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osquery 5.13.1, your OS as a high-performance relational database
Usage: osqueryi [OPTION]... [SQL STATEMENT]

osquery command line flags:

    --flagfile PATH                                       Line-delimited file of additional flags
    --D                                                   Run as a daemon process
    --S                                                   Run as a shell process
    --alarm_timeout VALUE                                 Seconds to allow for shutdown. Minimum is 10
    --aws_enforce_fips                                    Whether to enforce AWS FIPS endpoints for all services or not
    --carver_block_size VALUE                             Size of blocks used for POSTing data back to remote endpoints
    --carver_compression                                  Compress archives using zstd prior to upload (default false)
    --carver_continue_endpoint VALUE                      TLS/HTTPS endpoint that receives carved content after session creation
    --carver_disable_function                             Disable the osquery file carver function (default true)
    --carver_expiry VALUE                                 Seconds to store successful carve result metadata (in carves table)
    --carver_start_endpoint VALUE                         TLS/HTTPS init endpoint for forensic carver
    --config_accelerated_refresh VALUE                    Interval to wait if reading a configuration fails
    --config_check                                        Check the format of an osquery config and exit
    --config_dump                                         Dump the contents of the configuration, then exit
    --config_enable_backup                                Backup config and use it when refresh fails
    --config_path VALUE                                   Path to JSON config file
    --config_plugin VALUE                                 Config plugin name
    --config_refresh VALUE                                Optional interval in seconds to re-read configuration
    --config_tls_endpoint VALUE                           TLS/HTTPS endpoint for config retrieval
    --config_tls_max_attempts VALUE                       Number of attempts to retry a TLS config request
    --daemonize                                           Attempt to daemonize (POSIX only)
    --database_dump                                       Dump the contents of the backing store
    --database_path VALUE                                 If using a disk-based backing store, specify a path
    --disable_carver                                      Disable the osquery file carver (default true)
    --disable_enrollment                                  Disable enrollment functions on related config/logger plugins
    --disable_extensions                                  Disable extension API
    --disable_reenrollment                                Disable re-enrollment attempts if related plugins return invalid
    --disable_tables VALUE                                Comma-delimited list of table names to be disabled
    --disable_watchdog                                    Disable userland watchdog process
    --enable_extensions_watchdog                          Enable userland watchdog for extensions processes
    --enable_tables VALUE                                 Comma-delimited list of table names to be enabled
    --enable_watchdog_debug                               Enable logging of CPU and memory footprint of watched processes
    --enroll_always                                       On startup, send a new enrollment request
    --enroll_secret_env VALUE                             Name of environment variable holding enrollment-auth secret
    --enroll_secret_path VALUE                            Path to an optional client enrollment-auth secret
    --enroll_tls_endpoint VALUE                           TLS/HTTPS endpoint for client enrollment
    --experiments_linuxevents_circular_buffer_size VALUE  Size of the circular buffer used by tables to store events
    --experiments_linuxevents_perf_output_size VALUE      Perf ouput size (must be a power of two)
    --extensions_autoload VALUE                           Optional path to a list of autoloaded & managed extensions
    --extensions_interval VALUE                           Seconds delay between connectivity checks
    --extensions_require VALUE                            Comma-separated list of required extensions
    --extensions_socket VALUE                             Path to the extensions UNIX domain socket
    --extensions_timeout VALUE                            Seconds to wait for autoloaded extensions
    --force                                               Force osqueryd to kill previously-running daemons
    --install                                             Install osqueryd as a service
    --keep_container_worker_open                          Keep the container worker running to be reused instead of closing it after each query
    --logger_mode VALUE                                   Octal mode for log files (default '0640')
    --logger_plugin VALUE                                 Logger plugin name
    --logger_stderr                                       Write status logs to stderr
    --logtostderr                                         Log messages to stderr in addition to the logger plugin(s)
    --pidfile VALUE                                       Path to the daemon pidfile mutex
