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API for contributors

This document includes the Fleet API routes that are helpful when developing or contributing to Fleet.

Unlike the Fleet REST API documentation, only the Fleet UI, Fleet Desktop, and fleetctl clients use the API routes in this document:

Packs

Scheduling queries in Fleet is the best practice for collecting data from hosts. To learn how to schedule queries, check out the docs here.

The API routes to control packs are supported for backwards compatibility.

Create pack

POST /api/v1/fleet/packs

Parameters

Name Type In Description
name string body Required. The pack's name.
description string body The pack's description.
host_ids list body A list containing the targeted host IDs.
label_ids list body A list containing the targeted label's IDs.
team_ids list body Available in Fleet Premium A list containing the targeted teams' IDs.

Example

POST /api/v1/fleet/packs

Request query parameters
{
  "description": "Collects osquery data.",
  "host_ids": [],
  "label_ids": [6],
  "name": "query_pack_1"
}
Default response

Status: 200

{
  "pack": {
    "created_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "id": 17,
    "name": "query_pack_1",
    "description": "Collects osquery data.",
    "query_count": 0,
    "total_hosts_count": 223,
    "host_ids": [],
    "label_ids": [
      6
    ],
    "team_ids": []
  }
}

Modify pack

PATCH /api/v1/fleet/packs/{id}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
id integer path Required. The pack's id.
name string body The pack's name.
description string body The pack's description.
host_ids list body A list containing the targeted host IDs.
label_ids list body A list containing the targeted label's IDs.
team_ids list body Available in Fleet Premium A list containing the targeted teams' IDs.

Example

PATCH /api/v1/fleet/packs/{id}

Request query parameters
{
  "description": "MacOS hosts are targeted",
  "host_ids": [],
  "label_ids": [7]
}
Default response

Status: 200

{
  "pack": {
    "created_at": "2021-01-25T22:32:45Z",
    "updated_at": "2021-01-25T22:32:45Z",
    "id": 17,
    "name": "Title2",
    "description": "MacOS hosts are targeted",
    "query_count": 0,
    "total_hosts_count": 110,
    "host_ids": [],
    "label_ids": [
      7
    ],
    "team_ids": []
  }
}

Get pack

GET /api/v1/fleet/packs/{id}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
id integer path Required. The pack's id.

Example

GET /api/v1/fleet/packs/17

Default response

Status: 200

{
  "pack": {
    "created_at": "2021-01-25T22:32:45Z",
    "updated_at": "2021-01-25T22:32:45Z",
    "id": 17,
    "name": "Title2",
    "description": "MacOS hosts are targeted",
    "disabled": false,
    "type": null,
    "query_count": 0,
    "total_hosts_count": 110,
    "host_ids": [],
    "label_ids": [
      7
    ],
    "team_ids": []
  }
}

List packs

GET /api/v1/fleet/packs

Parameters

Name Type In Description
order_key string query What to order results by. Can be any column in the packs table.
order_direction string query Requires order_key. The direction of the order given the order key. Options include asc and desc. Default is asc.

Example

GET /api/v1/fleet/packs

Default response

Status: 200

{
  "packs": [
    {
      "created_at": "2021-01-05T21:13:04Z",
      "updated_at": "2021-01-07T19:12:54Z",
      "id": 1,
      "name": "pack_number_one",
      "description": "This pack has a description",
      "disabled": true,
      "query_count": 1,
      "total_hosts_count": 53,
      "host_ids": [],
      "label_ids": [
        8
      ],
      "team_ids": [],
    },
    {
      "created_at": "2021-01-19T17:08:31Z",
      "updated_at": "2021-01-19T17:08:31Z",
      "id": 2,
      "name": "query_pack_2",
      "query_count": 5,
      "total_hosts_count": 223,
      "host_ids": [],
      "label_ids": [
        6
      ],
      "team_ids": []
    },
  ]
}

Delete pack

Delete pack by name.

DELETE /api/v1/fleet/packs/{name}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
name string path Required. The pack's name.

Example

DELETE /api/v1/fleet/packs/pack_number_one

Default response

Status: 200

Delete pack by ID

DELETE /api/v1/fleet/packs/id/{id}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
id integer path Required. The pack's ID.

Example

DELETE /api/v1/fleet/packs/id/1

Default response

Status: 200

Get scheduled queries in a pack

GET /api/v1/fleet/packs/{id}/scheduled

Parameters

Name Type In Description
id integer path Required. The pack's ID.

Example

GET /api/v1/fleet/packs/1/scheduled

Default response

Status: 200

{
  "scheduled": [
    {
      "created_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "id": 49,
      "pack_id": 15,
      "name": "new_query",
      "query_id": 289,
      "query_name": "new_query",
      "query": "SELECT * FROM osquery_info",
      "interval": 456,
      "snapshot": false,
      "removed": true,
      "platform": "windows",
      "version": "4.6.0",
      "shard": null,
      "denylist": null
    },
    {
      "created_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "id": 50,
      "pack_id": 15,
      "name": "new_title_for_my_query",
      "query_id": 288,
      "query_name": "new_title_for_my_query",
      "query": "SELECT * FROM osquery_info",
      "interval": 677,
      "snapshot": true,
      "removed": false,
      "platform": "windows",
      "version": "4.6.0",
      "shard": null,
      "denylist": null
    },
    {
      "created_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "id": 51,
      "pack_id": 15,
      "name": "osquery_info",
      "query_id": 22,
      "query_name": "osquery_info",
      "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;",
      "interval": 6667,
      "snapshot": true,
      "removed": false,
      "platform": "windows",
      "version": "4.6.0",
      "shard": null,
      "denylist": null
    }
  ]
}

Add scheduled query to a pack

POST /api/v1/fleet/schedule

Parameters

Name Type In Description
pack_id integer body Required. The pack's ID.
query_id integer body Required. The query's ID.
interval integer body Required. The amount of time, in seconds, the query waits before running.
snapshot boolean body Required. Whether the queries logs show everything in its current state.
removed boolean body Required. Whether "removed" actions should be logged.
platform string body The computer platform where this query will run (other platforms ignored). Empty value runs on all platforms.
shard integer body Restrict this query to a percentage (1-100) of target hosts.
version string body The minimum required osqueryd version installed on a host.

