

• Default value: 24
• Environment variable: FLEET_AUTH_SALT_KEY_SIZE
• Config file format:

  auth:
      salt_key_size: 36
  

Example YAML

auth:
  bcrypt_cost: 14
  salt_key_size: 36

App

app​_token​_key​_size

Size of generated app tokens.

• Default value: 24
• Environment variable: FLEET_APP_TOKEN_KEY_SIZE
• Config file format:

  app:
      token_key_size: 36
  

app​_invite​_token​_validity​_period

How long invite tokens should be valid for.

• Default value: 5 days
• Environment variable: FLEET_APP_INVITE_TOKEN_VALIDITY_PERIOD
• Config file format:

  app:
      invite_token_validity_period: 1d
  

app​_enable​_scheduled​_query​_stats

Determines whether Fleet gets scheduled query statistics from hosts or not.

• Default value: true
• Environment variable: FLEET_APP_ENABLE_SCHEDULED_QUERY_STATS
• Config file format:

  app:
      enable_scheduled_query_stats: true
  

Example YAML

app:
  token_key_size: 36
  salt_key_size: 36
  invite_token_validity_period: 1d

License

license​_key

The license key provided to Fleet customers which provides access to Fleet Premium features.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_LICENSE_KEY
• Config file format:

  license:
    key: foobar
  

license​_enforce​_host​_limit

Whether Fleet should enforce the host limit of the license, if true, attempting to enroll new hosts when the limit is reached will fail.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_LICENSE_ENFORCE_HOST_LIMIT
• Config file format:

  license:
    enforce_host_limit: true
  

Example YAML

license:
  key: foobar
  enforce_host_limit: false

Session

session​_key​_size

The size of the session key.

• Default value: 64
• Environment variable: FLEET_SESSION_KEY_SIZE
• Config file format:

  session:
      key_size: 48
  

session​_duration

This is the amount of time that a session should last. Whenever a user logs in, the time is reset to the specified, or default, duration.

Valid time units are s, m, h.

• Default value: 5d (5 days)
• Environment variable: FLEET_SESSION_DURATION
• Config file format:

  session:
      duration: 4h
  

Example YAML

session:
  duration: 4h

Osquery

osquery​_node​_key​_size

The size of the node key which is negotiated with osqueryd clients.

• Default value: 24
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_NODE_KEY_SIZE
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      node_key_size: 36
  

osquery​_host​_identifier

The identifier to use when determining uniqueness of hosts.

Options are provided (default), uuid, hostname, or instance.

This setting works in combination with the --host_identifier flag in osquery. In most deployments, using uuid will be the best option. The flag defaults to provided -- preserving the existing behavior of Fleet's handling of host identifiers -- using the identifier provided by osquery. instance, uuid, and hostname correspond to the same meanings as for osquery's --host_identifier flag.

Users that have duplicate UUIDs in their environment can benefit from setting this flag to instance.

• Default value: provided
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_HOST_IDENTIFIER
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      host_identifier: uuid
  

osquery​_enroll​_cooldown

The cooldown period for host enrollment. If a host (uniquely identified by the osquery_host_identifier option) tries to enroll within this duration from the last enrollment, enroll will fail.

This flag can be used to control load on the database in scenarios in which many hosts are using the same identifier. Often configuring osquery_host_identifier to instance may be a better solution.

• Default value: 0 (off)
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_ENROLL_COOLDOWN
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      enroll_cooldown: 1m
  

osquery​_label​_update​_interval

The interval at which Fleet will ask osquery agents to update their results for label queries.

Setting this to a higher value can reduce baseline load on the Fleet server in larger deployments.

Valid time units are s, m, h.

• Default value: 1h
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_LABEL_UPDATE_INTERVAL
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      label_update_interval: 30m
  

osquery​_policy​_update​_interval

The interval at which Fleet will ask osquery agents to update their results for policy queries.

Setting this to a higher value can reduce baseline load on the Fleet server in larger deployments.

Valid time units are s, m, h.

• Default value: 1h
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_POLICY_UPDATE_INTERVAL
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      policy_update_interval: 30m
  

osquery​_detail​_update​_interval

The interval at which Fleet will ask osquery agents to update host details (such as uptime, hostname, network interfaces, etc.)

Setting this to a higher value can reduce baseline load on the Fleet server in larger deployments.

Valid time units are s, m, h.

• Default value: 1h
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_DETAIL_UPDATE_INTERVAL
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      detail_update_interval: 30m
  

osquery​_status​_log​_plugin

This is the log output plugin that should be used for osquery status logs received from clients. Check out the reference documentation for log destinations.

Options are filesystem, firehose, kinesis, lambda, pubsub, kafkarest, and stdout.

• Default value: filesystem
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_STATUS_LOG_PLUGIN
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      status_log_plugin: firehose
  

osquery​_result​_log​_plugin

This is the log output plugin that should be used for osquery result logs received from clients. Check out the reference documentation for log destinations.

Options are filesystem, firehose, kinesis, lambda, pubsub, kafkarest, and stdout.

• Default value: filesystem
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_RESULT_LOG_PLUGIN
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      result_log_plugin: firehose
  

osquery​_max​_jitter​_percent

Given an update interval (label, or details), this will add up to the defined percentage in randomness to the interval.

The goal of this is to prevent all hosts from checking in with data at the same time.

So for example, if the label_update_interval is 1h, and this is set to 10. It'll add up a random number between 0 and 6 minutes to the amount of time it takes for Fleet to give the host the label queries.

• Default value: 10
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_MAX_JITTER_PERCENT
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      max_jitter_percent: 10
  

osquery​_enable​_async​_host​_processing

Experimental feature. Enable asynchronous processing of hosts' query results. Currently, only supported for label query execution, policy membership results, hosts' last seen timestamp and hosts' scheduled query statistics. This may improve the performance and CPU usage of the Fleet instances and MySQL database servers for setups with a large number of hosts while requiring more resources from Redis server(s).