    --proxy_hostname VALUE                                Optional HTTP proxy hostname
    --stderrthreshold VALUE                               Stderr log level threshold
    --tls_client_cert VALUE                               Optional path to a TLS client-auth PEM certificate
    --tls_client_key VALUE                                Optional path to a TLS client-auth PEM private key
    --tls_enroll_max_attempts VALUE                       The total number of attempts that will be made to the enroll endpoint if a request fails, 0 for infinite
    --tls_enroll_max_interval VALUE                       Maximum wait time in seconds between enroll retry attempts
    --tls_hostname VALUE                                  TLS/HTTPS hostname for Config, Logger, and Enroll plugins
    --tls_server_certs VALUE                              Optional path to a TLS server PEM certificate(s) bundle
    --tls_session_reuse                                   Reuse TLS session sockets
    --tls_session_timeout VALUE                           TLS session keep alive timeout in seconds
    --uninstall                                           Uninstall osqueryd as a service
    --watchdog_delay VALUE                                Initial delay in seconds before watchdog starts
    --watchdog_forced_shutdown_delay VALUE                Seconds that the watchdog will wait to do a forced shutdown after a graceful shutdown request, when a resource limit is hit
    --watchdog_latency_limit VALUE                        Override watchdog profile CPU utilization latency limit
    --watchdog_level VALUE                                Performance limit level (0=normal, 1=restrictive, -1=off)
    --watchdog_memory_limit VALUE                         Override watchdog profile memory limit (e.g., 300, for 300MB)
    --watchdog_utilization_limit VALUE                    Override watchdog profile CPU utilization limit

osquery configuration options (set by config or CLI flags):

    --audit_allow_accept_socket_events                    Include rows for accept socket events
    --audit_allow_apparmor_events                         Allow the publisher to process audit events
    --audit_allow_config                                  Allow the audit publisher to change auditing configuration
    --audit_allow_failed_socket_events                    Include rows for socket events that have failed
    --audit_allow_fim_events                              Allow the audit publisher to install filesystem-related rules
    --audit_allow_fork_process_events                     Allow the audit publisher to install process event monitoring rules to capture fork/vfork/clone system calls
    --audit_allow_kill_process_events                     Allow the audit publisher to install process event monitoring rules to capture kill/tkill/tgkill system calls
    --audit_allow_null_accept_socket_events               Allow non-blocking accept() syscalls that returned EAGAIN/EWOULDBLOCK
    --audit_allow_process_events                          Allow the audit publisher to install process-related rules
    --audit_allow_seccomp_events                          Allow the audit publisher to process seccomp events
    --audit_allow_selinux_events                          Allow the audit publisher to process audit events
    --audit_allow_sockets                                 Allow the audit publisher to install socket-related rules
    --audit_allow_user_events                             Allow the audit publisher to install user-related rules
    --audit_backlog_limit VALUE                           The audit backlog limit
    --audit_backlog_wait_time VALUE                       The audit backlog wait time
    --audit_force_reconfigure                             Configure the audit subsystem from scratch
    --audit_force_unconfigure                             Always uninstall all rules, regardless of whether they were already installed or not
    --audit_persist                                       Attempt to retain control of audit
    --augeas_lenses VALUE                                 Directory that contains augeas lenses files
    --aws_access_key_id VALUE                             AWS access key ID
    --aws_debug                                           Enable AWS SDK debug logging
    --aws_disable_imdsv1_fallback                         Whether to disable support for IMDSv1 and fail if an IMDSv2 token could not be retrieved
    --aws_enable_proxy                                    Enable proxying of HTTP/HTTPS requests in AWS client config
    --aws_firehose_endpoint VALUE                         Custom Firehose endpoint
    --aws_firehose_period VALUE                           Seconds between flushing logs to Firehose (default 10)
    --aws_firehose_region VALUE                           Region to use for Firehose instead of the default. This takes precedence over the aws_region flag
    --aws_firehose_stream VALUE                           Name of Firehose stream for logging
    --aws_imdsv2_request_attempts VALUE                   How many attempts to do at requesting an IMDSv2 token
    --aws_imdsv2_request_interval VALUE                   Base seconds to wait between attempts at requesting an IMDSv2 token. Scales quadratically with the number of attempts
    --aws_kinesis_disable_log_status                      Disable status logs processing
