if I want to have decorators on queries from fleet, I define them in a config.yaml, does that mean that

fleet serve

needs to reference the file somehow?

you apply them with

fleetctl

there is a

yaml

option, I want to avoid using

fleetctl

Out of curiosity, why?

this (https://github.com/kolide/fleet/blob/master/examples/config-single-file.yml) leads me to believe I can load a default config

Those are objects you can use to interact with Fleet’s API (via

fleetctl

)

fleetctl

is command-line focused and relies on user login to interact w/ fleet (afaik). it's not entirely clear how to install

fleetctl

either. So why couldn't I just interact with the API directly?

You could, nothing is preventing you. And depending on what you are integrating with, that may be a good option rather than using

fleetctl

. But you would still need to authenticate.

ah I see. 🤔 . then the above config link I posted wouldn't work with

fleet serve --config <config_file

?

No

ok so the config file for

fleet serve

is specifically for the fleet binary, and the config file I posted is specifically for

fleetctl

or the API (propertly converted)

Yep

I see, thanks!

See https://github.com/kolide/fleet/tree/master/docs/api

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