Example

POST /api/v1/fleet/schedule

Request body

{
  "interval": 120,
  "pack_id": 15,
  "query_id": 23,
  "removed": true,
  "shard": null,
  "snapshot": false,
  "version": "4.5.0",
  "platform": "windows"
}
Default response

Status: 200

{
  "scheduled": {
    "created_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "id": 56,
    "pack_id": 17,
    "name": "osquery_events",
    "query_id": 23,
    "query_name": "osquery_events",
    "query": "SELECT name, publisher, type, subscriptions, events, active FROM osquery_events;",
    "interval": 120,
    "snapshot": false,
    "removed": true,
    "platform": "windows",
    "version": "4.5.0",
    "shard": 10
  }
}

Get scheduled query

GET /api/v1/fleet/schedule/{id}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
id integer path Required. The scheduled query's ID.

Example

GET /api/v1/fleet/schedule/56

Default response

Status: 200

{
  "scheduled": {
    "created_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "id": 56,
    "pack_id": 17,
    "name": "osquery_events",
    "query_id": 23,
    "query_name": "osquery_events",
    "query": "SELECT name, publisher, type, subscriptions, events, active FROM osquery_events;",
    "interval": 120,
    "snapshot": false,
    "removed": true,
    "platform": "windows",
    "version": "4.5.0",
    "shard": 10,
    "denylist": null
  }
}

Modify scheduled query

PATCH /api/v1/fleet/schedule/{id}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
id integer path Required. The scheduled query's ID.
interval integer body The amount of time, in seconds, the query waits before running.
snapshot boolean body Whether the queries logs show everything in its current state.
removed boolean body Whether "removed" actions should be logged.
platform string body The computer platform where this query will run (other platforms ignored). Empty value runs on all platforms.
shard integer body Restrict this query to a percentage (1-100) of target hosts.
version string body The minimum required osqueryd version installed on a host.

Example

PATCH /api/v1/fleet/schedule/56

Request body

{
  "platform": ""
}
Default response

Status: 200

{
  "scheduled": {
    "created_at": "2021-01-28T19:40:04Z",
    "updated_at": "2021-01-28T19:40:04Z",
    "id": 56,
    "pack_id": 17,
    "name": "osquery_events",
    "query_id": 23,
    "query_name": "osquery_events",
    "query": "SELECT name, publisher, type, subscriptions, events, active FROM osquery_events;",
    "interval": 120,
    "snapshot": false,
    "removed": true,
    "platform": "",
    "version": "4.5.0",
    "shard": 10
  }
}

Delete scheduled query

DELETE /api/v1/fleet/schedule/{id}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
id integer path Required. The scheduled query's ID.

Example

DELETE /api/v1/fleet/schedule/56

Default response

Status: 200


Get or apply configuration files

These API routes are used by the fleetctl CLI tool. Users can manage Fleet with fleetctl and configuration files in YAML syntax.

Get queries

Returns a list of all queries in the Fleet instance. Each item returned includes the name, description, and SQL of the query.

GET /api/v1/fleet/spec/queries

Parameters

None.

Example

GET /api/v1/fleet/spec/queries

Default response

Status: 200

{
  "specs": [
    {
      "name": "query1",
      "description": "query",
      "query": "SELECT * FROM osquery_info"
    },
    {
      "name": "osquery_schedule",
      "description": "Report performance stats for each file in the query schedule.",
      "query": "SELECT name, interval, executions, output_size, wall_time, (user_time/executions) AS avg_user_time, (system_time/executions) AS avg_system_time, average_memory, last_executed FROM osquery_schedule;"
    }
]
}

Get query

Returns the name, description, and SQL of the query specified by name.

GET /api/v1/fleet/spec/queries/{name}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
name string path Required. The name of the query.

Example

GET /api/v1/fleet/spec/queries/query1

Default response

Status: 200

{
  "specs": {
    "name": "query1",
    "description": "query",
    "query": "SELECT * FROM osquery_info"
  }
}

Apply queries

Creates and/or modifies the queries included in the list. To modify an existing query, the name of the query must already be used by an existing query. If a query with the specified name doesn't exist in Fleet, a new query will be created.

POST /api/v1/fleet/spec/queries

Parameters

Name Type In Description
specs list body Required. The list of the queries to be created or modified.

Example

POST /api/v1/fleet/spec/queries

Request body
{
  "specs": [
    {
      "name": "new_query",
      "description": "This will be a new query because a query with the name 'new_query' doesn't exist in Fleet.",
      "query": "SELECT * FROM osquery_info"
    },
    {
      "name": "osquery_schedule",
      "description": "This queries description and SQL will be modified because a query with the name 'osquery_schedule' exists in Fleet.",
      "query": "SELECT * FROM osquery_info"
    }
  ]
}
Default response

Status: 200

Get packs

Returns all packs in the Fleet instance.