Note that currently, if both the failing policies webhook and this osquery.enable_async_host_processing option are set, some failing policies webhooks could be missing (some transitions from succeeding to failing or vice-versa could happen without triggering a webhook request).

It can be set to a single boolean value ("true" or "false"), which controls all async host processing tasks, or it can be set for specific async tasks using a syntax similar to an URL query string or parameters in a Data Source Name (DSN) string, e.g., "label_membership=true&policy_membership=true". When using the per-task syntax, omitted tasks get the default value. The supported async task names are:

• label_membership for updating the hosts' label query execution;
• policy_membership for updating the hosts' policy membership results;
• host_last_seen for updating the hosts' last seen timestamp.
• scheduled_query_stats for saving the hosts' scheduled query statistics.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_ENABLE_ASYNC_HOST_PROCESSING
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      enable_async_host_processing: true
  

osquery​_async​_host​_collect​_interval

Applies only when osquery_enable_async_host_processing is enabled. Sets the interval at which the host data will be collected into the database. Each Fleet instance will attempt to do the collection at this interval (with some optional jitter added, see osquery_async_host_collect_max_jitter_percent), with only one succeeding to get the exclusive lock.

It can be set to a single duration value (e.g., "30s"), which defines the interval for all async host processing tasks, or it can be set for specific async tasks using a syntax similar to an URL query string or parameters in a Data Source Name (DSN) string, e.g., "label_membership=10s&policy_membership=1m". When using the per-task syntax, omitted tasks get the default value. See osquery_enable_async_host_processing for the supported async task names.

• Default value: 30s
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_ASYNC_HOST_COLLECT_INTERVAL
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      async_host_collect_interval: 1m
  

osquery​_async​_host​_collect​_max​_jitter​_percent

Applies only when osquery_enable_async_host_processing is enabled. A number interpreted as a percentage of osquery_async_host_collect_interval to add to (or remove from) the interval so that not all hosts try to do the collection at the same time.

• Default value: 10
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_ASYNC_HOST_COLLECT_MAX_JITTER_PERCENT
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      async_host_collect_max_jitter_percent: 5
  

osquery​_async​_host​_collect​_lock​_timeout

Applies only when osquery_enable_async_host_processing is enabled. Timeout of the lock acquired by a Fleet instance to collect host data into the database. If the collection runs for too long or the instance crashes unexpectedly, the lock will be automatically released after this duration and another Fleet instance can proceed with the next collection.

It can be set to a single duration value (e.g., "1m"), which defines the lock timeout for all async host processing tasks, or it can be set for specific async tasks using a syntax similar to an URL query string or parameters in a Data Source Name (DSN) string, e.g., "label_membership=2m&policy_membership=5m". When using the per-task syntax, omitted tasks get the default value. See osquery_enable_async_host_processing for the supported async task names.

• Default value: 1m
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_ASYNC_HOST_COLLECT_LOCK_TIMEOUT
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      async_host_collect_lock_timeout: 5m
  

osquery​_async​_host​_collect​_log​_stats​_interval

Applies only when osquery_enable_async_host_processing is enabled. Interval at which the host collection statistics are logged, 0 to disable logging of statistics. Note that logging is done at the "debug" level.

• Default value: 1m
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_ASYNC_HOST_COLLECT_LOG_STATS_INTERVAL
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      async_host_collect_log_stats_interval: 5m
  

osquery​_async​_host​_insert​_batch

Applies only when osquery_enable_async_host_processing is enabled. Size of the INSERT batch when collecting host data into the database.

• Default value: 2000
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_ASYNC_HOST_INSERT_BATCH
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      async_host_insert_batch: 1000
  

osquery​_async​_host​_delete​_batch

Applies only when osquery_enable_async_host_processing is enabled. Size of the DELETE batch when collecting host data into the database.

• Default value: 2000
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_ASYNC_HOST_DELETE_BATCH
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      async_host_delete_batch: 1000
  

osquery​_async​_host​_update​_batch

Applies only when osquery_enable_async_host_processing is enabled. Size of the UPDATE batch when collecting host data into the database.

• Default value: 1000
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_ASYNC_HOST_UPDATE_BATCH
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      async_host_update_batch: 500
  

osquery​_async​_host​_redis​_pop​_count

Applies only when osquery_enable_async_host_processing is enabled. Maximum number of items to pop from a redis key at a time when collecting host data into the database.

• Default value: 1000
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_ASYNC_HOST_REDIS_POP_COUNT
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      async_host_redis_pop_count: 500
  

osquery​_async​_host​_redis​_scan​_keys​_count

Applies only when osquery_enable_async_host_processing is enabled. Order of magnitude (e.g., 10, 100, 1000, etc.) of set members to scan in a single ZSCAN/SSCAN request for items to process when collecting host data into the database.

• Default value: 1000
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_ASYNC_HOST_REDIS_SCAN_KEYS_COUNT
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      async_host_redis_scan_keys_count: 100
  

osquery​_min​_software​_last​_opened​_at​_diff

The minimum time difference between the software's "last opened at" timestamp reported by osquery and the last timestamp saved for that software on that host helps minimize the number of updates required when a host reports its installed software information, resulting in less load on the database. If there is no existing timestamp for the software on that host (or if the software was not installed on that host previously), the new timestamp is automatically saved.