    --aws_kinesis_endpoint VALUE                          Custom Kinesis endpoint
    --aws_kinesis_period VALUE                            Seconds between flushing logs to Kinesis (default 10)
    --aws_kinesis_random_partition_key                    Enable random kinesis partition keys
    --aws_kinesis_region VALUE                            Region to use for Kinesis instead of the default. This takes precedence over the aws_region flag
    --aws_kinesis_stream VALUE                            Name of Kinesis stream for logging
    --aws_profile_name VALUE                              AWS profile for authentication and region configuration
    --aws_proxy_host VALUE                                Proxy host for use in AWS client config
    --aws_proxy_password VALUE                            Proxy password for use in AWS client config
    --aws_proxy_port VALUE                                Proxy port for use in AWS client config
    --aws_proxy_scheme VALUE                              Proxy HTTP scheme for use in AWS client config (http or https, default https)
    --aws_proxy_username VALUE                            Proxy username for use in AWS client config
    --aws_region VALUE                                    Default AWS region for all services
    --aws_secret_access_key VALUE                         AWS secret access key
    --aws_session_token VALUE                             AWS STS session token
    --aws_sts_arn_role VALUE                              AWS STS ARN role
    --aws_sts_region VALUE                                AWS STS region
    --aws_sts_session_name VALUE                          AWS STS session name
    --aws_sts_timeout VALUE                               AWS STS assume role credential validity in seconds (default 3600)
    --bpf_buffer_storage_size VALUE                       How many slots each buffer storage should have
    --bpf_perf_event_array_exp VALUE                      Size of the perf event array as a power of 2
    --buffered_log_max VALUE                              Maximum number of logs in buffered output plugins (0 = unlimited)
    --decorations_top_level                               Add decorators as top level JSON object members
    --disable_audit                                       Disable receiving events from the audit subsystem
    --disable_caching                                     Disable scheduled query caching
    --disable_database                                    Disable the persistent RocksDB storage
    --disable_decorators                                  Disable log result decoration
    --disable_distributed                                 Disable distributed queries (default true)
    --disable_events                                      Disable osquery publish/subscribe system
    --disable_hash_cache                                  Cache calculated file hashes, re-calculate only if inode times change
    --disable_logging                                     Disable ERROR/INFO logging
    --disable_memory                                      Disable physical memory reads
    --distributed_denylist_duration VALUE                 Seconds to denylist distributed queries (default 1 day)
    --distributed_interval VALUE                          Seconds between polling for new queries (default 60)
    --distributed_loginfo                                 Log the running distributed queries name at INFO level
    --distributed_plugin VALUE                            Distributed plugin name
    --distributed_tls_max_attempts VALUE                  Number of times to attempt a request
    --distributed_tls_read_endpoint VALUE                 TLS/HTTPS endpoint for distributed query retrieval
    --distributed_tls_write_endpoint VALUE                TLS/HTTPS endpoint for distributed query results
    --docker_socket VALUE                                 Docker UNIX domain socket path
    --enable_bpf_events                                   Enables the bpf_process_events publisher
    --enable_file_events                                  Enables the file_events publisher
    --enable_foreign                                      Enable no-op foreign virtual tables
    --enable_numeric_monitoring                           Enable numeric monitoring system
    --enable_syslog                                       Enable the syslog ingestion event publisher
    --ephemeral                                           Skip pidfile and database state checks
    --events_expiry VALUE                                 Timeout to expire event subscriber results
    --events_max VALUE                                    Maximum number of event batches per type to buffer
    --events_optimize                                     Optimize subscriber select queries (scheduler only)
    --experiment_list VALUE                               Comma-separated list of experiments to enable
    --extensions_default_index                            Enable INDEX on all extension table columns (default true)
    --hardware_disabled_types VALUE                       List of disabled hardware event types
    --hash_cache_max VALUE                                Size of LRU file hash cache
    --host_identifier VALUE                               Field used to identify the host running osquery (hostname, uuid, instance, ephemeral, specified)
    --ignore_table_exceptions                             Ignore exceptions thrown by tables. osquery and extensions default to true.