GET /api/v1/fleet/spec/packs

Example

GET /api/v1/fleet/spec/packs

Default response

Status: 200

{
  "specs": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "pack_1",
      "description": "Description",
      "disabled": false,
      "targets": {
        "labels": ["All Hosts"],
        "teams": null
      },
      "queries": [
        {
          "query": "new_query",
          "name": "new_query",
          "description": "",
          "interval": 456,
          "snapshot": false,
          "removed": true,
          "platform": "windows",
          "version": "4.5.0"
        },
        {
          "query": "new_title_for_my_query",
          "name": "new_title_for_my_query",
          "description": "",
          "interval": 677,
          "snapshot": true,
          "removed": false,
          "platform": "",
          "version": ""
        },
        {
          "query": "osquery_info",
          "name": "osquery_info",
          "description": "",
          "interval": 6667,
          "snapshot": true,
          "removed": false,
          "platform": "",
          "version": ""
        },
        {
          "query": "query1",
          "name": "query1",
          "description": "",
          "interval": 7767,
          "snapshot": false,
          "removed": true,
          "platform": "",
          "version": ""
        },
        {
          "query": "osquery_events",
          "name": "osquery_events",
          "description": "",
          "interval": 454,
          "snapshot": false,
          "removed": true,
          "platform": "",
          "version": ""
        },
        {
          "query": "osquery_events",
          "name": "osquery_events-1",
          "description": "",
          "interval": 120,
          "snapshot": false,
          "removed": true,
          "platform": "",
          "version": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "name": "pack_2",
      "disabled": false,
      "targets": {
        "labels": null,
        "teams": null
      },
      "queries": [
        {
          "query": "new_query",
          "name": "new_query",
          "description": "",
          "interval": 333,
          "snapshot": false,
          "removed": true,
          "platform": "windows",
          "version": "4.5.0",
          "shard": 10,
          "denylist": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Apply policies

Creates and/or modifies the policies included in the list. To modify an existing policy, the name of the policy included in the list must already be used by an existing policy. If a policy with the specified name doesn't exist in Fleet, a new policy will be created.

NOTE: when updating a policy, team and platform will be ignored.

POST /api/v1/fleet/spec/policies

Parameters

Name Type In Description
specs list body Required. The list of the policies to be created or modified.

Example

POST /api/v1/fleet/spec/policies

Request body
{
  "specs": [
    {
      "name": "new policy",
      "description": "This will be a new policy because a policy with the name 'new policy' doesn't exist in Fleet.",
      "query": "SELECT * FROM osquery_info",
      "resolution": "some resolution steps here"
    },
    {
      "name": "Is FileVault enabled on macOS devices?",
      "query": "SELECT 1 FROM disk_encryption WHERE user_uuid IS NOT “” AND filevault_status = on LIMIT 1;",
      "description": "Checks to make sure that the FileVault feature is enabled on macOS devices.",
      "resolution": "Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Security & Privacy. Click the FileVault tab. Click the Lock icon, then enter an administrator name and password. Click Turn On FileVault.",
      "platform": "darwin"
    }
  ]
}
Default response

Status: 200

Apply packs

Creates and/or modifies the packs included in the list.

POST /api/v1/fleet/spec/packs

Parameters

Name Type In Description
specs list body Required. A list that includes the specs for each pack to be added to the Fleet instance.

Example

POST /api/v1/fleet/spec/packs

Request body
{
  "specs": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "pack_1",
      "description": "Description",
      "disabled": false,
      "targets": {
        "labels": ["All Hosts"],
        "teams": null
      },
      "queries": [
        {
          "query": "new_query",
          "name": "new_query",
          "description": "",
          "interval": 456,
          "snapshot": false,
          "removed": true
        },
        {
          "query": "new_title_for_my_query",
          "name": "new_title_for_my_query",
          "description": "",
          "interval": 677,
          "snapshot": true,
          "removed": false
        },
        {
          "query": "osquery_info",
          "name": "osquery_info",
          "description": "",
          "interval": 6667,
          "snapshot": true,
          "removed": false
        },
        {
          "query": "query1",
          "name": "query1",
          "description": "",
          "interval": 7767,
          "snapshot": false,
          "removed": true
        },
        {
          "query": "osquery_events",
          "name": "osquery_events",
          "description": "",
          "interval": 454,
          "snapshot": false,
          "removed": true
        },
        {
          "query": "osquery_events",
          "name": "osquery_events-1",
          "description": "",
          "interval": 120,
          "snapshot": false,
          "removed": true
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "name": "pack_2",
      "disabled": false,
      "targets": {
        "labels": null,
        "teams": null
      },
      "queries": [
        {
          "query": "new_query",
          "name": "new_query",
          "description": "",
          "interval": 333,
          "snapshot": false,
          "removed": true,
          "platform": "windows"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
Default response

Status: 200

Get pack by name

Returns a pack.

GET /api/v1/fleet/spec/packs/{name}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
name string path Required. The pack's name.

Example

GET /api/v1/fleet/spec/packs/pack_1

Default response

Status: 200

{
  "specs": {
    "id": 15,
    "name": "pack_1",
    "description": "Description",
    "disabled": false,
    "targets": {
      "labels": ["All Hosts"],
      "teams": null
    },
    "queries": [
      {
        "query": "new_title_for_my_query",
        "name": "new_title_for_my_query",
        "description": "",
        "interval": 677,
        "snapshot": true,
        "removed": false,
        "platform": "",
        "version": ""
      },
      {
        "query": "osquery_info",
        "name": "osquery_info",
        "description": "",
        "interval": 6667,
        "snapshot": true,
        "removed": false,
        "platform": "",
        "version": ""
      },
      {
        "query": "query1",
        "name": "query1",
        "description": "",
        "interval": 7767,
        "snapshot": false,
        "removed": true,
        "platform": "",
        "version": ""
      },
      {
        "query": "osquery_events",
        "name": "osquery_events",
        "description": "",
        "interval": 454,
        "snapshot": false,
        "removed": true,
        "platform": "",
        "version": ""
      },
      {
        "query": "osquery_events",
        "name": "osquery_events-1",
        "description": "",
        "interval": 120,
        "snapshot": false,
        "removed": true,
        "platform": "",
        "version": ""
      }
    ]
  }
}

Apply team

Available in Fleet Premium

If the name specified is associated with an existing team, this API route, completely replaces this team's existing agent_options and secrets with those that are specified.