• Default value: 1h
• Environment variable: FLEET_OSQUERY_MIN_SOFTWARE_LAST_OPENED_AT_DIFF
• Config file format:

  osquery:
      min_software_last_opened_at_diff: 4h
  

Example YAML

osquery:
  host_identifier: uuid
  policy_update_interval: 30m
  duration: 4h
  status_log_plugin: firehose
  result_log_plugin: firehose

Logging (Fleet server logging)

logging​_debug

Whether or not to enable debug logging.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_LOGGING_DEBUG
• Config file format:

  logging:
      debug: true
  

logging​_json

Whether or not to log in JSON.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_LOGGING_JSON
• Config file format:

  logging:
      json: true
  

logging​_disable​_banner

Whether or not to log the welcome banner.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_LOGGING_DISABLE_BANNER
• Config file format:

  logging:
      disable_banner: true
  

logging​_error​_retention​_period

The amount of time to keep an error. Unique instances of errors are stored temporarily to help with troubleshooting, this setting controls that duration. Set to 0 to keep them without expiration, and a negative value to disable storage of errors in Redis.

• Default value: 24h
• Environment variable: FLEET_LOGGING_ERROR_RETENTION_PERIOD
• Config file format:

  logging:
      error_retention_period: 1h
  

Example YAML

logging:
  disable_banner: true
  policy_update_interval: 30m
  error_retention_period: 1h

Filesystem

filesystem​_status​_log​_file

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin is set to filesystem (the default value).

The path which osquery status logs will be logged to.

• Default value: /tmp/osquery_status
• Environment variable: FLEET_FILESYSTEM_STATUS_LOG_FILE
• Config file format:

  filesystem:
      status_log_file: /var/log/osquery/status.log
  

filesystem​_result​_log​_file

This flag only has effect if osquery_result_log_plugin is set to filesystem (the default value).

The path which osquery result logs will be logged to.

• Default value: /tmp/osquery_result
• Environment variable: FLEET_FILESYSTEM_RESULT_LOG_FILE
• Config file format:

  filesystem:
      result_log_file: /var/log/osquery/result.log
  

filesystem​_enable​_log​_rotation

This flag only has effect if osquery_result_log_plugin or osquery_status_log_plugin are set to filesystem (the default value).

This flag will cause the osquery result and status log files to be automatically rotated when files reach a size of 500 Mb or an age of 28 days.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_FILESYSTEM_ENABLE_LOG_ROTATION
• Config file format:

  filesystem:
     enable_log_rotation: true
  

filesystem​_enable​_log​_compression

This flag only has effect if filesystem_enable_log_rotation is set to true.

This flag will cause the rotated logs to be compressed with gzip.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_FILESYSTEM_ENABLE_LOG_COMPRESSION
• Config file format:

  filesystem:
     enable_log_compression: true
  

Example YAML

osquery:
  osquery_status_log_plugin: filesystem
  osquery_result_log_plugin: filesystem
filesystem:
  status_log_file: /var/log/osquery/status.log
  result_log_file: /var/log/osquery/result.log
  enable_log_rotation: true

Firehose

firehose​_region

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin is set to firehose.

AWS region to use for Firehose connection

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_FIREHOSE_REGION
• Config file format:

  firehose:
      region: ca-central-1
  

firehose​_access​_key​_id

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin or osquery_result_log_plugin are set to firehose.

If firehose_access_key_id and firehose_secret_access_key are omitted, Fleet will try to use AWS STS credentials.

AWS access key ID to use for Firehose authentication.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_FIREHOSE_ACCESS_KEY_ID
• Config file format:

  firehose:
      access_key_id: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
  

firehose​_secret​_access​_key

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin or osquery_result_log_plugin are set to firehose.

AWS secret access key to use for Firehose authentication.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_FIREHOSE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
• Config file format:

  firehose:
      secret_access_key: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
  

firehose​_sts​_assume​_role​_arn

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin or osquery_result_log_plugin are set to firehose.

AWS STS role ARN to use for Firehose authentication.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_FIREHOSE_STS_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN
• Config file format:

  firehose:
      sts_assume_role_arn: arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/firehose-role
  

firehose​_status​_stream

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin is set to firehose.

Name of the Firehose stream to write osquery status logs received from clients.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_FIREHOSE_STATUS_STREAM
• Config file format:

  firehose:
      status_stream: osquery_status
  

The IAM role used to send to Firehose must allow the following permissions on the stream listed:

• firehose:DescribeDeliveryStream
• firehose:PutRecordBatch

firehose​_result​_stream

This flag only has effect if osquery_result_log_plugin is set to firehose.

Name of the Firehose stream to write osquery result logs received from clients.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_FIREHOSE_RESULT_STREAM
• Config file format:

  firehose:
      result_stream: osquery_result
  

The IAM role used to send to Firehose must allow the following permissions on the stream listed:

• firehose:DescribeDeliveryStream
• firehose:PutRecordBatch

Example YAML

osquery:
  osquery_status_log_plugin: firehose
  osquery_result_log_plugin: firehose
firehose:
  region: ca-central-1
  access_key_id: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
  secret_access_key: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
  sts_assume_role_arn: arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/firehose-role
  status_stream: osquery_status
  result_stream: osquery_result

Kinesis

kinesis​_region

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin is set to kinesis.

AWS region to use for Kinesis connection

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_KINESIS_REGION
• Config file format:

  kinesis:
      region: ca-central-1
  

kinesis​_access​_key​_id

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin or osquery_result_log_plugin are set to kinesis.

If kinesis_access_key_id and kinesis_secret_access_key are omitted, Fleet will try to use AWS STS credentials.

AWS access key ID to use for Kinesis authentication.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_KINESIS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
• Config file format:

  kinesis:
      access_key_id: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
  

kinesis​_secret​_access​_key

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin or osquery_result_log_plugin are set to kinesis.

