Agent · Lifecycle

Agent lifecycle

Start, stop, restart, and check the agent on the host. Prefer these fleet commands over managing the service yourself.

What each command does

sudo fleet start: Starts the agent and keeps it running after reboot.
sudo fleet stop: Stops the agent. It stays stopped until you start it again.
sudo fleet restart: Restarts the agent (e.g. after an upgrade).
fleet status: Shows whether the agent is running on this host.
fleet logs -f: Shows agent logs; -f follows new lines live.
sudo fleet deregister: Stops the agent and removes this host from your workspace.

fleet status
fleet logs -f
sudo fleet restart
sudo fleet stop

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