Commands you run on the host. For flags on your installed binary, fleet --help is always current.
Typical flow: install → fleet register → sudo fleet start. See install and lifecycle.
Link this host to your Fleet workspace.
Register this host with Fleet
Links the machine to your workspace using the token from the dashboard. Does not start the agent — run fleet start after.
fleet register <your-token>
Remove this agent from Fleet
Stops the agent on this host and removes it from your workspace. Local registration is cleared so you can register again later.
sudo fleet deregister
Start, stop, and restart the agent.
Start the agent
Starts the agent and keeps it running across reboots. Use this after register on a normal Linux host.
sudo fleet start
Stop the agent
Stops the agent on this host. It stays stopped until you start it again.
sudo fleet stop
Restart the agent
Stops then starts the agent. Useful after an upgrade.
sudo fleet restart
Check status, logs, and local info.
Show whether the agent is running
Prints running state and basic health for this host.
fleet status
Show agent logs
Prints recent agent logs. Use -f to follow live output. Requires the agent to have been started once.
fleet logs fleet logs -f
Show agent and path info
Prints version, whether the agent looks connected, and where Fleet stores data on this host.
fleet info
Print the agent version
Shows the version of the installed fleet binary.
fleet version
Occasional maintenance.
Clean up old deploy files
Frees disk space from old deploy leftovers on this host. Safe to run when the agent is running and disk is getting full.
fleet gc