    --logger_event_type                                   Log scheduled results as events
    --logger_kafka_acks VALUE                             The number of acknowledgments the leader has to receive (0, 1, 'all')
    --logger_kafka_brokers VALUE                          Bootstrap broker(s) as a comma-separated list of host or host:port (default port 9092)
    --logger_kafka_compression VALUE                      Compression codec to use for compressing message sets ('none' or 'gzip')
    --logger_kafka_topic VALUE                            Kafka topic to publish logs under
    --logger_min_status VALUE                             Minimum level for status log recording
    --logger_min_stderr VALUE                             Minimum level for statuses written to stderr
    --logger_numerics                                     Use numeric JSON syntax for numeric values
    --logger_path VALUE                                   Directory path for ERROR/WARN/INFO and results logging
    --logger_rotate                                       Use filesystem log rotation
    --logger_rotate_max_files VALUE                       Max number of files to keep in rotation
    --logger_rotate_size VALUE                            Size for each filesystem log in bytes
    --logger_snapshot_event_type                          Log scheduled snapshot results as events
    --logger_syslog_facility VALUE                        Syslog facility for status and results logs (0-23, default 19)
    --logger_syslog_prepend_cee                           Prepend @cee: tag to logged JSON messages
    --logger_tls_backoff_max VALUE                        Maximum seconds to wait before flushing logs over TLS/HTTPS. Backoff kicks in when regular flush fails. Should be a multiple of logger_tls_period. 0 disables backoff
    --logger_tls_compress                                 GZip compress TLS/HTTPS request body
    --logger_tls_endpoint VALUE                           TLS/HTTPS endpoint for results logging
    --logger_tls_max_lines VALUE                          Max number of logs to send per period
    --logger_tls_max_linesize VALUE                       Max size in bytes allowed per log line
    --logger_tls_period VALUE                             Seconds between flushing logs over TLS/HTTPS
    --lxd_socket VALUE                                    LXD UNIX domain socket path
    --malloc_trim_threshold VALUE                         Memory threshold in MB used to decide when a malloc_trim will be called to reduce the retained memory (Linux only)
    --nullvalue VALUE                                     Set string for NULL values, default ''
    --numeric_monitoring_filesystem_path VALUE            File to dump numeric monitoring records one per line. The format of the line is <PATH><TAB><VALUE><TAB><TIMESTAMP>.
    --numeric_monitoring_plugins VALUE                    Comma separated numeric monitoring plugins names
    --numeric_monitoring_pre_aggregation_time VALUE       Time period in seconds for numeric monitoring pre-aggregation buffer.
    --pack_delimiter VALUE                                Delimiter for pack and query names
    --pack_refresh_interval VALUE                         Cache expiration for a packs discovery queries
    --read_max VALUE                                      Maximum file read size
    --schedule_default_interval VALUE                     Query interval to use if none is provided
    --schedule_epoch VALUE                                Epoch for scheduled queries
    --schedule_lognames                                   Log the running scheduled query name at INFO level
    --schedule_max_drift VALUE                            Max time drift in seconds
    --schedule_reload VALUE                               Interval in seconds to reload database arenas
    --schedule_splay_percent VALUE                        Percent to splay config times
    --schedule_timeout VALUE                              Limit the schedule to a duration in seconds, 0 for no limit
    --specified_identifier VALUE                          Field used to specify the host_identifier when set to "specified"
    --syslog_events_expiry VALUE                          Timeout to expire event subscriber results
    --syslog_events_max VALUE                             Maximum number of events per type to buffer
    --syslog_pipe_path VALUE                              Path to the named pipe used for forwarding rsyslog events
    --syslog_rate_limit VALUE                             Maximum number of logs to ingest per run (~200ms between runs)
    --table_delay VALUE                                   Add an optional millisecond delay between table scans
    --thrift_string_size_limit VALUE                      Sets the maximum string size allowed in a thrift message, use 0 for unlimited
    --thrift_timeout VALUE                                Timeout for thrift socket operations
    --thrift_verbose                                      Enable the thrift log handler
    --tls_disable_status_log                              Disable sending status logs
    --verbose                                             Enable verbose informational messages
    --yara_delay VALUE                                    Time in ms to sleep after scan of each file (default 50) to reduce memory spikes

osquery shell-only CLI flags:

    --A VALUE                                             Select all from a table
    --L                                                   List all table names
    --connect VALUE                                       Connect to an extension socket
    --csv                                                 Set output mode to 'csv'
    --extension VALUE                                     Path to a single extension to autoload
    --header                                              Toggle column headers true/false
    --json                                                Set output mode to 'json'
    --json_pretty                                         Set output mode to 'json_pretty'
    --line                                                Set output mode to 'line'
    --list                                                Set output mode to 'list'
    --pack VALUE                                          Run all queries in a pack
    --planner                                             Enable osquery runtime planner output
    --profile VALUE                                       Enable profile mode when non-0, set number of iterations
    --separator VALUE                                     Set output field separator, default '|'

osquery project page <https://osquery.io>.
