- Fleet and Elastic Agent Guide: other versions:
- Fleet and Elastic Agent overview
- Beats and Elastic Agent capabilities
- Quick starts
- Migrate from Beats to Elastic Agent
- Set up Fleet Server
- Install Elastic Agents
- Install Fleet-managed Elastic Agents
- Install standalone Elastic Agents (advanced users)
- Install Elastic Agents in a containerized environment
- Installation layout
- Air-gapped environments
- Use a proxy server with Elastic Agent and Fleet
- Uninstall Elastic Agents from edge hosts
- Start and stop Elastic Agents on edge hosts
- Elastic Agent configuration encryption
- Secure connections
- Manage Elastic Agents in Fleet
- Manage integrations
- Configure standalone Elastic Agents
- Define processors
- Processor syntax
- add_cloud_metadata
- add_cloudfoundry_metadata
- add_docker_metadata
- add_fields
- add_host_metadata
- add_id
- add_kubernetes_metadata
- add_labels
- add_locale
- add_network_direction
- add_nomad_metadata
- add_observer_metadata
- add_process_metadata
- add_tags
- community_id
- convert
- copy_fields
- decode_base64_field
- decode_cef
- decode_csv_fields
- decode_duration
- decode_json_fields
- decode_xml
- decode_xml_wineventlog
- decompress_gzip_field
- detect_mime_type
- dissect
- dns
- drop_event
- drop_fields
- extract_array
- fingerprint
- include_fields
- move_fields
- parse_aws_vpc_flow_log
- rate_limit
- registered_domain
- rename
- replace
- script
- syslog
- timestamp
- translate_sid
- truncate_fields
- urldecode
- Command reference
- Troubleshoot
- Release notes
Set inactivity timeout
editSet inactivity timeout
editThe inactivity timeout moves Elastic Agents to inactive status after being offline for a set amount of time. Inactive Elastic Agents are still valid Elastic Agents, but are removed from the main Fleet UI allowing you to better manage Elastic Agents and declutter the Fleet UI.
When Fleet Server receives a check-in from an inactive Elastic Agent, it returns to healthy status.
For example, if an employee is on holiday with their laptop off, the Elastic Agent will transition to offline then inactive once the inactivity timeout limit is reached. This prevents the inactive Elastic Agent from cluttering the Fleet UI. When the employee returns, the Elastic Agent checks in and returns to healthy status with valid API keys.
If an Elastic Agent is no longer valid, you can manually unenroll inactive Elastic Agents to revoke the API keys. Unenrolled agents need to be re-enrolled to be operational again.
For more on Elastic Agent statuses, see view agent status.
Set the inactivity timeout
editSet the inactivity timeout in the Elastic Agent policy to the amount of time after which you want an offline Elastic Agent to become inactive.
To set the inactivity timeout:
- In Fleet, select Agent policies.
- Click the policy name, then click Settings.
- In the Inactivity timeout field, enter a value in seconds. The default value is 1209600 seconds or two weeks.
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