AWS secret access key to use for Kinesis authentication.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_KINESIS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
• Config file format:

  kinesis:
      secret_access_key: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
  

kinesis​_sts​_assume​_role​_arn

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin or osquery_result_log_plugin are set to kinesis.

AWS STS role ARN to use for Kinesis authentication.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_KINESIS_STS_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN
• Config file format:

  kinesis:
      sts_assume_role_arn: arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/kinesis-role
  

kinesis​_status​_stream

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin is set to kinesis.

Name of the Kinesis stream to write osquery status logs received from clients.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_KINESIS_STATUS_STREAM
• Config file format:

  kinesis:
      status_stream: osquery_status
  

The IAM role used to send to Kinesis must allow the following permissions on the stream listed:

• kinesis:DescribeStream
• kinesis:PutRecords

kinesis​_result​_stream

This flag only has effect if osquery_result_log_plugin is set to kinesis.

Name of the Kinesis stream to write osquery result logs received from clients.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_KINESIS_RESULT_STREAM
• Config file format:

  kinesis:
      result_stream: osquery_result
  

The IAM role used to send to Kinesis must allow the following permissions on the stream listed:

• kinesis:DescribeStream
• kinesis:PutRecords

Example YAML

osquery:
  osquery_status_log_plugin: kinesis
  osquery_result_log_plugin: kinesis
kinesis:
  region: ca-central-1
  result_log_file: /var/log/osquery/result.log
  access_key_id: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
  secret_access_key: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
  sts_assume_role_arn: arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/firehose-role
  status_stream: osquery_status
  result_stream: osquery_result

Lambda

lambda​_region

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin is set to lambda.

AWS region to use for Lambda connection

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_LAMBDA_REGION
• Config file format:

  lambda:
      region: ca-central-1
  

lambda​_access​_key​_id

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin or osquery_result_log_plugin are set to lambda.

If lambda_access_key_id and lambda_secret_access_key are omitted, Fleet will try to use AWS STS credentials.

AWS access key ID to use for Lambda authentication.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_LAMBDA_ACCESS_KEY_ID
• Config file format:

  lambda:
      access_key_id: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
  

lambda​_secret​_access​_key

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin or osquery_result_log_plugin are set to lambda.

AWS secret access key to use for Lambda authentication.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_LAMBDA_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
• Config file format:

  lambda:
      secret_access_key: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
  

lambda​_sts​_assume​_role​_arn

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin or osquery_result_log_plugin are set to lambda.

AWS STS role ARN to use for Lambda authentication.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_LAMBDA_STS_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN
• Config file format:

  lambda:
      sts_assume_role_arn: arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/lambda-role
  

lambda​_status​_function

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin is set to lambda.

Name of the Lambda function to write osquery status logs received from clients.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_LAMBDA_STATUS_FUNCTION
• Config file format:

  lambda:
    status_function: statusFunction
  

The IAM role used to send to Lambda must allow the following permissions on the function listed:

• lambda:InvokeFunction

lambda​_result​_function

This flag only has effect if osquery_result_log_plugin is set to lambda.

Name of the Lambda function to write osquery result logs received from clients.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_LAMBDA_RESULT_FUNCTION
• Config file format:

  lambda:
      result_function: resultFunction
  

The IAM role used to send to Lambda must allow the following permissions on the function listed:

• lambda:InvokeFunction

Example YAML

osquery:
  osquery_status_log_plugin: lambda
  osquery_result_log_plugin: lambda
lambda:
  region: ca-central-1
  access_key_id: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
  secret_access_key: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
  sts_assume_role_arn: arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/firehose-role
  status_function: statusFunction
  result_function: resultFunction

PubSub

pubsub​_project

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin is set to pubsub.

The identifier of the Google Cloud project containing the pubsub topics to publish logs to.

Note that the pubsub plugin uses Application Default Credentials (ADCs) for authentication with the service.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_PUBSUB_PROJECT
• Config file format:

  pubsub:
    project: my-gcp-project
  

pubsub​_result​_topic

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin is set to pubsub.

The identifier of the pubsub topic that client results will be published to.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_PUBSUB_RESULT_TOPIC
• Config file format:

  pubsub:
    result_topic: osquery_result
  

pubsub​_status​_topic

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin is set to pubsub.

The identifier of the pubsub topic that osquery status logs will be published to.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_PUBSUB_STATUS_TOPIC
• Config file format:

  pubsub:
    status_topic: osquery_status
  

pubsub​_add​_attributes

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin is set to pubsub.

Add Pub/Sub attributes to messages. When enabled, the plugin parses the osquery result messages, and adds the following Pub/Sub message attributes:

• name - the name attribute from the message body
• timestamp - the unixTime attribute from the message body, converted to rfc3339 format
• Each decoration from the message

This feature is useful when combined with subscription filters.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_PUBSUB_ADD_ATTRIBUTES
• Config file format:

  pubsub:
    add_attributes: true
  

Example YAML

osquery:
  osquery_status_log_plugin: pubsub
  osquery_result_log_plugin: pubsub
pubsub:
  project: my-gcp-project
  result_topic: osquery_result
  status_topic: osquery_status
  sts_assume_role_arn: arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/firehose-role
  status_function: statusFunction
  result_function: resultFunction

Kafka REST Proxy logging

kafkarest​_proxyhost

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin or osquery_result_log_plugin is set to kafkarest.

The URL of the host which to check for the topic existence and post messages to the specified topic.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_KAFKAREST_PROXYHOST
• Config file format:

  kafkarest:
    proxyhost: "https://localhost:8443"
  

kafkarest​_status​_topic

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin is set to kafkarest.

The identifier of the kafka topic that osquery status logs will be published to.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_KAFKAREST_STATUS_TOPIC
• Config file format:

  kafkarest:
    status_topic: osquery_status
  

kafkarest​_result​_topic

This flag only has effect if osquery_result_log_plugin is set to kafkarest.

