**Related issue:** Resolves
[34890](https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/issues/34890)
# Checklist for submitter
- [X] Changes file added for user-visible changes in `changes/`,
`orbit/changes/` or `ee/fleetd-chrome/changes`.
## Testing
- [X] Added/updated automated tests
- [X] QA'd all new/changed functionality manually
## New Fleet configuration settings
Looking at other log destinations, I couldn't find anything relevant in
GitOps. Please let me know if I missed something, however.
## fleetd/orbit/Fleet Desktop
I've tested this on both Linux and MacOS.
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Co-authored-by: Rachael Shaw <r@rachael.wtf>
Co-authored-by: nulmete <nicoulmete1@gmail.com>
Redis 5 has been EOL for a few years, and didn't get updates for the
latest high-severity CVEs. We're already using 6 in most places
(fleetctl preview, recommended reference architectures, managed cloud
environments) so it's safe to set 6 as the new minimum.
Co-authored-by: Noah Talerman <47070608+noahtalerman@users.noreply.github.com>
Closes https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/issues/22566
I added scope transparency information based on @JoGSal 's suggestion
from [this issue](https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/pull/20726/files).
The content was rewritten in Fleet's plain, straight-talking tone to
match the rest of the page, e.g., short sentences and active voice.
I also removed some instances of `<0xa0>` non-breaking spaces from the
section above.
- @noahtalerman: During #g-software design review on 2025-08-15, we
learned that Fleet builds and tests against Amazon Linux
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Co-authored-by: Rachael Shaw <r@rachael.wtf>
Fixes#31693
Manually forced a run for MySQL 8.4.6 to validate.
# Checklist for submitter
- Changes not needed since this is not a product change.
## Testing
- [x] Added/updated automated tests
# Checklist for submitter
If some of the following don't apply, delete the relevant line.
<!-- Note that API documentation changes are now addressed by the
product design team. -->
- [ ] Changes file added for user-visible changes in `changes/`,
`orbit/changes/` or `ee/fleetd-chrome/changes`.
See [Changes
files](https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/blob/main/docs/Contributing/guides/committing-changes.md#changes-files)
for more information.
- [ ] Input data is properly validated, `SELECT *` is avoided, SQL
injection is prevented (using placeholders for values in statements)
- [ ] Added support on fleet's osquery simulator `cmd/osquery-perf` for
new osquery data ingestion features.
- [ ] If paths of existing endpoints are modified without backwards
compatibility, checked the frontend/CLI for any necessary changes
- [ ] If database migrations are included, checked table schema to
confirm autoupdate
- For new Fleet configuration settings
- [ ] Verified that the setting can be managed via GitOps, or confirmed
that the setting is explicitly being excluded from GitOps. If managing
via Gitops:
- [ ] Verified that the setting is exported via `fleetctl
generate-gitops`
- [ ] Added the setting to [the GitOps
documentation](https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/blob/main/docs/Configuration/yaml-files.md#L485)
- [ ] Verified that the setting is cleared on the server if it is not
supplied in a YAML file (or that it is documented as being optional)
- [ ] Verified that any relevant UI is disabled when GitOps mode is
enabled
- For database migrations:
- [ ] Checked schema for all modified table for columns that will
auto-update timestamps during migration.
- [ ] Confirmed that updating the timestamps is acceptable, and will not
cause unwanted side effects.
- [ ] Ensured the correct collation is explicitly set for character
columns (`COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci`).
- [ ] Added/updated automated tests
- [ ] Where appropriate, automated tests simulate multiple hosts and
test for host isolation (updates to one hosts's records do not affect
another.)
- [ ] Manual QA for all new/changed functionality
- For Orbit and Fleet Desktop changes:
- [ ] Make sure fleetd is compatible with the latest released version of
Fleet (see [Must
rule](https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/blob/main/docs/Contributing/workflows/fleetd-development-and-release-strategy.md)).
- [ ] Orbit runs on macOS, Linux and Windows. Check if the orbit
feature/bugfix should only apply to one platform (`runtime.GOOS`).
- [ ] Manual QA must be performed in the three main OSs, macOS, Windows
and Linux.
- [ ] Auto-update manual QA, from released version of component to new
version (see [tools/tuf/test](../tools/tuf/test/README.md)).
- [ ] For unreleased bug fixes in a release candidate, confirmed that
the fix is not expected to adversely impact load test results or alerted
the release DRI if additional load testing is needed.
For #26716.
Also moves the article to an OS-independent URL, updates links from
elsewhere, and adds a bit more internal-link juice for install
automation.
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Co-authored-by: Rachael Shaw <r@rachael.wtf>
Closes https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/issues/24615
Updated anatomy to:
- Include a more accurate definition of teams
- Updated out-of-date links. Specifically FleetUI that linked to the
queries guide. I updated to link directly to the FleetUI YouTube video.
- Consolidated osquery, Orbit, and Fleetd Chrome extension definitions
under "Fleetd."
- Updated Host vitals and Software definitions
Updated teams guide.
- Fixed some typos and re-phrased a couple of paragraphs for easier
readability
- I provided the missing instructions for adding hosts to teams
(probably should have PR'd this separately, but got carried away)
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Co-authored-by: Rachael Shaw <r@rachael.wtf>
The entry outlining Fleet's commitment to open source stewardship was
accidentally removed from the FAQ. Restoring it to its rightful place.
# Checklist for submitter
Docs only change.
- 1000 => 300
- "cost-efficient" might make it seem like it's cost prohibitive for
everyone (but the real problem is just that we can't quite yet afford to
run thousands of small instances of Fleet for folks with 10-100 hosts,
because it means increasing infrastructure engineering headcount)
- Certificates in fleetd is an advanced article about configuring fleetd
w/ custom certificates. I think "Custom OS settings" (configuration
profiles) is a better controls article
- Simplify titles of software links
Closes https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/issues/22951
- Updated the guides listed on
https://fleetdm.com/docs/get-started/tutorials-and-guides to only
include the most essential onboarding guides. Guides are listed in the
following order:
- Deploying Fleet
- Organizational units
- Controls
- Installing software
- Admin
- Added archive notices to the three "How to install osquery..."
articles
- Added "Further reading" links to the bottom of the Queries guide and
Policies guide to point to related advanced topics
- Renamed "Managing labels in Fleet" to "Labels" for parallelism with
our other guides (left the URL as is, no redirect necessary)
- Renamed "What are Fleet policies" to "Policies" for parallelism with
our other guides (left the URL as is, no redirect necessary)
> No issue, just a fix from a customer convo today
# Checklist for submitter
If some of the following don't apply, delete the relevant line.
<!-- Note that API documentation changes are now addressed by the
product design team. -->
Updated the "How to uninstall osquery" document to no longer reference
older osquery references and file paths that no longer exist.
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Co-authored-by: JD <spokanemac@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric <eashaw@sailsjs.com>
Also mention that we test with 8.4.2 in a few more places.
Note that while I'm editing release articles, this isn't retconning
minimum requirements; we mention in 4.55.0 release notes further down
that we expect 8.0.36.
I have updated the list of tutorials and guides in the docs.
Although the brief stated the cut down the list to only the top 10,
@nonpunctual and I whittled the list down to curate the top 20 guides
that we believe are relevant to users who are deploying and setting up
Fleet. We listed them in order of operation as much as possible.
Closes https://github.com/fleetdm/confidential/issues/7343