Options (215)
OptionDescriptionSource
--flagfile PATHLine-delimited file of additional flagshelp
--DRun as a daemon processhelp
--SRun as a shell processhelp
--alarm_timeout VALUESeconds to allow for shutdown.help
--aws_enforce_fipsWhether to enforce AWS FIPS endpoints for all services or nothelp
--carver_block_size VALUESize of blocks used for POSTing data back to remote endpointshelp
--carver_compressionCompress archives using zstd prior to upload (default false)help
--carver_continue_endpoint VALUETLS/HTTPS endpoint that receives carved content after session creationhelp
--carver_disable_functionDisable the osquery file carver function (default true)help
--carver_expiry VALUESeconds to store successful carve result metadata (in carves table)help
--carver_start_endpoint VALUETLS/HTTPS init endpoint for forensic carverhelp
--config_accelerated_refresh VALUEInterval to wait if reading a configuration failshelp
--config_checkCheck the format of an osquery config and exithelp
--config_dumpDump the contents of the configuration, then exithelp
--config_enable_backupBackup config and use it when refresh failshelp
--config_path VALUEPath to JSON config filehelp
--config_plugin VALUEConfig plugin namehelp
--config_refresh VALUEOptional interval in seconds to re-read configurationhelp
--config_tls_endpoint VALUETLS/HTTPS endpoint for config retrievalhelp
--config_tls_max_attempts VALUENumber of attempts to retry a TLS config requesthelp
--daemonizeAttempt to daemonize (POSIX only)help
--database_dumpDump the contents of the backing storehelp
--database_path VALUEIf using a disk-based backing store, specify a pathhelp
--disable_carverDisable the osquery file carver (default true)help
--disable_enrollmentDisable enrollment functions on related config/logger pluginshelp
--disable_extensionsDisable extension APIhelp
--disable_reenrollmentDisable re-enrollment attempts if related plugins return invalidhelp
--disable_tables VALUEComma-delimited list of table names to be disabledhelp
--disable_watchdogDisable userland watchdog processhelp
--enable_extensions_watchdogEnable userland watchdog for extensions processeshelp
--enable_tables VALUEComma-delimited list of table names to be enabledhelp
--enable_watchdog_debugEnable logging of CPU and memory footprint of watched processeshelp
--enroll_alwaysOn startup, send a new enrollment requesthelp
--enroll_secret_env VALUEName of environment variable holding enrollment-auth secrethelp
--enroll_secret_path VALUEPath to an optional client enrollment-auth secrethelp
--enroll_tls_endpoint VALUETLS/HTTPS endpoint for client enrollmenthelp
--experiments_linuxevents_circular_buffer_size VALUESize of the circular buffer used by tables to store eventshelp
--experiments_linuxevents_perf_output_size VALUEPerf ouput size (must be a power of two)help
--extensions_autoload VALUEOptional path to a list of autoloaded & managed extensionshelp
--extensions_interval VALUESeconds delay between connectivity checkshelp
--extensions_require VALUEComma-separated list of required extensionshelp
--extensions_socket VALUEPath to the extensions UNIX domain sockethelp
--extensions_timeout VALUESeconds to wait for autoloaded extensionshelp
--forceForce osqueryd to kill previously-running daemonshelp
--installInstall osqueryd as a servicehelp
--keep_container_worker_openKeep the container worker running to be reused instead of closing it after each queryhelp
--logger_mode VALUEOctal mode for log files (default '0640')help
--logger_plugin VALUELogger plugin namehelp
--logger_stderrWrite status logs to stderrhelp
--logtostderrLog messages to stderr in addition to the logger plugin(s)help
--pidfile VALUEPath to the daemon pidfile mutexhelp
--proxy_hostname VALUEOptional HTTP proxy hostnamehelp
--stderrthreshold VALUEStderr log level thresholdhelp
--tls_client_cert VALUEOptional path to a TLS client-auth PEM certificatehelp
--tls_client_key VALUEOptional path to a TLS client-auth PEM private keyhelp