The identifier of the kafka topic that osquery result logs will be published to.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_KAFKAREST_RESULT_TOPIC
• Config file format:

  kafkarest:
    status_topic: osquery_result
  

kafkarest​_timeout

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin or osquery_result_log_plugin is set to kafkarest.

The timeout value for the http post attempt. Value is in units of seconds.

• Default value: 5
• Environment variable: FLEET_KAFKAREST_TIMEOUT
• Config file format:

  kafkarest:
    timeout: 5
  

kafkarest​_content​_type​_value

This flag only has effect if osquery_status_log_plugin is set to kafkarest.

The value of the Content-Type header to use in Kafka REST Proxy API calls. More information about available versions can be found here. Note: only JSON format is supported

• Default value: application/vnd.kafka.json.v1+json
• Environment variable: FLEET_KAFKAREST_CONTENT_TYPE_VALUE
• Config file format:

  kafkarest:
    content_type_value: application/vnd.kafka.json.v2+json
  

Example YAML

osquery:
  osquery_status_log_plugin: kafkarest
  osquery_result_log_plugin: kafkarest
kafkarest:
  proxyhost: "https://localhost:8443"
  result_topic: osquery_result
  status_topic: osquery_status

S3 file carving backend

s3​_bucket

Name of the S3 bucket to use to store file carves.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_S3_BUCKET
• Config file format:

  s3:
      bucket: some-carve-bucket
  

s3​_prefix

Prefix to prepend to carve objects.

All carve objects will also be prefixed by date and hour (UTC), making the resulting keys look like: <prefix><year>/<month>/<day>/<hour>/<carve-name>.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_S3_PREFIX
• Config file format:

  s3:
      prefix: carves-go-here/
  

s3​_access​_key​_id

AWS access key ID to use for S3 authentication.

If s3_access_key_id and s3_secret_access_key are omitted, Fleet will try to use the default credential provider chain.

The IAM identity used in this context must be allowed to perform the following actions on the bucket: s3:PutObject, s3:GetObject, s3:ListMultipartUploadParts, s3:ListBucket, s3:GetBucketLocation.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID
• Config file format:

  s3:
      access_key_id: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
  

s3​_secret​_access​_key

AWS secret access key to use for S3 authentication.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
• Config file format:

  s3:
      secret_access_key: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
  

s3​_sts​_assume​_role​_arn

AWS STS role ARN to use for S3 authentication.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_S3_STS_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN
• Config file format:

  s3:
      sts_assume_role_arn: arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/some-s3-role
  

s3​_endpoint​_url

AWS S3 Endpoint URL. Override when using a different S3 compatible object storage backend (such as Minio), or running s3 locally with localstack. Leave this blank to use the default S3 service endpoint.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_S3_ENDPOINT_URL
• Config file format:

  s3:
      endpoint_url: http://localhost:9000
  

s3​_disable​_ssl

AWS S3 Disable SSL. Useful for local testing.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_S3_DISABLE_SSL
• Config file format:

  s3:
      disable_ssl: false
  

s3​_force​_s3​_path​_style

AWS S3 Force S3 Path Style. Set this to true to force the request to use path-style addressing, i.e., http://s3.amazonaws.com/BUCKET/KEY. By default, the S3 client will use virtual hosted bucket addressing when possible (http://BUCKET.s3.amazonaws.com/KEY).

See here for details.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_S3_FORCE_S3_PATH_STYLE
• Config file format:

  s3:
      force_s3_path_style: false
  

s3​_region

AWS S3 Region. Leave blank to enable region discovery.

Minio users must set this to any nonempty value (eg. minio), as Minio does not support region discovery.

• Default value:
• Environment variable: FLEET_S3_REGION
• Config file format:

  s3:
      region: us-east-1
  

Example YAML

s3:
  bucket: some-carve-bucket
  prefix: carves-go-here/
  access_key_id: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
  secret_access_key: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
  sts_assume_role_arn: arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/some-s3-role
  region: us-east-1

Upgrades

allow​_missing​_migrations

If set then fleet serve will run even if there are database migrations missing.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_UPGRADES_ALLOW_MISSING_MIGRATIONS
• Config file format:

  upgrades:
    allow_missing_migrations: true
  

Vulnerabilities

databases​_path

The path specified needs to exist and Fleet needs to be able to read and write to and from it. This is the only mandatory configuration needed for vulnerability processing to work.

When current_instance_checks is set to auto (the default), Fleet instances will try to create the databases_path if it doesn't exist.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_VULNERABILITIES_DATABASES_PATH
• Config file format:

  vulnerabilities:
      databases_path: /some/path
  

periodicity

How often vulnerabilities are checked. This is also the interval at which the counts of hosts per software is calculated.

• Default value: 1h
• Environment variable: FLEET_VULNERABILITIES_PERIODICITY
• Config file format:

  vulnerabilities:
      periodicity: 1h
  

cpe​_database​_url

You can fetch the CPE dictionary database from this URL. Some users want to control where Fleet gets its database. When Fleet sees this value defined, it downloads the file directly. It expects a file in the same format that can be found in https://github.com/fleetdm/nvd/releases. If this value is not defined, Fleet checks for the latest release in Github and only downloads it if needed.

• Default value: ""
• Environment variable: FLEET_VULNERABILITIES_CPE_DATABASE_URL
• Config file format:

  vulnerabilities:
      cpe_database_url: ""
  

cpe​_translations​_url

You can fetch the CPE translations from this URL. Translations are used when matching software to CPE entries in the CPE database that would otherwise be missed for various reasons. When Fleet sees this value defined, it downloads the file directly. It expects a file in the same format that can be found in https://github.com/fleetdm/nvd/releases. If this value is not defined, Fleet checks for the latest release in Github and only downloads it if needed.

