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fleetctl apply
The fleectl apply command and YAML interface is used for one-off imports and backwards compatibility GitOps.
To use Fleet's best practice GitOps, check out the GitOps docs.
Queries
The queries YAML file controls queries in Fleet.
You can define one or more queries in the same file with ---.
The following example file includes several queries:
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: query
spec:
name: osquery_info
description: A heartbeat counter that reports general performance (CPU, memory) and version.
query: select i.*, p.resident_size, p.user_time, p.system_time, time.minutes as counter from osquery_info i, processes p, time where p.pid = i.pid;
team: ""
interval: 3600 # 1 hour
observer_can_run: true
automations_enabled: true
discard_data: false
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: query
spec:
name: Get serial number of a laptop
description: Returns the serial number of a laptop, which can be useful for asset tracking.
query: SELECT hardware_serial FROM system_info;
team: Workstations
interval: 0
observer_can_run: true
discard_data: false
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: query
spec:
name: Get recently added or removed USB drives
description: Report event publisher health and track event counters.
query: |-
SELECT action, DATETIME(time, 'unixepoch') AS datetime, vendor, mounts.path
FROM disk_events
LEFT JOIN mounts
ON mounts.device = disk_events.device
;
team: Workstations (Canary)
interval: 86400 # 24 hours
observer_can_run: false
min_osquery_version: 5.4.0
platform: darwin,windows
automations_enabled: true
logging: differential
discard_data: true
Continued edits and applications to this file will update the queries.
If you want to change the name of a report, you must first create a new report with the new name and then delete the report with the old name via the UI or API.
Labels
The following file describes the labels which hosts should be automatically grouped into. The label resource should include the actual SQL query so that the label is self-contained:
apiVersion: v1
kind: label
spec:
name: slack_not_running
query: >
SELECT * FROM system_info
WHERE NOT EXISTS (
SELECT *
FROM processes
WHERE name LIKE "%Slack%"
);
Labels can also be manually managed. When defining a manual label, reference hosts by hostname:
apiVersion: v1
kind: label
spec:
name: Manually Managed Example
label_membership_type: manual
hosts:
- hostname1
- hostname2
- hostname3
Enroll secrets
The following file shows how to configure enroll secrets. Enroll secrets are valid until you delete them.
apiVersion: v1
kind: enroll_secret
spec:
secrets:
- secret: RzTlxPvugG4o4O5IKS/HqEDJUmI1hwBoffff
- secret: YBh0n4pvRplKyWiowv9bf3zp6BBOJ13O
Osquery provides the enroll secret only during the enrollment process. Once a host is enrolled, the node key it receives remains valid for authentication independent from the enroll secret.
Currently enrolled hosts do not necessarily need enroll secrets updated, as the existing enrollment will continue to be valid as long as the host is not deleted from Fleet and the osquery store on the host remains valid. Any newly enrolling hosts must have the new secret.
Deploying a new enroll secret cannot be done centrally from Fleet.
Enroll secrets must be alphanumeric and should not contain special characters.
Multiple enroll secrets
Fleet allows the abiility to maintain multiple enroll secrets. Some organizations have internal goals around rotating secrets. Having multiple secrets allows some of them to work at the same time the rotation is happening. Another reason you might want to use multiple enroll secrets is to use a certain fleet enroll secret to auto-enroll hosts into a specific fleet (Fleet Premium).
Rotating enroll secrets
- In Fleet, head to Hosts > Manage enroll secret and add a new secret.
- Create a fleetd agent with the new enroll secret and install it on hosts.
- Delete the old enroll secret.
Fleets
Applies only to Fleet Premium.
The team YAML file controls a fleet of hosts.
You can define one or more fleet in the same file with ---.