If the name is not already associated with an existing team, this API route creates a new team with the specified name, agent_options, and secrets.

POST /api/v1/fleet/spec/teams

Parameters

Name Type In Description
name string body Required. The team's name.
agent_options object body The agent options spec that is applied to the hosts assigned to the specified to team. These agent options completely override the global agent options specified in the GET /api/v1/fleet/config API route
features object body The features that are applied to the hosts assigned to the specified to team. These features completely override the global features specified in the GET /api/v1/fleet/config API route
secrets list body A list of plain text strings is used as the enroll secrets. Existing secrets are replaced with this list, or left unmodified if this list is empty. Note that there is a limit of 50 secrets allowed.
force bool query Force apply the spec even if there are (ignorable) validation errors. Those are unknown keys and agent options-related validations.
dry_run bool query Validate the provided JSON for unknown keys and invalid value types and return any validation errors, but do not apply the changes.

Example

POST /api/v1/fleet/spec/teams

Request body
{
  "specs": [
    {
      "name": "Client Platform Engineering",
      "features": {
        "enable_host_users": false,
        "enable_software_inventory": true,
        "additional_queries": {
          "foo": "SELECT * FROM bar;"
        }
      },
      "agent_options": {
        "spec": {
          "config": {
            "options": {
              "logger_plugin": "tls",
              "pack_delimiter": "/",
              "logger_tls_period": 10,
              "distributed_plugin": "tls",
              "disable_distributed": false,
              "logger_tls_endpoint": "/api/v1/osquery/log",
              "distributed_interval": 10,
              "distributed_tls_max_attempts": 3
            },
            "decorators": {
              "load": [
                "SELECT uuid AS host_uuid FROM system_info;",
                "SELECT hostname AS hostname FROM system_info;"
              ]
            }
          },
          "overrides": {}
        }
      },
      "secrets": [
        {
          "secret": "fTp52/twaxBU6gIi0J6PHp8o5Sm1k1kn"
        },
        {
          "secret": "bhD5kiX2J+KBgZSk118qO61ZIdX/v8On"
        }
      ]
t    }
  ]
}

Default response

Status: 200

Apply labels

Adds the supplied labels to Fleet. Each label requires the name, and label_membership_type properties.

If the label_membership_type is set to dynamic, the query property must also be specified with the value set to a query in SQL syntax.

If the label_membership_type is set to manual, the hosts property must also be specified with the value set to a list of hostnames.

POST /api/v1/fleet/spec/labels

Parameters

Name Type In Description
specs list path A list of the label to apply. Each label requires the name, query, and label_membership_type properties

Example

POST /api/v1/fleet/spec/labels

Request body
{
  "specs": [
    {
      "name": "Ubuntu",
      "description": "Filters Ubuntu hosts",
      "query": "SELECT 1 FROM os_version WHERE platform = 'ubuntu';",
      "label_membership_type": "dynamic"
    },
    {
      "name": "local_machine",
      "description": "Includes only my local machine",
      "label_membership_type": "manual",
      "hosts": ["snacbook-pro.local"]
    }
  ]
}
Default response

Status: 200

Get labels

GET /api/v1/fleet/spec/labels

Parameters

None.

Example

GET /api/v1/fleet/spec/labels

Default response

Status: 200

{
  "specs": [
    {
      "id": 6,
      "name": "All Hosts",
      "description": "All hosts which have enrolled in Fleet",
      "query": "SELECT 1;",
      "label_type": "builtin",
      "label_membership_type": "dynamic"
    },
    {
      "id": 7,
      "name": "macOS",
      "description": "All macOS hosts",
      "query": "SELECT 1 FROM os_version WHERE platform = 'darwin';",
      "platform": "darwin",
      "label_type": "builtin",
      "label_membership_type": "dynamic"
    },
    {
      "id": 8,
      "name": "Ubuntu Linux",
      "description": "All Ubuntu hosts",
      "query": "SELECT 1 FROM os_version WHERE platform = 'ubuntu';",
      "platform": "ubuntu",
      "label_type": "builtin",
      "label_membership_type": "dynamic"
    },
    {
      "id": 9,
      "name": "CentOS Linux",
      "description": "All CentOS hosts",
      "query": "SELECT 1 FROM os_version WHERE platform = 'centos' OR name LIKE '%centos%'",
      "label_type": "builtin",
      "label_membership_type": "dynamic"
    },
    {
      "id": 10,
      "name": "MS Windows",
      "description": "All Windows hosts",
      "query": "SELECT 1 FROM os_version WHERE platform = 'windows';",
      "platform": "windows",
      "label_type": "builtin",
      "label_membership_type": "dynamic"
    },
    {
      "id": 11,
      "name": "Ubuntu",
      "description": "Filters Ubuntu hosts",
      "query": "SELECT 1 FROM os_version WHERE platform = 'ubuntu';",
      "label_membership_type": "dynamic"
    }
  ]
}

Get label

Returns the label specified by name.

GET /api/v1/fleet/spec/labels/{name}

Parameters

None.

Example

GET /api/v1/fleet/spec/labels/local_machine

Default response

Status: 200

{
  "specs": {
    "id": 12,
    "name": "local_machine",
    "description": "Includes only my local machine",
    "query": "",
    "label_membership_type": "manual"
  }
}

Get enroll secrets

Returns the valid global enroll secrets.

GET /api/v1/fleet/spec/enroll_secret

Parameters

None.