--tls_enroll_max_attempts VALUEThe total number of attempts that will be made to the enroll endpoint if a request fails, 0 for infinitehelp
--tls_enroll_max_interval VALUEMaximum wait time in seconds between enroll retry attemptshelp
--tls_hostname VALUETLS/HTTPS hostname for Config, Logger, and Enroll pluginshelp
--tls_server_certs VALUEOptional path to a TLS server PEM certificate(s) bundlehelp
--tls_session_reuseReuse TLS session socketshelp
--tls_session_timeout VALUETLS session keep alive timeout in secondshelp
--uninstallUninstall osqueryd as a servicehelp
--watchdog_delay VALUEInitial delay in seconds before watchdog startshelp
--watchdog_forced_shutdown_delay VALUESeconds that the watchdog will wait to do a forced shutdown after a graceful shutdown request, when a resource limit is hithelp
--watchdog_latency_limit VALUEOverride watchdog profile CPU utilization latency limithelp
--watchdog_level VALUEPerformance limit level (0=normal, 1=restrictive, -1=off)help
--watchdog_memory_limit VALUEOverride watchdog profile memory limit (e.g., 300, for 300MB)help
--watchdog_utilization_limit VALUEOverride watchdog profile CPU utilization limithelp
--audit_allow_accept_socket_eventsInclude rows for accept socket eventshelp
--audit_allow_apparmor_eventsAllow the publisher to process audit eventshelp
--audit_allow_configAllow the audit publisher to change auditing configurationhelp
--audit_allow_failed_socket_eventsInclude rows for socket events that have failedhelp
--audit_allow_fim_eventsAllow the audit publisher to install filesystem-related ruleshelp
--audit_allow_fork_process_eventsAllow the audit publisher to install process event monitoring rules to capture fork/vfork/clone system callshelp
--audit_allow_kill_process_eventsAllow the audit publisher to install process event monitoring rules to capture kill/tkill/tgkill system callshelp
--audit_allow_null_accept_socket_eventsAllow non-blocking accept() syscalls that returned EAGAIN/EWOULDBLOCKhelp
--audit_allow_process_eventsAllow the audit publisher to install process-related ruleshelp
--audit_allow_seccomp_eventsAllow the audit publisher to process seccomp eventshelp
--audit_allow_selinux_eventsAllow the audit publisher to process audit eventshelp
--audit_allow_socketsAllow the audit publisher to install socket-related ruleshelp
--audit_allow_user_eventsAllow the audit publisher to install user-related ruleshelp
--audit_backlog_limit VALUEThe audit backlog limithelp
--audit_backlog_wait_time VALUEThe audit backlog wait timehelp
--audit_force_reconfigureConfigure the audit subsystem from scratchhelp
--audit_force_unconfigureAlways uninstall all rules, regardless of whether they were already installed or nothelp
--audit_persistAttempt to retain control of audithelp
--augeas_lenses VALUEDirectory that contains augeas lenses fileshelp
--aws_access_key_id VALUEAWS access key IDhelp
--aws_debugEnable AWS SDK debug logginghelp
--aws_disable_imdsv1_fallbackWhether to disable support for IMDSv1 and fail if an IMDSv2 token could not be retrievedhelp
--aws_enable_proxyEnable proxying of HTTP/HTTPS requests in AWS client confighelp
--aws_firehose_endpoint VALUECustom Firehose endpointhelp
--aws_firehose_period VALUESeconds between flushing logs to Firehose (default 10)help
--aws_firehose_region VALUERegion to use for Firehose instead of the default.help
--aws_firehose_stream VALUEName of Firehose stream for logginghelp
--aws_imdsv2_request_attempts VALUEHow many attempts to do at requesting an IMDSv2 tokenhelp
--aws_imdsv2_request_interval VALUEBase seconds to wait between attempts at requesting an IMDSv2 token.help
--aws_kinesis_disable_log_statusDisable status logs processinghelp
--aws_kinesis_endpoint VALUECustom Kinesis endpointhelp
--aws_kinesis_period VALUESeconds between flushing logs to Kinesis (default 10)help
--aws_kinesis_random_partition_keyEnable random kinesis partition keyshelp
--aws_kinesis_region VALUERegion to use for Kinesis instead of the default.help
