---
type: api
title: Initiate Fleet setup
description: **Spaces method and path for this operation:**
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4493/api/doc/kibana/v9/operation/operation-post-fleet-agents-setup
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4493/api/doc/kibana/v9/operation/operation-post-fleet-agents-setup
products:
  - Kibana
---

# Initiate Fleet setup

- Server: `https://{kibana_url}`

## Paths

- `POST` `/api/fleet/agents/setup`
- `POST` `/s/{space_id}/api/fleet/agents/setup`

## Description

Refer to [Spaces](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/manage-spaces) for more information.

Initialize Fleet. This endpoint is used by Elastic Agents to trigger Fleet setup. Safe to call multiple times; subsequent calls are idempotent.

## Required authorization

- Privileges: `fleet-agents-read` or `fleet-agent-policies-read` or `fleet-settings-read` or `fleet-setup`

## Authentication

- Api key: `Authorization: <value>`
  These APIs use key-based authentication. You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. For example: `Authorization: ApiKey base64AccessApiKey`
- Basic: `Authorization: Basic <credentials>`

## Header parameters

- `kbn-xsrf` (string) — required
  A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

## Responses

#### `200`

Fleet setup completed

`application/json`

- `isInitialized` (boolean)
- `nonFatalErrors` (object[] · max items: 10000)
  - `message` (string)
  - `name` (string)
#### `400`

Bad Request

`application/json`

- `attributes` (object)
- `error` (string)
- `errorType` (string)
- `message` (string)
- `statusCode` (number)
## Code examples

#### Console

```console
POST kbn:/api/fleet/agents/setup
```

#### curl

```curl
curl -X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/fleet/agents/setup" \
  -H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}"
```

## Response examples

#### Agents setup success

Fleet setup initialized successfully with no non-fatal errors

```json
{
  "isInitialized": true,
  "nonFatalErrors": []
}
```

#### Generic error response

Example of a generic error response

```json
{
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "An error message describing what went wrong",
  "statusCode": 400
}
```