Example

GET /api/v1/fleet/spec/enroll_secret

Default response

Status: 200

{
  "spec": {
    "secrets": [
      {
        "secret": "fTp52/twaxBU6gIi0J6PHp8o5Sm1k1kn",
        "created_at": "2021-01-07T19:40:04Z"
      },
      {
        "secret": "bhD5kiX2J+KBgZSk118qO61ZIdX/v8On",
        "created_at": "2021-01-04T21:18:07Z"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Modify enroll secrets

This replaces the active global enroll secrets with the secrets specified.

POST /api/v1/fleet/spec/enroll_secret

Parameters

Name Type In Description
secrets list body Required. The plain text string used as the enroll secret. Note that there is a limit of 50 secrets allowed.

Example

Request body
{
  "spec": {
    "secrets": [
      {
        "secret": "fTp52/twaxBU6gIi0J6PHp8o5Sm1k1kn"
      }
    ]
  }
}

POST /api/v1/fleet/spec/enroll_secret

Default response

Status: 200


Live query

These API routes are used by the Fleet UI.

Check live query status

This checks the status of the Fleet's ability to run a live query. If an error is present in the response, Fleet won't be able to run a live query successfully. The Fleet UI uses this endpoint to make sure that the Fleet instance is correctly configured to run live queries.

GET /api/v1/fleet/status/live_query

Parameters

None.

Example

GET /api/v1/fleet/status/live_query

Default response

Status: 200

Check result store status

This checks Fleet's result store status. If an error is present in the response, Fleet won't be able to run a live query successfully. The Fleet UI uses this endpoint to make sure that the Fleet instance is correctly configured to run live queries.

GET /api/v1/fleet/status/result_store

Parameters

None.

Example

GET /api/v1/fleet/status/result_store

Default response

Status: 200

Search targets

Accepts a search query and a list of host IDs to omit and returns a set of up to ten matching hosts. If a query ID is provided and the referenced query allows observers to run, targets will include hosts for which the user has an observer role.

POST /api/latest/fleet/hosts/search

Parameters

Name Type In Description
query string body The query used to identify hosts to target. Searchable items include a host's hostname or IPv4 address.
query_id integer body The saved query (if any) that will be run. The observer_can_run property on the query and the user's roles affect which targets are included.
excluded_host_ids array body The list of host ids to omit from the search results.

Example

POST /api/v1/fleet/targets/search

Request body
{
  "query": "foo",
  "query_id": 42,
  "selected": {
    "hosts": [],
    "labels": [],
    "teams": [1]
  }
}
Default response
{
  "targets": {
    "hosts": [
      {
        "created_at": "2021-02-03T16:11:43Z",
        "updated_at": "2021-02-03T21:58:19Z",
        "id": 1337,
        "detail_updated_at": "2021-02-03T21:58:10Z",
        "label_updated_at": "2021-02-03T21:58:10Z",
        "last_enrolled_at": "2021-02-03T16:11:43Z",
        "seen_time": "2021-02-03T21:58:20Z",
        "hostname": "foof41482833",
        "uuid": "a2064cef-0000-0000-afb9-283e3c1d487e",
        "platform": "rhel",
        "osquery_version": "4.5.1",
        "os_version": "CentOS 6.10.0",
        "build": "",
        "platform_like": "rhel",
        "code_name": "",
        "uptime": 32688000000000,
        "memory": 2086899712,
        "cpu_type": "x86_64",
        "cpu_subtype": "142",
        "cpu_brand": "Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8279U CPU @ 2.40GHz",
        "cpu_physical_cores": 4,
        "cpu_logical_cores": 4,
        "hardware_vendor": "",
        "hardware_model": "",
        "hardware_version": "",
        "hardware_serial": "",
        "computer_name": "foof41482833",
        "display_name": "foof41482833",
        "primary_ip": "172.20.0.3",
        "primary_mac": "02:42:ac:14:00:03",
        "distributed_interval": 10,
        "config_tls_refresh": 10,
        "logger_tls_period": 10,
        "additional": {},
        "status": "offline",
        "display_text": "foof41482833"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Count targets

Counts the number of online and offline hosts included in a given set of selected targets.

POST /api/latest/fleet/targets/count

Parameters

Name Type In Description
query_id integer body The saved query (if any) that will be run. The observer_can_run property on the query and the user's roles determine which targets are included.
selected object body The object includes lists of selected host IDs, label IDs, and team IDs.

Example

POST /api/latest/fleet/targets/count

Request body
{
  "query_id": 1337,
  "selected": {
    "hosts": [],
    "labels": [42],
    "teams": []
  }
}
Default response
{
  "targets_count": 813,
  "targets_offline": 813,
  "targets_online": 0
}

Run live query

Runs the specified query as a live query on the specified hosts or group of hosts and returns a new live query campaign. Individual hosts must be specified with the host's ID. Label IDs also specify groups of hosts.

After you initiate the query, get results via WebSocket.

POST /api/v1/fleet/queries/run

Parameters

Name Type In Description
query string body The SQL if using a custom query.
query_id integer body The saved query (if any) that will be run. Required if running query as an observer. The observer_can_run property on the query effects which targets are included.
selected object body Required. The desired targets for the query specified by ID. This object can contain hosts, labels, and/or teams properties. See examples below.

One of query and query_id must be specified.

