HI guys I m kinda new in osquery and fleetdm I ve tried to s

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HI guys I m kinda new in osquery and fleetdm I ve tried to set up the fleet server and I ve just added some hosts using osqueryd command Now I m trying to use the kolide launcher without a TUF server in the docs Notary is the suggested one Can I add a new host using only the launcher without the TUF server as a osqueryd wrapper I m trying to use it but osqueryd doesn t start This is the error that it gives to me ` caller launcher go 125 err launching osquery instance starting instance could not create extension manager server at tmp 087732583 osquery sock waiting for unix socket to be available tmp 087732583 osquery sock context deadline exceeded msg interrupted severity info ts 2020 12 30T10 34 58 929634Z `

Bacarus · Answer

if more informations are needed I can post here the whole log that that I get after the launch command

Bacarus · Answer

I ve just solved the issue Ownership of the file osquery exentension ext wasn t ok it must be owned by a root account

mikermcneil · Answer

< Bacarus> Thanks for sharing your fix We could use a better error message here < zwass> something to consider re orbit

seph · Answer

There s another log line a couple up from that with the osquery error Which while still obscure is a bit more understandable

seph · Answer

The TUF server is used for the update functionality You can leave auto update off or it defaults to the kolide servers

Bacarus · Answer

< mikermcneil> maybe you can add a tip in the documentation of the launcher I ve found that fix studying the osquery documentation the extension part