auth

disabled

Disables the enrollment service entirely. When the <auth> block is present but this option is not set, the service starts (disabled=no).

port

TCP port on which the enrollment service listens for incoming requests.

ipv6

Enables IPv6 support for the enrollment service.

use_source_ip

Register agents using their source IP address of the enrollment request instead of any.

purge

Controls whether a deleted or replaced agent's old entry is kept as an audit trail. When an agent is removed - including the implicit removal when another agent forces it out via re-enrollment - the active client.keys entry is always deleted regardless of this setting. purge decides whether that deleted entry is also retained as a !-prefixed placeholder line in client.keys (for example 001 !oldname 1.2.3.4 <key>), which keeps a record of the old ID/name/IP so it isn't reused. By default, the placeholder is kept; yes suppresses it, removing the entry with no trace.

use_password

Require agents to provide a shared enrollment password.

When enabled, the password is read from /etc/wazuh-manager/authd.pass. If the file does not exist, wazuh-manager-authd generates a random password on start, stores it in that file, and reuses it on later starts. If the file exists but is empty or invalid, wazuh-manager-authd does not start.

In a Wazuh manager cluster, the enrollment password is maintained on the master node and distributed to worker nodes. A worker node rejects enrollment until it receives the file.

Agent-side setup: Wazuh 5.0 agents enroll with an enrollment token by default. The token carries its own credential, so use_password doesn't apply to token enrollment. See Generate the enrollment token.

A Wazuh 5.0 agent still sends the enrollment password when the file set in <enrollment><authorization_pass_path> exists. By default, this is etc/authd.pass in the agent installation directory (/var/ossec/etc/authd.pass on Linux), or authd.pass on Windows. The Wazuh agent installer doesn't create this file: the WAZUH_REGISTRATION_PASSWORD install variable was removed and has no effect, and upgrading a Wazuh 4.x agent to 5.0 deletes the file at the default path. To enroll an agent with the password, first retrieve it from the Wazuh manager:

$ sudo cat /etc/wazuh-manager/authd.pass

Then write it to the agent's password file. The Wazuh agent daemon (wazuh-agentd) runs as the wazuh user, so the file must be readable by that user:

$ echo "<PASSWORD>" | sudo tee /var/ossec/etc/authd.pass
$ sudo chown root:wazuh /var/ossec/etc/authd.pass
$ sudo chmod 640 /var/ossec/etc/authd.pass

For the full procedure, including Windows and macOS agents, see Using password authentication.

Password rotation: The generated password persists across restarts. To rotate it (for example after a security incident), delete /etc/wazuh-manager/authd.pass on the master and restart wazuh-manager-authd. wazuh-manager-authd generates a new random password, persists it, and distributes it to workers automatically. It logs the reuse of an existing password at INFO level on every start.

remote_enrollment

Master switch for all remote (network) self-enrollment - both this daemon's own TCP/TLS listener on port 1515 and the HTTPS POST /enroll bridge served by remoted_module. Disabling it turns off both at once; use legacy_enrollment to turn off only port 1515 while keeping /enroll. Either way, the local socket (queue/sockets/auth.sock) used by manage_agents/the API stays available regardless of this setting.

legacy_enrollment

Narrows remote_enrollment further, without affecting it: when remote_enrollment is yes, this flag controls whether port 1515's TCP/TLS listener specifically starts. Set to no to retire legacy 1515 while keeping /enroll available. Has no effect when remote_enrollment is no (both paths are already off).

ciphers

Colon-separated list of TLS 1.3 cipher suites (via OpenSSL's SSL_CTX_set_ciphersuites). wazuh-manager-authd requires TLS 1.3 as the minimum protocol version — legacy OpenSSL cipher-list strings (for example HIGH:!ADH:...) are rejected at startup with an error.

ssl_agent_ca

Path to the CA certificate used to verify agent client certificates during mutual TLS.

ssl_verify_host

Verify that the CN of the agent certificate matches the Wazuh agent's IP address. Requires ssl_agent_ca to be set.

ssl_manager_cert

Path to the Wazuh manager's TLS certificate presented to agents during enrollment.

ssl_manager_key

Path to the private key corresponding to ssl_manager_cert.

force

The <force> element configures the conditions under which an existing agent entry can be replaced during enrollment.

<force>
  <enabled>yes</enabled>
  <key_mismatch>yes</key_mismatch>
  <disconnected_time enabled="yes">1h</disconnected_time>
  <after_registration_time>1h</after_registration_time>
</force>

<!-- Enable the check, require 2h disconnection -->
<disconnected_time enabled="yes">2h</disconnected_time>
<!-- Disable the check entirely -->
<disconnected_time enabled="no">0</disconnected_time>

agents/allow_higher_versions

Accept enrollment from agents running a newer Wazuh version than the manager. It applies to the enrollment service on port 1515 and to HTTPS POST /enroll.

<agents>
  <allow_higher_versions>no</allow_higher_versions>
</agents>