Example with one host targeted by ID

POST /api/v1/fleet/queries/run

Request body
{
  "query": "SELECT instance_id FROM system_info",
  "selected": {
    "hosts": [171]
  }
}
Default response

Status: 200

{
  "campaign": {
    "created_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "Metrics": {
      "TotalHosts": 1,
      "OnlineHosts": 0,
      "OfflineHosts": 1,
      "MissingInActionHosts": 0,
      "NewHosts": 1
    },
    "id": 1,
    "query_id": 3,
    "status": 0,
    "user_id": 1
  }
}

Example with multiple hosts targeted by label ID

POST /api/v1/fleet/queries/run

Request body
{
  "query": "SELECT instance_id FROM system_info;",
  "selected": {
    "labels": [7]
  }
}
Default response

Status: 200

{
  "campaign": {
    "created_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "Metrics": {
      "TotalHosts": 102,
      "OnlineHosts": 0,
      "OfflineHosts": 24,
      "MissingInActionHosts": 0,
      "NewHosts": 0
    },
    "id": 2,
    "query_id": 3,
    "status": 0,
    "user_id": 1
  }
}

Run live query by name

Runs the specified saved query as a live query on the specified targets. Returns a new live query campaign. Individual hosts must be specified with the host's hostname. Groups of hosts are specified by label name.

After the query has been initiated, get results via WebSocket.

POST /api/v1/fleet/queries/run_by_names

Parameters

Name Type In Description
query string body The SQL of the query.
query_id integer body The saved query (if any) that will be run. The observer_can_run property on the query effects which targets are included.
selected object body Required. The desired targets for the query specified by name. This object can contain hosts, labels, and/or teams properties. See examples below.

One of query and query_id must be specified.

Example with one host targeted by hostname

POST /api/v1/fleet/queries/run_by_names

Request body
{
  "query_id": 1,
  "selected": {
    "hosts": ["macbook-pro.local"]
  }
}
Default response

Status: 200

{
  "campaign": {
    "created_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "Metrics": {
      "TotalHosts": 1,
      "OnlineHosts": 0,
      "OfflineHosts": 1,
      "MissingInActionHosts": 0,
      "NewHosts": 1
    },
    "id": 1,
    "query_id": 3,
    "status": 0,
    "user_id": 1
  }
}

Example with multiple hosts targeted by label name

POST /api/v1/fleet/queries/run_by_names

Request body
{
  "query": "SELECT instance_id FROM system_info",
  "selected": {
    "labels": ["All Hosts"]
  }
}
Default response

Status: 200

{
  "campaign": {
    "created_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "Metrics": {
      "TotalHosts": 102,
      "OnlineHosts": 0,
      "OfflineHosts": 24,
      "MissingInActionHosts": 0,
      "NewHosts": 1
    },
    "id": 2,
    "query_id": 3,
    "status": 0,
    "user_id": 1
  }
}

Retrieve live query results (standard WebSocket API)

You can retrieve the results of a live query using the standard WebSocket API.

Before you retrieve the live query results, you must create a live query campaign by running the live query. Use the Run live query or Run live query by name endpoints to create a live query campaign.

Note that live queries are automatically cancelled if this method is not called to start retrieving the results within 60 seconds of initiating the query.

/api/v1/fleet/results/websocket

Parameters

Name Type In Description
token string Required. The token used to authenticate with the Fleet API.
campaignID integer Required. The ID of the live query campaign.

Example

Example script to handle request and response

const socket = new WebSocket('wss://<your-base-url>/api/v1/fleet/results/websocket');

socket.onopen = () => {
  socket.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'auth', data: { token: <auth-token> } }));
  socket.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'select_campaign', data: { campaign_id: <campaign-id> } }));
};

socket.onmessage = ({ data }) => {
  console.log(data);
  const message = JSON.parse(data);
  if (message.type === 'status' && message.data.status === 'finished') {
    socket.close();
  }
}

Detailed request and response walkthrough with example data

webSocket.onopen()

Response data
o

webSocket.send()

Request data
[
  {
    "type": "auth",
    "data": { "token": <insert_token_here> }
  }
]
[
  {
    "type": "select_campaign",
    "data": { "campaign_id": 12 }
  }
]

webSocket.onmessage()

Response data
// Sends the total number of hosts targeted and segments them by status

[
  {
    "type": "totals",
    "data": {
      "count": 24,
      "online": 6,
      "offline": 18,
      "missing_in_action": 0
    }
  }
]
// Sends the expected results, actual results so far, and the status of the live query

[
  {
    "type": "status",
    "data": {
      "expected_results": 6,
      "actual_results": 0,
      "status": "pending"
    }
  }
]
// Sends the result for a given host

[
  {
    "type": "result",
    "data": {
      "distributed_query_execution_id": 39,
      "host": {
        // host data
      },
      "rows": [
        // query results data for the given host
      ],
      "error": null
    }
  }
]
// Sends the status of "finished" when messages with the results for all expected hosts have been sent

[
  {
    "type": "status",
    "data": {
      "expected_results": 6,
      "actual_results": 6,
      "status": "finished"
    }
  }
]

Retrieve live query results (SockJS)

You can also retrieve live query results with a SockJS client. The script to handle the request and response messages will look similar to the standard WebSocket API script with slight variations. For example, the constructor used for SockJS is SockJS while the constructor used for the standard WebSocket API is WebSocket.

Note that SockJS has been found to be substantially less reliable than the standard WebSockets approach.

/api/v1/fleet/results/

Parameters

Name Type In Description
token string Required. The token used to authenticate with the Fleet API.
campaignID integer Required. The ID of the live query campaign.

