NAME

       fwupd.conf — configuration file for the fwupd daemon.

SYNOPSIS

       The  /etc/fwupd/fwupd.conf  file is the main configuration file for the fwupd daemon.  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.

DAEMON PARAMETERS

       The [fwupd] section can contain the following parameters:

       DisabledDevices=

       Allow blocking specific devices by their GUID, using semicolons as delimiter.

       DisabledPlugins=test;test_ble

       Allow blocking specific plugins by name.
       Use fwupdmgr get-plugins to get the list of plugins.

       ArchiveSizeMax=

       Maximum archive size that can be loaded in Mb, with 25% of the total system memory as the default.

       IdleTimeout=

       Idle time in seconds to shut down the daemon, where a value of 0 specifies “never”.

       NOTE: some plugins might inhibit the auto-shutdown, for instance thunderbolt.

       VerboseDomains=

       Comma separated list of domains to log in verbose mode.
       If unset, no domains are set to verbose.
       If set to “*”, all domains are verbose, which is the same as running the daemon with --verbose --verbose.

       UpdateMotd=true

       Update the message of the day (MOTD) on device and metadata changes.

       EnumerateAllDevices=true

       For some plugins, enumerate only devices supported by metadata.

       ApprovedFirmware=

       A list of firmware checksums that has been approved by the site admin
       If unset, all firmware is approved.

       BlockedFirmware=

       Allow blocking specific devices by their cabinet checksum, either SHA-1 or SHA-256.

       UriSchemes=file;https;http;ipfs

       Allowed URI schemes in the preference order; failed downloads from the first scheme will be retried with the next in order until no choices remain.

       IgnorePower=false

       Ignore power levels of devices when running updates.

       OnlyTrusted=true

       Only support installing firmware signed with a trusted key.
       Do not set this to false on a production or trusted system.

       ShowDevicePrivate=true

       Show data such as device serial numbers which some users may consider private.

       AllowEmulation=false

       Allow capturing and loading device emulation by logging all USB transfers.
       Enabling this will greatly increase the amount of memory fwupd uses when upgrading devices.

       TrustedUids=

       UIDs matching these values that call the D-Bus interface should marked as trusted.

       HostBkc=

       A host best known configuration is used when using fwupdmgr sync which can downgrade firmware to factory versions or upgrade firmware to a supported config level. e.g. vendor-factory-2021q1

       ReleaseDedupe=true

       Deduplicate duplicate releases by the archive checksum are available from more than one source.

       ReleasePriority=local

       When the same version release is available from more than one source this option can be used to
       either prefer the local version (avoiding a potentially expensive download) or to prefer the
       remote version (which may have updated metadata such as release notes).

       The possible options are local or remote or empty to not make any adjustment to the policy,
       relying on the OrderAfter and OrderBefore sections in the remote.

       EspLocation=

       Override the location used for the EFI system partition (ESP) path.
       This is typically used if UDisks is not available, or was not able to automatically identify the location for any reason.

       Manufacturer=

       ProductName=

       ProductSku=

       Family=

       EnclosureKind=

       BaseboardProduct=

       BaseboardManufacturer=

       Override values for SMBIOS or Device Tree data on the local system.
       These are only required when the SMBIOS or Device Tree data is invalid, missing, or to simulate running on another system.
       Empty values should be used to populate blank entries or add values to populate specific entries.

       TrustedReports=VendorId=$OEM

       Vendor reports matching these expressions will have releases marked as trusted-report.
       Each *OR* section is delimited by a ; and each *AND* section delimited by &, e.g.

       • DistroId=chromeos

       Any report uploaded from ChromeOS is trusted.

       • DistroId=chromeos&RemoteId=lvfs

       Any report found in the lvfs remote uploaded from a ChromeOS machine is trusted.

       • DistroId=fedora&VendorId=19

       Any report uploaded from Fedora 19 is trusted.