• Default value: ""
• Environment variable: FLEET_VULNERABILITIES_CPE_TRANSLATIONS_URL
• Config file format:

  vulnerabilities:
      cpe_translations_url: ""
  

cve​_feed​_prefix​_url

Like the CPE dictionary, we allow users to define where to get the CVE feeds. In this case, the URL should be a host that serves the files in the path /feeds/json/cve/1.1/. Fleet expects to find all the JSON Feeds that can be found in https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/data-feeds. When not defined, Fleet downloads from the nvd.nist.gov host.

• Default value: ""
• Environment variable: FLEET_VULNERABILITIES_CVE_FEED_PREFIX_URL
• Config file format:

  vulnerabilities:
      cve_feed_prefix_url: ""
  

current​_instance​_checks

When running multiple instances of the Fleet server, by default, one of them dynamically takes the lead in vulnerability processing. This lead can change over time. Some Fleet users want to be able to define which deployment is doing this checking. If you wish to do this, you'll need to deploy your Fleet instances with this set explicitly to no and one of them set to yes.

• Default value: auto
• Environment variable: FLEET_VULNERABILITIES_CURRENT_INSTANCE_CHECKS
• Config file format:

  vulnerabilities:
      current_instance_checks: yes
  

disable​_data​_sync

Fleet by default automatically downloads and keeps the different data streams needed to properly do vulnerability processing. In some setups, this behavior is not wanted, as access to outside resources might be blocked, or the data stream files might need review/audit before use.

In order to support vulnerability processing in such environments, we allow users to disable automatic sync of data streams with this configuration value.

To download the data streams, you can use fleetctl vulnerability-data-stream --dir ./somedir. The contents downloaded can then be reviewed, and finally uploaded to the defined databases_path in the fleet instance(s) doing the vulnerability processing.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_VULNERABILITIES_DISABLE_DATA_SYNC
• Config file format:

  vulnerabilities:
      disable_data_sync: true
  

recent​_vulnerability​_max​_age

Maximum age of a vulnerability (a CVE) to be considered "recent". The age is calculated based on the published date of the CVE in the National Vulnerability Database (NVD). Recent vulnerabilities play a special role in Fleet's automations, as they are reported when discovered on a host if the vulnerabilities webhook or a vulnerability integration is enabled.

• Default value: 720h (30 days)
• Environment variable: FLEET_VULNERABILITIES_RECENT_VULNERABILITY_MAX_AGE
• Config file format:

  vulnerabilities:
       recent_vulnerability_max_age: 48h
  

disable​_win​_os​_vulnerabilities

If using osquery 5.4 or later, Fleet by default will fetch and store all applied Windows updates and use that for detecting Windows vulnerabilities — which might be a writing-intensive process (depending on the number of Windows hosts in your Fleet). Setting this to true will cause Fleet to skip both processes.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_VULNERABILITIES_DISABLE_WIN_OS_VULNERABILITIES
• Config file format:

  vulnerabilities:
      disable_win_os_vulnerabilities: true
  

Example YAML

vulnerabilities:
  databases_path: /some/path
  current_instance_checks: yes
  disable_data_sync: true

GeoIP

database​_path

The path to a valid Maxmind GeoIP database(mmdb). Support exists for the country & city versions of the database. If city database is supplied then Fleet will attempt to resolve the location via the city lookup, otherwise it defaults to the country lookup. The IP address used to determine location is extracted via HTTP headers in the following order: True-Client-IP, X-Real-IP, and finally X-FORWARDED-FOR headers on the Fleet web server.

• Default value: none
• Environment variable: FLEET_GEOIP_DATABASE_PATH
• Config file format:

  geoip:
    database_path: /some/path
  

Managing osquery configurations

We recommend that you use an infrastructure configuration management tool to manage these osquery configurations consistently across your environment. If you're unsure about what configuration management tools your organization uses, contact your company's system administrators. If you are evaluating new solutions for this problem, the founders of Fleet have successfully managed configurations in large production environments using Chef and Puppet.

Running with systemd

Once you've verified that you can run Fleet in your shell, you'll likely want to keep Fleet running in the background and after the server reboots. To do that we recommend using systemd.

Below is a sample unit file, assuming a fleet user exists on the system. Any user with sufficient permissions to execute the binary, open the configuration files, and write the log files can be used. It is also possible to run as root, though as with any other web server it is discouraged to run Fleet as root.

[Unit]
Description=Fleet
After=network.target

[Service]
User=fleet
Group=fleet
LimitNOFILE=8192
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/fleet serve \
  --mysql_address=127.0.0.1:3306 \
  --mysql_database=fleet \
  --mysql_username=root \
  --mysql_password=toor \
  --redis_address=127.0.0.1:6379 \
  --server_cert=/tmp/server.cert \
  --server_key=/tmp/server.key \
  --logging_json

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Once you created the file, you need to move it to /etc/systemd/system/fleet.service and start the service.

sudo mv fleet.service /etc/systemd/system/fleet.service
sudo systemctl start fleet.service
sudo systemctl status fleet.service

sudo journalctl -u fleet.service -f

Making changes

Sometimes you'll need to update the systemd unit file defining the service. To do that, first open /etc/systemd/system/fleet.service in a text editor, and make your modifications.

Then, run

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart fleet.service

Using a proxy

If you are in an enterprise environment where Fleet is behind a proxy and you would like to be able to retrieve Vulnerability data for Vulnerability Processing, it may be necessary to configure the proxy settings. Fleet automatically uses the HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, and NO_PROXY environment variables.