Example

Example script to handle request and response

const socket = new SockJS(`<your-base-url>/api/v1/fleet/results`, undefined, {});

socket.onopen = () => {
  socket.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'auth', data: { token: <token> } }));
  socket.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'select_campaign', data: { campaign_id: <campaignID> } }));
};

socket.onmessage = ({ data }) => {
  console.log(data);
  const message = JSON.parse(data);

  if (message.type === 'status' && message.data.status === 'finished') {
    socket.close();
  }
}
Detailed request and response walkthrough

socket.onopen()

Response data
o

socket.send()

Request data
[
  {
    "type": "auth",
    "data": { "token": <insert_token_here> }
  }
]
[
  {
    "type": "select_campaign",
    "data": { "campaign_id": 12 }
  }
]

socket.onmessage()

Response data
// Sends the total number of hosts targeted and segments them by status

[
  {
    "type": "totals",
    "data": {
      "count": 24,
      "online": 6,
      "offline": 18,
      "missing_in_action": 0
    }
  }
]
// Sends the expected results, actual results so far, and the status of the live query

[
  {
    "type": "status",
    "data": {
      "expected_results": 6,
      "actual_results": 0,
      "status": "pending"
    }
  }
]
// Sends the result for a given host

[
  {
    "type": "result",
    "data": {
      "distributed_query_execution_id": 39,
      "host": {
        // host data
      },
      "rows": [
        // query results data for the given host
      ],
      "error": null
    }
  }
]
// Sends the status of "finished" when messages with the results for all expected hosts have been sent

[
  {
    "type": "status",
    "data": {
      "expected_results": 6,
      "actual_results": 6,
      "status": "finished"
    }
  }
]

Device-authenticated routes

Device-authenticated routes are routes used by the Fleet Desktop application. Unlike most other routes, Fleet user's API token does not authenticate them. They use a device-specific token.

Get device's host

Returns the host information about the device that makes the request.

GET /api/v1/fleet/device/{token}

Parameters
Name Type In Description
token string path The device's authentication token.
Example

GET /api/v1/fleet/device/abcdef012456789

Default response

Status: 200

{
  "host": {
    "created_at": "2021-08-19T02:02:22Z",
    "updated_at": "2021-08-19T21:14:58Z",
    "software": [
      {
        "id": 408,
        "name": "osquery",
        "version": "4.5.1",
        "source": "rpm_packages",
        "generated_cpe": "",
        "vulnerabilities": null
      },
      {
        "id": 1146,
        "name": "tar",
        "version": "1.30",
        "source": "rpm_packages",
        "generated_cpe": "",
        "vulnerabilities": null
      },
      {
        "id": 321,
        "name": "SomeApp.app",
        "version": "1.0",
        "source": "apps",
        "bundle_identifier": "com.some.app",
        "last_opened_at": "2021-08-18T21:14:00Z",
        "generated_cpe": "",
        "vulnerabilities": null
      }
    ],
    "id": 1,
    "detail_updated_at": "2021-08-19T21:07:53Z",
    "label_updated_at": "2021-08-19T21:07:53Z",
    "last_enrolled_at": "2021-08-19T02:02:22Z",
    "seen_time": "2021-08-19T21:14:58Z",
    "refetch_requested": false,
    "hostname": "23cfc9caacf0",
    "uuid": "309a4b7d-0000-0000-8e7f-26ae0815ede8",
    "platform": "rhel",
    "osquery_version": "4.5.1",
    "os_version": "CentOS Linux 8.3.2011",
    "build": "",
    "platform_like": "rhel",
    "code_name": "",
    "uptime": 210671000000000,
    "memory": 16788398080,
    "cpu_type": "x86_64",
    "cpu_subtype": "158",
    "cpu_brand": "Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9980HK CPU @ 2.40GHz",
    "cpu_physical_cores": 12,
    "cpu_logical_cores": 12,
    "hardware_vendor": "",
    "hardware_model": "",
    "hardware_version": "",
    "hardware_serial": "",
    "computer_name": "23cfc9caacf0",
    "display_name": "23cfc9caacf0",
    "public_ip": "",
    "primary_ip": "172.27.0.6",
    "primary_mac": "02:42:ac:1b:00:06",
    "distributed_interval": 10,
    "config_tls_refresh": 10,
    "logger_tls_period": 10,
    "team_id": null,
    "pack_stats": null,
    "team_name": null,
    "additional": {},
    "gigs_disk_space_available": 46.1,
    "percent_disk_space_available": 73,
    "disk_encryption_enabled": true,
    "users": [
      {
        "uid": 0,
        "username": "root",
        "type": "",
        "groupname": "root",
        "shell": "/bin/bash"
      },
      {
        "uid": 1,
        "username": "bin",
        "type": "",
        "groupname": "bin",
        "shell": "/sbin/nologin"
      }
    ],
    "labels": [
      {
        "created_at": "2021-08-19T02:02:17Z",
        "updated_at": "2021-08-19T02:02:17Z",
        "id": 6,
        "name": "All Hosts",
        "description": "All hosts which have enrolled in Fleet",
        "query": "SELECT 1;",
        "platform": "",
        "label_type": "builtin",
        "label_membership_type": "dynamic"
      },
      {
        "created_at": "2021-08-19T02:02:17Z",
        "updated_at": "2021-08-19T02:02:17Z",
        "id": 9,
        "name": "CentOS Linux",
        "description": "All CentOS hosts",
        "query": "SELECT 1 FROM os_version WHERE platform = 'centos' OR name LIKE '%centos%'",
        "platform": "",
        "label_type": "builtin",
        "label_membership_type": "dynamic"
      },
      {
        "created_at": "2021-08-19T02:02:17Z",
        "updated_at": "2021-08-19T02:02:17Z",
        "id": 12,
        "name": "All Linux",
        "description": "All Linux distributions",
        "query": "SELECT 1 FROM osquery_info WHERE build_platform LIKE '%ubuntu%' OR build_distro LIKE '%centos%';",
        "platform": "",
        "label_type": "builtin",
        "label_membership_type": "dynamic"
      }
    ],
    "packs": [],
    "status": "online",
    "display_text": "23cfc9caacf0",
    "batteries": [
      {
        "cycle_count": 999,
        "health": "Good"
      }
    ]
  },
  "org_logo_url": "https://example.com/logo.jpg",
  "license": {
    "tier": "free",
    "expiration": "2031-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

Refetch device's host

Same as Refetch host route for the current device.