       • DistroId=fedora&VendorId=$OEM

       Any report uploaded from Fedora by the hardware OEM is trusted.

       • DistroId=fedora;DistroId=rhel&DistroVersion=9

       Any report uploaded from Fedora (any version) or from RHEL 9 is trusted.

       NOTE: a VendorId of $OEM represents the OEM vendor ID of the vendor that owns the firmware,
       for example, where Lenovo QA has generated a signed report for a Lenovo laptop.

       There are also three os-release values available, $ID, $VERSION_ID and $VARIANT_ID, which
       allow expressions like:

       • DistroId=$ID

       • DistroId=$ID,DistroVersion=$VERSION_ID

       P2pPolicy=metadata

       This tells the daemon what peer-to-peer policy to use. For instance, using Passim, an optional
       local caching service. Using peer-to-peer data might reduce the amount of bandwidth used on your
       network considerably.

       There are three possible values:

       • none: Do not publish any files

       • metadata: Only publish shared metadata that is common to each machine.

       • firmware: Only publish firmware archives after the next reboot of the machine.

       At some point in the future fwupd will change the default to metadata,firmware.

UEFI_CAPSULE PARAMETERS

       The [uefi_capsule] section can contain the following parameters:

       EnableGrubChainLoad=false

       Configure GRUB to launch fwupdx64.efi instead of using other methods such as NVRAM or Capsule-On-Disk.

       DisableShimForSecureBoot=false

       The shim loader is required to chainload the fwupd EFI binary unless the fwupd.efi file has been self-signed manually.

       RequireESPFreeSpace=0

       Amount of free space required on the ESP, for example using 32 for 32Mb.
       By default this is dynamically set to at least twice the size of the payload.

       DisableCapsuleUpdateOnDisk=false

       Allow ignoring the CapsuleOnDisk support advertised by the firmware.

       EnableEfiDebugging=false

       Enable the low-level debugging of fwupdx64.efi to the FWUPDATE_DEBUG_LOG EFI variable.

       NOTE: enabling this option is going to fill up the NVRAM store much more quickly and
       should only be enabled when debugging an issue with the EFI binary.

       This value also has no affect when using Capsule-on-Disk as the EFI helper binary is
       not being used.

MSR PARAMETERS

       The [msr] section can contain the following parameter:

       MinimumSmeKernelVersion=5.18.0

       Minimum kernel version to allow probing for sme flag.

       This only needs to be modified by enterprise kernels that have cherry picked the feature into a
       kernel with an old version number.

REDFISH PARAMETERS

       The [redfish] section can contain the following parameters:

       Uri=

       The URI to the Redfish service in the format scheme://ip:port for instance https://192.168.0.133:443

       Username=

       The username to use when connecting to the Redfish service.

       Password=

       The password to use when connecting to the Redfish service.

       CACheck=false

       Whether to verify the server certificate or not. This is turned off by default.
       BMCs using self-signed certificates will not work unless the plugin does not verify it against the system CAs.

       IpmiDisableCreateUser=false

       Do not use IPMI KCS to create an initial user account if no SMBIOS data.
       Setting this to true prevents creating user accounts on the BMC automatically.

       ManagerResetTimeout=1800

       Amount of time in seconds to wait for a BMC restart.

THUNDERBOLT PARAMETERS

       The [thunderbolt] section can contain the following parameters:

       MinimumKernelVersion=4.13.0

       Minimum kernel version to allow use of this plugin.

       This only needs to be modified by enterprise kernels that have cherry picked the feature into a
       kernel with an old version number.

       DelayedActivation=false

       Forces delaying activation until shutdown/logout/reboot.

NOTES

       /etc/fwupd/fwupd.conf may contain either hardcoded or autogenerated credentials  and  must
       only be readable by the user that is running the fwupd process, which is typically root.

SEE ALSO

       fwupdmgr(1) fwupd-remotes.d(5)