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Configuration

The agent works out of the box with no configuration. Everything here is optional — for connecting to a fleet, changing the backend, or tuning privacy.

Command-line flags

Run the agent binary (acutis-go on macOS/Linux, acutis-go.exe on Windows) with:

Flag What it does
-status Print a local diagnostic readout right now (works offline).
-support-code Print this machine's six-character support code.
-enroll <code> Join a fleet using a gojoin-… enrollment code.
-deenroll Leave the fleet and tell the backend this machine is gone.
-backend <url> Point the agent at a specific backend (default https://app.acutisgo.com).
acutis-go -status
acutis-go -support-code

Enroll in a fleet

Enrolling links a machine to your account so it appears in the fleet dashboard with alerts and history (a paid feature — see Billing).

Pass an enrollment code to the installer:

# macOS / Linux
... | sudo ACUTIS_ENROLL=gojoin-XXXX bash
acutis-go -enroll gojoin-XXXX

You get a gojoin-… code from your fleet dashboard. To remove a machine later, run acutis-go -deenroll (the uninstallers do this for you).

Privacy & observe-only

Acutis Go is observe-only by design — it reads diagnostics and never changes your machine or network.

  • Wi-Fi name (SSID): captured using the native OS API so it works under the background service without triggering a location-permission prompt. If you'd rather not record the network name, it can be suppressed — the rest of the Wi-Fi diagnostics still work.
  • What leaves the machine: when enrolled, the agent sends diagnostic telemetry (latency, DNS, gateway reachability, Wi-Fi signal, public IP, driver/cert health) to your backend. Unenrolled, nothing is sent — the verdict is computed locally.

Backend URL

By default the agent talks to https://app.acutisgo.com. To use a different backend (self-hosted or staging), set -backend or the ACUTIS_BACKEND environment variable in the installer:

... | sudo ACUTIS_BACKEND=https://app.acutisgo.com bash

Config & service locations

Platform Service Binary
Windows AcutisGo service C:\Program Files\Acutis Go\
macOS launchd ai.meadowmtn.acutis-go /usr/local/bin/acutis-go
Linux systemd acutis-go /usr/local/bin/acutis-go