For example, to configure the proxy in a systemd service file:

[Service]
Environment="HTTP_PROXY=http(s)://PROXY_URL:PORT/"
Environment="HTTPS_PROXY=http(s)://PROXY_URL:PORT/"
Environment="NO_PROXY=localhost,127.0.0.1,::1"

After modifying the configuration you will need to reload and restart the Fleet service, as explained above.

Configuring single sign-on (SSO)

Fleet supports SAML single sign-on capability.

Fleet supports both SP-initiated SAML login and IDP-initiated login however, IDP-initiated login must be enabled in the web interface's SAML single sign-on options.

Fleet supports the SAML Web Browser SSO Profile using the HTTP Redirect Binding.

Note: The email used in the SAML Assertion must match a user that already exists in Fleet unless you enable JIT provisioning.

Identity provider (IDP) configuration

Setting up the service provider (Fleet) with an identity provider generally requires the following information:

• Assertion Consumer Service - This is the call-back URL that the identity provider will use to send security assertions to Fleet. In Okta, this field is called single sign-on URL. On Google, it is "ACS URL." The value you supply will be a fully qualified URL consisting of your Fleet web address and the call-back path /api/v1/fleet/sso/callback. For example, if your Fleet web address is https://fleet.example.com, then the value you would use in the identity provider configuration would be:

  https://fleet.example.com/api/v1/fleet/sso/callback
  

• Entity ID - This value is an identifier that you choose. It identifies your Fleet instance as the service provider that issues authorization requests. The value must match the Entity ID that you define in the Fleet SSO configuration.

• Name ID Format - The value should be urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress. This may be shortened in the IDP setup to something like email or EmailAddress.

• Subject Type (Application username in Okta) - email.

After supplying the above information, the IDP will generate an issuer URI and metadata that will be used to configure Fleet as a service provider.

Fleet SSO configuration

A Fleet user must be assigned the Admin role to configure Fleet for SSO. In Fleet, SSO configuration settings are located in Settings > Organization settings > SAML single sign-on options.

If your IDP supports dynamic configuration, like Okta, you only need to provide an identity provider name and entity ID, then paste a link in the metadata URL field. Make sure you create the SSO application within your IDP before configuring it in Fleet.

Otherwise, the following values are required:

• Identity provider name - A human-readable name of the IDP. This is rendered on the login page.

• Entity ID - A URI that identifies your Fleet instance as the issuer of authorization requests (e.g., fleet.example.com). This much match the Entity ID configured with the IDP.

• Issuer URI - Obtain this value from the IDP.

• Metadata URL - Obtain this value from the IDP and is used by Fleet to issue authorization requests to the IDP.

• Metadata - If the IDP does not provide a metadata URL, the metadata must be obtained from the IDP and entered. Note that the metadata URL is preferred if the IDP provides metadata in both forms.

Example Fleet SSO configuration

Creating SSO users in Fleet

When an admin creates a new user in Fleet, they may select the Enable single sign on option. The SSO-enabled users will not be able to sign in with a regular user ID and password.

It is strongly recommended that at least one admin user is set up to use the traditional password-based login so that there is a fallback method for logging into Fleet in the event of SSO configuration problems.

Individual users must also be set up on the IDP before signing in to Fleet.

Enabling SSO for existing users in Fleet

As an admin, you can enable SSO for existing users in Fleet. To do this, go to the Settings page, then click on the Users tab. Locate the user you want to enable SSO for and on the Actions dropdown menu for that user, click on "Enable single sign-on."

Just-in-time (JIT) user provisioning

Applies only to Fleet Premium

When JIT user provisioning is turned on, Fleet will automatically create an account when a user logs in for the first time with the configured SSO. This removes the need to create individual user accounts for a large organization.

Accounts created via JIT provisioning are assigned the Observer role. The new account's email and full name are copied from the user data in the SSO response.

To enable this option, go to Settings > Organization settings > single sign-on options and check "Automatically create Observer user on login" or adjust your config.

For this to work correctly make sure that:

• Your IDP is configured to send the user email as the Name ID (instructions for configuring different providers are detailed below)
• Your IDP sends the full name of the user as an attribute with any of the following names (if this value is not provided Fleet will fallback to the user email)
  • name
  • displayname
  • cn
  • urn:oid:2.5.4.3
  • http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/name

Okta IDP configuration

Once configured, you will need to retrieve the Issuer URI from the View Setup Instructions and metadata URL from the Identity Provider metadata link within the application Sign on settings. See below for where to find them:

The Provider Sign-on URL within the View Setup Instructions has a similar format as the Provider SAML Metadata URL, but this link provides a redirect to sign into the application, not the metadata necessary for dynamic configuration.

The names of the items required to configure an identity provider may vary from provider to provider and may not conform to the SAML spec.

Google Workspace IDP Configuration

Follow these steps to configure Fleet SSO with Google Workspace. This will require administrator permissions in Google Workspace.

1. Navigate to the Web and Mobile Apps section of the Google Workspace dashboard. Click Add App -> Add custom SAML app.

2. Enter Fleet for the App name and click Continue.

3. Click Download Metadata, saving the metadata to your computer. Copy the SSO URL. Click Continue.

4. In Fleet, navigate to the Organization Settings page. Configure the SAML single sign-on options section.

• Check the Enable single sign-on checkbox.
• For Identity provider name, use Google.
• For Entity ID, use a unique identifier such as fleet.example.com. Note that Google seems to error when the provided ID includes https://.
• For Issuer URI, paste the SSO URL copied from step three.
• For Metadata, paste the contents of the downloaded metadata XML from step three.
• All other fields can be left blank.

Click Update settings at the bottom of the page.

