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Remotely manage, and protect laptops and mobile devices.

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Automate tasks across devices, from app installs to scripts.

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Inventory, patch, and manage installed software.

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Device management

Device management

Remotely manage, and protect laptops and mobile devices.

Orchestration

Orchestration

Automate tasks across devices, from app installs to scripts.

Software management

Software management

Inventory, patch, and manage installed software.

GitOps

Infrastructure as code

See every change, undo any error, repeat every success.

Extend Fleet

Extend Fleet

Integrate your favorite tools with Fleet.

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GitOps for device management

In-person workshop for beginners.

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Tables

Fleet uses osquery tables to query operating system, hardware, and software data. Each table provides specific data for analysis and filtering.

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startup_items

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startup​_items

Applications and binaries set as startup items.

Column Type Description
args text Arguments provided to startup executable
name text Name of startup item
path text Path of startup item
source text Directory containing startup item (on macOS, the subsystem providing it)
status text Startup status. On Linux: enabled or disabled. On macOS: Combination of enabled, allowed, notified, and hidden. Apple does not seem to document these status values, but allowed seems to indicate whether it is enabled in System Settings.
type text Type of startup item. On macOS this can be app, agent (LaunchAgent), daemon (LaunchDaemon), login item, or user item.
username text The user associated with the startup item

Example

List commands executed as user/logon startup items.

SELECT name, type FROM startup_items WHERE status='enabled';
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