When using fleetctl to generate a package it looks like the option --host_identifier can only be set to either uuid or instance, mapping to $FLEETCTL_HOST_IDENTIFIER and default is uuid. When looking at osquery flags there is this:

--host_identifier=specified

which you can give a name to your endpoint via the flag

--specified_identifier

I tried setting these in a flag file but it did not work, and default uuid is still used. In Fleet UI, when looking at the host section, there are 3 columns: Host, Hostname and UUID. Is there a way to by-pass this so I can give the name I want to the endpoint where the agent is being installed? It can be in any of these 3 columns

Hi @Vinny ! fleetd currently supports

uuid

and

instance

. There's an open issue to add support for

hostname

and

specified

: #17622.

So, this means it is not possible at this moment, correct?

Do you have devices that have duplicate `uuid`s? (That's one of the reasons one would not use the default

--host_identifier=uuid

)

Sorry, I misread what you said. And no, I was trying to find a way of concatenating the hostname with a string of my choice so I could then apply labels matching the string in Fleet. If there is another way of doing it, let me know please