--aws_kinesis_stream VALUEName of Kinesis stream for logginghelp
--aws_profile_name VALUEAWS profile for authentication and region configurationhelp
--aws_proxy_host VALUEProxy host for use in AWS client confighelp
--aws_proxy_password VALUEProxy password for use in AWS client confighelp
--aws_proxy_port VALUEProxy port for use in AWS client confighelp
--aws_proxy_scheme VALUEProxy HTTP scheme for use in AWS client config (http or https, default https)help
--aws_proxy_username VALUEProxy username for use in AWS client confighelp
--aws_region VALUEDefault AWS region for all serviceshelp
--aws_secret_access_key VALUEAWS secret access keyhelp
--aws_session_token VALUEAWS STS session tokenhelp
--aws_sts_arn_role VALUEAWS STS ARN rolehelp
--aws_sts_region VALUEAWS STS regionhelp
--aws_sts_session_name VALUEAWS STS session namehelp
--aws_sts_timeout VALUEAWS STS assume role credential validity in seconds (default 3600)help
--bpf_buffer_storage_size VALUEHow many slots each buffer storage should havehelp
--bpf_perf_event_array_exp VALUESize of the perf event array as a power of 2help
--buffered_log_max VALUEMaximum number of logs in buffered output plugins (0 = unlimited)help
--decorations_top_levelAdd decorators as top level JSON object membershelp
--disable_auditDisable receiving events from the audit subsystemhelp
--disable_cachingDisable scheduled query cachinghelp
--disable_databaseDisable the persistent RocksDB storagehelp
--disable_decoratorsDisable log result decorationhelp
--disable_distributedDisable distributed queries (default true)help
--disable_eventsDisable osquery publish/subscribe systemhelp
--disable_hash_cacheCache calculated file hashes, re-calculate only if inode times changehelp
--disable_loggingDisable ERROR/INFO logginghelp
--disable_memoryDisable physical memory readshelp
--distributed_denylist_duration VALUESeconds to denylist distributed queries (default 1 day)help
--distributed_interval VALUESeconds between polling for new queries (default 60)help
--distributed_loginfoLog the running distributed queries name at INFO levelhelp
--distributed_plugin VALUEDistributed plugin namehelp
--distributed_tls_max_attempts VALUENumber of times to attempt a requesthelp
--distributed_tls_read_endpoint VALUETLS/HTTPS endpoint for distributed query retrievalhelp
--distributed_tls_write_endpoint VALUETLS/HTTPS endpoint for distributed query resultshelp
--docker_socket VALUEDocker UNIX domain socket pathhelp
--enable_bpf_eventsEnables the bpf_process_events publisherhelp
--enable_file_eventsEnables the file_events publisherhelp
--enable_foreignEnable no-op foreign virtual tableshelp
--enable_numeric_monitoringEnable numeric monitoring systemhelp
--enable_syslogEnable the syslog ingestion event publisherhelp
--ephemeralSkip pidfile and database state checkshelp
--events_expiry VALUETimeout to expire event subscriber resultshelp
--events_max VALUEMaximum number of event batches per type to bufferhelp
--events_optimizeOptimize subscriber select queries (scheduler only)help
--experiment_list VALUEComma-separated list of experiments to enablehelp
--extensions_default_indexEnable INDEX on all extension table columns (default true)help
--hardware_disabled_types VALUEList of disabled hardware event typeshelp
--hash_cache_max VALUESize of LRU file hash cachehelp
--host_identifier VALUEField used to identify the host running osquery (hostname, uuid, instance, ephemeral, specified)help
--ignore_table_exceptionsIgnore exceptions thrown by tables.help
--logger_event_typeLog scheduled results as eventshelp
--logger_kafka_acks VALUEThe number of acknowledgments the leader has to receive (0, 1, 'all')help
--logger_kafka_brokers VALUEBootstrap broker(s) as a comma-separated list of host or host:port (default port 9092)help
--logger_kafka_compression VALUECompression codec to use for compressing message sets ('none' or 'gzip')help
--logger_kafka_topic VALUEKafka topic to publish logs underhelp
--logger_min_status VALUEMinimum level for status log recordinghelp