The following example file includes one fleet:
apiVersion: v1
kind: team
spec:
team:
name: "💻 Workstations"
agent_options:
config:
decorators:
load:
- SELECT uuid AS host_uuid FROM system_info;
- SELECT hostname AS hostname FROM system_info;
options:
disable_distributed: false
distributed_interval: 10
distributed_plugin: tls
distributed_tls_max_attempts: 3
logger_tls_endpoint: /api/osquery/log
logger_tls_period: 10
pack_delimiter: /
update_channels:
desktop: edge
orbit: edge
osqueryd: edge
features:
enable_host_users: true
enable_software_inventory: true
host_expiry_settings:
host_expiry_enabled: false
host_expiry_window: 0
integrations:
conditional_access_enabled: null
google_calendar:
enable_calendar_events: false
webhook_url: ""
mdm:
android_settings:
certificates: null
custom_settings: null
enable_disk_encryption: true
ios_updates:
deadline: null
minimum_version: null
update_new_hosts: null
ipados_updates:
deadline: null
minimum_version: null
update_new_hosts: null
macos_settings:
custom_settings: []
macos_setup:
bootstrap_package: ""
enable_end_user_authentication: true
enable_release_device_manually: false
macos_setup_assistant: ""
manual_agent_install: false
require_all_software_macos: false
script: ""
software: []
macos_updates:
deadline: ""
minimum_version: ""
update_new_hosts: null
windows_require_bitlocker_pin: null
windows_settings:
custom_settings: null
windows_updates:
deadline_days: null
grace_period_days: null
scripts:
- /home/runner/work/fleet/fleet/it-and-security/lib/macos/scripts/uninstall-fleetd-macos.sh
- /home/runner/work/fleet/fleet/it-and-security/lib/windows/scripts/uninstall-fleetd-windows.ps1
- /home/runner/work/fleet/fleet/it-and-security/lib/linux/scripts/uninstall-fleetd-linux.sh
- /home/runner/work/fleet/fleet/it-and-security/lib/linux/scripts/install-fleet-desktop-required-extension.sh
secrets:
- created_at: "2026-02-08T05:25:21Z"
secret: tTavYeEwmUYzdnRlPICwVcFtPszkIvkf
team_id: 310
software:
app_store_apps: null
fleet_maintained_apps:
- categories: null
icon:
path: ""
install_script:
path: ""
labels_exclude_any: null
labels_include_any: null
post_install_script:
path: ""
pre_install_query:
path: ""
self_service: true
setup_experience: null
slug: santa/darwin
uninstall_script:
path: ""
- categories: null
icon:
path: ""
install_script:
path: ""
labels_exclude_any: null
labels_include_any: null
post_install_script:
path: ""
pre_install_query:
path: ""
self_service: true
setup_experience: null
slug: vnc-viewer/darwin
uninstall_script:
path: ""
- categories: null
icon:
path: ""
install_script:
path: ""
labels_exclude_any: null
labels_include_any: null
post_install_script:
path: ""
pre_install_query:
path: ""
self_service: true
setup_experience: null
slug: beyond-compare/darwin
uninstall_script:
path: ""
- categories: null
icon:
path: ""
install_script:
path: ""
labels_exclude_any: null
labels_include_any: null
post_install_script:
path: ""
pre_install_query:
path: ""
self_service: true
setup_experience: null
slug: iterm2/darwin
uninstall_script:
path: ""
packages: null
webhook_settings:
failing_policies_webhook: null
host_status_webhook:
days_count: 0
destination_url: ""
enable_host_status_webhook: false
host_percentage: 0
Fleet-level agent options
The fleet-level agent options specify options that only apply to this fleet. When fleet-specific agent options have been specified, the agent options specified at the organization level are ignored for this fleet.
The documentation for this section is identical to the Agent options documentation for the organization settings, except that the YAML section where it is set must be as follows. (Note the kind: team key and the location of the agent_options key under team must have a name key to identify the team to configure.)
apiVersion: v1
kind: team
spec:
team:
name: Client Platform Engineering
agent_options:
# the team-specific options go here
Fleet-level secrets
The secrets section provides the list of enroll secrets that will be valid for this fleet. When a new fleet is created via fleetctl apply, an enroll secret is automatically generated for it. If the section is missing, the existing secrets are left unmodified. Otherwise, they are replaced with this list of secrets for this fleet.
- Optional setting (array of dictionaries)
- Default value: none (empty)
- Config file format:
team: name: Client Platform Engineering secrets: - secret: RzTlxPvugG4o4O5IKS/HqEDJUmI1hwBoffff - secret: JZ/C/Z7ucq22dt/zjx2kEuDBN0iLjqfz
Modify an existing fleet
You can modify an existing fleet by applying a new fleet configuration file with the same name as an existing fleet. The new fleet configuration will completely replace the previous configuration. In order to avoid overriding existing settings, we recommend retrieving the existing configuration and modifying it.