5. In Google Workspace, configure the Service provider details.

• For ACS URL, use https://<your_fleet_url>/api/v1/fleet/sso/callback (e.g., https://fleet.example.com/api/v1/fleet/sso/callback).
• For Entity ID, use the same unique identifier from step four (e.g., fleet.example.com).
• For Name ID format, choose EMAIL.
• For Name ID, choose Basic Information > Primary email.
• All other fields can be left blank.

Click Continue at the bottom of the page.

6. Click Finish.

7. Click the down arrow on the User access section of the app details page.

8. Check ON for everyone. Click Save.

9. Enable SSO for a test user and try logging in. Note that Google sometimes takes a long time to propagate the SSO configuration, and it can help to try logging in to Fleet with an Incognito/Private window in the browser.

Feature flags

Fleet features are sometimes gated behind feature flags. This will usually be due to not-yet-stable APIs or not-fully-tested performance characteristics.

Feature flags on the server are controlled by environment variables prefixed with FLEET_BETA_.

Sentry

DSN

If set then Fleet serve will capture errors and panics and push them to Sentry.

• Default value: ""
• Environment variable: FLEET_SENTRY_DSN
• Config file format:

  sentry:
    dsn: "https://somedsnprovidedby.sentry.com/"
  

Prometheus

basic​_auth.username

Username to use for HTTP Basic Auth on the /metrics endpoint. If not set, then the Prometheus /metrics endpoint is disabled.

• Default value: ""
• Environment variable: FLEET_PROMETHEUS_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME
• Config file format:

  prometheus:
    basic_auth:
      username: "foo"
  

basic​_auth.password

Password to use for HTTP Basic Auth on the /metrics endpoint. If not set then the Prometheus /metrics endpoint is disabled.

• Default value: ""
• Environment variable: FLEET_PROMETHEUS_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD
• Config file format:

  prometheus:
    basic_auth:
      password: "bar"
  

Packaging

Configurations used to control how Fleet interacts with the (coming soon) packaging server. These features are currently only intended to be used within Fleet sandbox, but this is subject to change.

packaging​_global​_enroll​_secret

Enroll secret to use for adding hosts to the global scope. If this value is set, the server won't allow changes to the enroll secret via the config endpoints.

This value should be treated as a secret, we recommend using a cryptographically secure pseudo random string. For example, using openssl:

openssl rand -base64 24

This config only takes effect if you don't have a global enroll secret already stored in your database.

• Default value: ""
• Environment variable: FLEET_PACKAGING_GLOBAL_ENROLL_SECRET
• Config file format:

  packaging:
    global_enroll_secret: "xyz"
  

packaging​_s3​_bucket

Name of the S3 bucket to use to store pre-built Orbit installers.

• Default value: ""
• Environment variable: FLEET_PACKAGING_S3_BUCKET
• Config file format:

  packaging:
    s3:
      bucket: some-bucket
  

packaging​_s3​_prefix

Prefix to prepend when searching for installers.

• Default value: ""
• Environment variable: FLEET_PACKAGING_S3_PREFIX
• Config file format:

  packaging:
    s3:
      prefix:
        installers-go-here/
  

packaging​_s3​_access​_key​_id

AWS access key ID to use for S3 authentication.

If s3_access_key_id and s3_secret_access_key are omitted, Fleet will try to use the default credential provider chain.

The IAM identity used in this context must be allowed to perform the following actions on the bucket: s3:GetObject, s3:ListBucket.

• Default value: ""
• Environment variable: FLEET_PACKAGING_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID
• Config file format:

  packaging:
    s3:
      access_key_id: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
  

packaging​_s3​_secret​_access​_key

AWS secret access key to use for S3 authentication.

• Default value: ""
• Environment variable: FLEET_PACKAGING_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
• Config file format:

  packaging:
    s3:
      secret_access_key: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
  

packaging​_s3​_sts​_assume​_role​_arn

AWS STS role ARN to use for S3 authentication.

• Default value: ""
• Environment variable: FLEET_PACKAGING_S3_STS_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN
• Config file format:

  packaging:
    s3:
      sts_assume_role_arn: arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/some-s3-role
  

packaging​_s3​_endpoint​_url

AWS S3 Endpoint URL. Override when using a different S3 compatible object storage backend (such as Minio) or running s3 locally with LocalStack. Leave this blank to use the default AWS S3 service endpoint.

• Default value: ""
• Environment variable: FLEET_PACKAGING_S3_ENDPOINT_URL
• Config file format:

  packaging:
    s3:
      endpoint_url: http://localhost:9000
  

packaging​_s3​_disable​_ssl

AWS S3 Disable SSL. Useful for local testing.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_PACKAGING_S3_DISABLE_SSL
• Config file format:

  packaging:
    s3:
      disable_ssl: false
  

packaging​_s3​_force​_s3​_path​_style

AWS S3 Force S3 Path Style. Set this to true to force the request to use path-style addressing, i.e., http://s3.amazonaws.com/BUCKET/KEY. By default, the S3 client will use virtual hosted bucket addressing when possible (http://BUCKET.s3.amazonaws.com/KEY).

See here for details.

• Default value: false
• Environment variable: FLEET_PACKAGING_S3_FORCE_S3_PATH_STYLE
• Config file format:

  packaging:
    s3:
      force_s3_path_style: false
  

packaging​_s3​_region

AWS S3 Region. Leave blank to enable region discovery.

Minio users must set this to any non-empty value (e.g., minio), as Minio does not support region discovery.

• Default value: ""
• Environment variable: FLEET_PACKAGING_S3_REGION
• Config file format:

  packaging:
    s3:
      region: us-east-1
  

Example YAML

packaging:
  s3:
    bucket: some-bucket
    prefix: installers-go-here/
    access_key_id: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
    secret_access_key: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
    sts_assume_role_arn: arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/some-s3-role
    region: us-east-1