NAME

       fwupd-remotes.d — remotes used for the fwupd daemon.

SYNOPSIS

       The /etc/fwupd/remotes.d and /var/fwupd/remotes.d directories are used to read information
       about remote metadata sources.  The complete description of the file format  and  possible
       parameters are documented here for reference purposes.

FILE FORMAT

       The  file  consists of a multiple sections with optional parameters. Parameters are of the
       form:

       [section]
       key = value

       The file is line-based, each  newline-terminated  line  represents  either  a  comment,  a
       section name or a parameter.

       Section and parameter names are case sensitive.

       Only  the first equals sign in a parameter is significant.  Whitespace before or after the
       first equals sign is discarded as is leading and trailing whitespace in a parameter value.
       Internal whitespace within a parameter value is retained.

       Any  line  beginning  with  a  hash (#) character is ignored, as are lines containing only
       whitespace.

       The values following the equals sign in parameters are all  either  a  string  (no  quotes
       needed),  unsigned  integers,  or a boolean, which may be given as true or false.  Case is
       not significant in boolean values, but is preserved in string values.

REMOTE PARAMETERS

       The [fwupd Remote] section can contain the following parameters:

       Enabled=false

       If the remote should be considered when finding releases for devices.
       Only enabled remotes are refreshed when using fwupdmgr refresh and when considering what updates
       are available for each device. This value can be modified using fwupdmgr enable-remote.

       Title=

       The single line description to show in any UI tools.

       Keyring=jcat

       The signing scheme to use when downloading and verifying the metadata.
       The options are jcat, gpg, pkcs, and none.

       NOTE: Using Keyring=none is only designed when local firmware installed to an immutable
       location, and should not be used when the metadata could be written by an untrusted user.

       NOTE: Using Keyring=jcat is usually a better choice than Keyring=gpg or Keyring=pkcs
       as deployments may disable either PKCS#7 or GPG support. Using Keyring=jcat means it works in
       both cases, and JCat also provides other benefits like desynchronized CDN mitigation and multiple
       types of checksum.

       MetadataURI=

       The URL of AppStream metadata to download and use. This should have a suffix of .xml.gz for
       legacy metadata and .xml.xz for the more modern format.
       Only prefixes of http://, https:// and file:// are supported here.

       ApprovalRequired=false

       If set to true then only releases allow-listed with fwupdmgr set-approved-firmware will show
       in CLI and GUI tools.

       ReportURI=

       The endpoint to use for sending success reports for firmware obtained from this remote,
       or blank to disable this feature.

       AutomaticReports=false

       If true, automatically sent success reports for firmware obtained from this remote after the
       firmware update has completed.

       SecurityReportURI=

       The endpoint to use for sending HSI platform security reports, or blank to disable this feature.

       AutomaticSecurityReports=false

       If true, automatically sent HSI platform security reports when running fwupdmgr security.

       OrderBefore=

       This remote will be ordered before any remotes listed here, using commas as the delimiter.

       NOTE: When the same firmware release is available from multiple remotes, the one with the
       highest priority will be used.

       OrderAfter=

       This remote will be ordered after any remotes listed here, using commas as the delimiter.

       Username=

       The username to use for BASIC authentication when downloading metadata and firmware from this
       remote, and for uploading success reports.

       Password=

       The password (although, in practice this will be a user *token*) to use for BASIC authentication
       when downloading both metadata and firmware from this remote, and for uploading success reports.

       RefreshInterval=86400

       The time in seconds after which the front end tools should re-download the metadata signature,
       or 0 to re-download every time.

NOTES

       The basename of the path without the extension is used for the remote ID.   For  instance,
       the /etc/fwupd/remotes.d/lvfs.conf remote file will have ID of lvfs.

SEE ALSO

       fwupd.conf(5)