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Which API endpoints to expose to the public internet?

This guide details which API endpoints to make publicly accessible.

Managing hosts that can travel outside VPN or intranet

If you would like to manage hosts that can travel outside your VPN or intranet, we recommend only exposing the osquery endpoints to the public internet:

  • /api/osquery
  • /api/v1/osquery

Using Fleet Desktop on remote devices

If you are using Fleet Desktop and want it to work on remote devices, the bare minimum API to expose is /api/latest/fleet/device/*/desktop. This minimal endpoint will only provide the number of failing policies.

For full Fleet Desktop and scripts functionality, /api/fleet/orbit/* and/api/fleet/device/ping must also be exposed.

Using fleetctl CLI from outsite of your network

If you would like to use the fleetctl CLI from outside of your network, the following endpoints will also need to be exposed for fleetctl:

  • /api/setup
  • /api/v1/setup
  • /api/latest/fleet/*
  • /api/v1/fleet/*

Using Fleet's MDM features

If you would like to use Fleet's MDM features, the following endpoints need to be exposed:

  • /mdm/apple/scep to allow hosts to obtain a SCEP certificate.
  • /mdm/apple/mdm to allow hosts to reach the server using the MDM protocol.
  • /api/mdm/apple/enroll to allow DEP-enrolled devices to get an enrollment profile.
  • /api/*/fleet/device/*/mdm/apple/manual_enrollment_profile to allow manually enrolled devices to download an enrollment profile.

The /mdm/apple/scep and /mdm/apple/mdm endpoints are outside of the /api path because they are not RESTful and are not intended for use by API clients or browsers.