Retrieve the fleet configuration and output to a YAML file:
% fleetctl get teams --name Workstations --yaml > workstation_config.yml
After updating the generated YAML, apply the changes:
% fleetctl apply -f workstation_config.yml
Depending on your Fleet version, you may see unsupported key errors for the following keys when applying the new fleet configuration:
id
user_count
host_count
integrations
webhook_settings
description
agent_options
created_at
user_count
host_count
integrations
webhook_settings
You can bypass these errors by removing the key from your YAML or adding the --force flag. This flag will apply the changes without validation and should be used with caution.
mdm.macos_settings.custom_settings, mdm.windows_settings.custom_settings, mdm.macos_setup, mdm.volume_purchasing_program, and scripts only include the settings applied using fleetctl apply. To list settings added in the UI or API, use the List configuration profiles, GET endpoints from Setup experience, List Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) tokens, or List scripts instead.
Mobile device management (MDM) settings for fleets
The mdm section of this configuration YAML lets you control MDM settings for each fleet.
To specify fleet MDM configuration, as opposed to Organization-wide MDM configuration, follow the below YAML format. Note the kind: team field, as well as the name and mdm fields under team.
apiVersion: v1
kind: team
spec:
team:
name: Client Platform Engineering
mdm:
# the team-specific mdm options go here
Fleet-level scripts
List of saved scripts that can be run on hosts that are part of the fleet.
- Default value: none
- Config file format:
apiVersion: v1
kind: team
spec:
team:
name: Client Platform Engineering
scripts:
- path/to/script1.sh
- path/to/script2.sh
Organization settings
The config YAML file controls Fleet's organization settings and MDM features for hosts that are "Unassigned."
The following example file shows the default organization settings:
apiVersion: v1
kind: config
spec:
agent_options:
config:
decorators:
load:
- SELECT uuid AS host_uuid FROM system_info;
- SELECT hostname AS hostname FROM system_info;
options:
disable_distributed: false
distributed_interval: 10
distributed_plugin: tls
distributed_tls_max_attempts: 3
logger_tls_endpoint: /api/osquery/log
logger_tls_period: 10
pack_delimiter: /
overrides: {}
command_line_flags: {}
features:
enable_host_users: true
enable_software_inventory: true
fleet_desktop:
transparency_url: https://fleetdm.com/transparency
host_expiry_settings:
host_expiry_enabled: false
host_expiry_window: 0
integrations:
jira: null
zendesk: null
org_info:
org_logo_url: ""
org_logo_url_light_background: ""
contact_url: ""
org_name: Fleet
server_settings:
deferred_save_host: false
enable_analytics: true
live_query_disabled: false
query_reports_disabled: false
scripts_disabled: false
server_url: ""
smtp_settings:
authentication_method: authmethod_plain
authentication_type: authtype_username_password
domain: ""
enable_smtp: false
enable_ssl_tls: true
enable_start_tls: true
password: ""
port: 587
sender_address: ""
server: ""
user_name: ""
verify_ssl_certs: true
sso_settings:
enable_jit_provisioning: false
enable_sso: false
enable_sso_idp_login: false
entity_id: ""
idp_image_url: ""
idp_name: ""
issuer_uri: ""
metadata: ""
metadata_url: ""
vulnerabilities:
databases_path: "/tmp/vulndbs"
periodicity: 1h
cpe_database_url: ""
cpe_translations_url: ""
cve_feed_prefix_url: ""
disable_schedule: false
disable_data_sync: false
recent_vulnerability_max_age: 30d
disable_win_os_vulnerabilities: false
webhook_settings:
failing_policies_webhook:
destination_url: ""
enable_failing_policies_webhook: false
host_batch_size: 0
policy_ids: null
host_status_webhook:
days_count: 0
destination_url: ""
enable_host_status_webhook: false
host_percentage: 0
interval: 24h
vulnerabilities_webhook:
destination_url: ""
enable_vulnerabilities_webhook: false
host_batch_size: 0
mdm:
apple_bm_default_team: ""
windows_enabled_and_configured: false
macos_updates:
minimum_version: ""
deadline: ""
macos_settings:
custom_settings:
- path: '/path/to/profile1.mobileconfig'
- path: '/path/to/profile2.mobileconfig'
- path: '/path/to/profile3.mobileconfig'
enable_disk_encryption: true
windows_settings:
custom_settings:
- path: '/path/to/profile4.xml'
- path: '/path/to/profile5.xml'
Settings
For possible options, see the parameter for the parameters of the Modify configuration API endpoint.
Each section's key must be one level below the spec key, indented with spaces (not <tab> characters) as required by the YAML format.
For example, when adding the host_expiry_settings.host_expiry_enabled setting, you'd specify the host_expiry_settings section one level below the spec key:
apiVersion: v1
kind: config
spec:
host_expiry_settings:
host_expiry_enabled: true