--logger_min_stderr VALUEMinimum level for statuses written to stderrhelp
--logger_numericsUse numeric JSON syntax for numeric valueshelp
--logger_path VALUEDirectory path for ERROR/WARN/INFO and results logginghelp
--logger_rotateUse filesystem log rotationhelp
--logger_rotate_max_files VALUEMax number of files to keep in rotationhelp
--logger_rotate_size VALUESize for each filesystem log in byteshelp
--logger_snapshot_event_typeLog scheduled snapshot results as eventshelp
--logger_syslog_facility VALUESyslog facility for status and results logs (0-23, default 19)help
--logger_syslog_prepend_ceePrepend @cee: tag to logged JSON messageshelp
--logger_tls_backoff_max VALUEMaximum seconds to wait before flushing logs over TLS/HTTPS.help
--logger_tls_compressGZip compress TLS/HTTPS request bodyhelp
--logger_tls_endpoint VALUETLS/HTTPS endpoint for results logginghelp
--logger_tls_max_lines VALUEMax number of logs to send per periodhelp
--logger_tls_max_linesize VALUEMax size in bytes allowed per log linehelp
--logger_tls_period VALUESeconds between flushing logs over TLS/HTTPShelp
--lxd_socket VALUELXD UNIX domain socket pathhelp
--malloc_trim_threshold VALUEMemory threshold in MB used to decide when a malloc_trim will be called to reduce the retained memory (Linux only)help
--nullvalue VALUESet string for NULL values, default ''help
--numeric_monitoring_filesystem_path VALUEFile to dump numeric monitoring records one per line.help
--numeric_monitoring_plugins VALUEComma separated numeric monitoring plugins nameshelp
--numeric_monitoring_pre_aggregation_time VALUETime period in seconds for numeric monitoring pre-aggregation buffer.help
--pack_delimiter VALUEDelimiter for pack and query nameshelp
--pack_refresh_interval VALUECache expiration for a packs discovery querieshelp
--read_max VALUEMaximum file read sizehelp
--schedule_default_interval VALUEQuery interval to use if none is providedhelp
--schedule_epoch VALUEEpoch for scheduled querieshelp
--schedule_lognamesLog the running scheduled query name at INFO levelhelp
--schedule_max_drift VALUEMax time drift in secondshelp
--schedule_reload VALUEInterval in seconds to reload database arenashelp
--schedule_splay_percent VALUEPercent to splay config timeshelp
--schedule_timeout VALUELimit the schedule to a duration in seconds, 0 for no limithelp
--specified_identifier VALUEField used to specify the host_identifier when set to "specified"help
--syslog_events_expiry VALUETimeout to expire event subscriber resultshelp
--syslog_events_max VALUEMaximum number of events per type to bufferhelp
--syslog_pipe_path VALUEPath to the named pipe used for forwarding rsyslog eventshelp
--syslog_rate_limit VALUEMaximum number of logs to ingest per run (~200ms between runs)help
--table_delay VALUEAdd an optional millisecond delay between table scanshelp
--thrift_string_size_limit VALUESets the maximum string size allowed in a thrift message, use 0 for unlimitedhelp
--thrift_timeout VALUETimeout for thrift socket operationshelp
--thrift_verboseEnable the thrift log handlerhelp
--tls_disable_status_logDisable sending status logshelp
--verboseEnable verbose informational messageshelp
--yara_delay VALUETime in ms to sleep after scan of each file (default 50) to reduce memory spikeshelp
--A VALUESelect all from a tablehelp
--LList all table nameshelp
--connect VALUEConnect to an extension sockethelp
--csvSet output mode to 'csv'help
--extension VALUEPath to a single extension to autoloadhelp
--headerToggle column headers true/falsehelp
--jsonSet output mode to 'json'help
--json_prettySet output mode to 'json_pretty'help
--lineSet output mode to 'line'help
--listSet output mode to 'list'help
--pack VALUERun all queries in a packhelp
--plannerEnable osquery runtime planner outputhelp
--profile VALUEEnable profile mode when non-0, set number of iterationshelp
--separator VALUESet output field separator, default '|'help

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