POST /api/v1/fleet/device/{token}/refetch

Parameters
Name Type In Description
token string path The device's authentication token.

Get device's Google Chrome profiles

Same as Get host's Google Chrome profiles for the current device.

GET /api/v1/fleet/device/{token}/device_mapping

Parameters
Name Type In Description
token string path The device's authentication token.

Get device's mobile device management (MDM) and Munki information

Same as Get host's mobile device management and Munki information for the current device.

GET /api/v1/fleet/device/{token}/macadmins

Parameters
Name Type In Description
token string path The device's authentication token.

Get Fleet Desktop information

Available in Fleet Premium

Gets all information required by Fleet Desktop to notify the user if there are any failing policies.

GET /api/v1/fleet/device/{token}/desktop

Parameters
Name Type In Description
token string path The device's authentication token.
Example

GET /api/v1/fleet/device/abcdef012456789/desktop

Default response

Status: 200

{
  "failing_policies_count": 3
}

Get device's policies

Available in Fleet Premium

Lists the policies applied to the current device.

GET /api/v1/fleet/device/{token}/policies

Parameters
Name Type In Description
token string path The device's authentication token.
Example

GET /api/v1/fleet/device/abcdef012456789/policies

Default response

Status: 200

{
  "policies": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "SomeQuery",
      "query": "SELECT * FROM foo;",
      "description": "this is a query",
      "resolution": "fix with these steps...",
      "platform": "windows,linux",
      "response": "pass"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "name": "SomeQuery2",
      "query": "SELECT * FROM bar;",
      "description": "this is another query",
      "resolution": "fix with these other steps...",
      "platform": "darwin",
      "response": "fail"
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "name": "SomeQuery3",
      "query": "SELECT * FROM baz;",
      "description": "",
      "resolution": "",
      "platform": "",
      "response": ""
    }
  ]
}

Get device's API features

This supports the dynamic discovery of API features supported by the server for device-authenticated routes. This allows supporting different versions of Fleet Desktop and Fleet server instances (older or newer) while supporting the evolution of the API features. With this mechanism, an older Fleet Desktop can ignore features it doesn't know about, and a newer one can avoid requesting features about which the server doesn't know.

GET /api/v1/fleet/device/{token}/api_features

Parameters
Name Type In Description
token string path The device's authentication token.
Example

GET /api/v1/fleet/device/abcdef012456789/api_features

Default response

Status: 200

{
  "features": {}
}

Get device's transparency URL

Returns the URL to open when clicking the "Transparency" menu item in Fleet Desktop. Note that Fleet Premium is required to configure a custom transparency URL.

GET /api/v1/fleet/device/{token}/transparency

Parameters
Name Type In Description
token string path The device's authentication token.
Example

GET /api/v1/fleet/device/abcdef012456789/transparency

Default response

Status: 307

Redirects to the transparency URL.


Downloadable installers

These API routes are used by the UI in Fleet Sandbox.

Download an installer

Downloads a pre-built fleet-osquery installer with the given parameters.

POST /api/v1/fleet/download_installer/{kind}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
kind string path The installer kind: pkg, msi, deb or rpm.
enroll_secret string x-www-form-urlencoded The global enroll secret.
token string x-www-form-urlencoded The authentication token.
desktop boolean x-www-form-urlencoded Set to true to ask for an installer that includes Fleet Desktop.
Default response
Status: 200
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-Disposition: attachment
Content-Length: <length>
Body: <blob>

If an installer with the provided parameters is found, the installer is returned as a binary blob in the body of the response.

Installer doesn't exist

Status: 400

This error occurs if an installer with the provided parameters doesn't exist.

Check if an installer exists

Checks if a pre-built fleet-osquery installer with the given parameters exists.

HEAD /api/v1/fleet/download_installer/{kind}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
kind string path The installer kind: pkg, msi, deb or rpm.
enroll_secret string query The global enroll secret.
desktop boolean query Set to true to ask for an installer that includes Fleet Desktop.
Default response

Status: 200

If an installer with the provided parameters is found.

Installer doesn't exist

Status: 400

If an installer with the provided parameters doesn't exist.

Setup

Sets up a new Fleet instance with the given parameters.

POST /api/v1/setup

Parameters

Name Type In Description
admin object body Required. Contains the following admin user details: admin, email, name, password, and password_confirmation.
org_info object body Required. Contains the following organizational details: org_name.
server_url string body Required. The URL of the Fleet instance.
Request body
{
	"admin": {
		"admin": true,
		"email": "janedoe@example.com",
		"name": "Jane Doe",
		"password": "password!234",
		"password_confirmation": "password!234"
	},
	"org_info": {
		"org_name": "Fleet Device Management"
	},
	"server_url": "https://localhost:8080"
}
Default response

Status: 200

If the Fleet instance is provided required parameters to complete setup.

{
  "admin": {
    "created_at": "2021-01-07T19:40:04Z",
    "updated_at": "2021-01-07T19:40:04Z",
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Jane Doe",
    "email": "janedoe@example.com",
    "force_password_reset": false,
    "gravatar_url": "",
    "sso_enabled": false,
    "global_role": "admin",
    "api_only": false,
    "teams": []
  },
  "org_info": {
    "org_name": "Fleet Device Management",
    "org_logo_url": "https://fleetdm.com/logo.png"
  },
  "server_url": "https://localhost:8080",
  "osquery_enroll_secret": null,
  "token": "ur4RWGBeiNmNzer/dnGzgUQ+jxrJe19xuHg/LhLkbhuZMQu35scyBHUHs68+RJxZynxQnuTz4WTHXayAJJaGgg=="
}