diff --git a/test/fakeintake/cmd/server/main.go b/test/fakeintake/cmd/server/main.go
index 5ee4e114f7a9..07e1879d1d24 100644
--- a/test/fakeintake/cmd/server/main.go
+++ b/test/fakeintake/cmd/server/main.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ func main() {
 	rcStatePath := flag.String("rc-state", "", "Remote Config: YAML file with initial config to preload")
 	rcVersion := flag.Uint64("rc-version", 0, "Remote Config: initial version counter (default 1)")
 	rcKeyPath := flag.String("rc-key-path", "", "Remote Config: ed25519 signing key path (default ~/.fakeintake/signing.key)")
+	rcKeyData := flag.String("rc-key-data", "", "Remote Config: hex-encoded 32-byte ed25519 seed (takes precedence over --rc-key-path; use for ephemeral envs)")
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
@@ -46,7 +47,9 @@ func main() {
 
 	if *remoteConfig {
 		fiOptions = append(fiOptions, fakeintake.WithRemoteConfig(*rcOrgUUID))
-		if *rcKeyPath != "" {
+		if *rcKeyData != "" {
+			fiOptions = append(fiOptions, fakeintake.WithRemoteConfigKeyData(*rcKeyData))
+		} else if *rcKeyPath != "" {
 			fiOptions = append(fiOptions, fakeintake.WithRemoteConfigKeyPath(*rcKeyPath))
 		}
 		if *rcVersion != 0 {
diff --git a/test/fakeintake/server/rc.go b/test/fakeintake/server/rc.go
index 16af179ab078..3a17e6608cd5 100644
--- a/test/fakeintake/server/rc.go
+++ b/test/fakeintake/server/rc.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type rcServerState struct {
 	rootJSON []byte
 
 	keyPath          string
+	keyData          string // hex-encoded seed; takes precedence over keyPath when non-empty
 	initialStatePath string
 }
 
@@ -142,6 +143,20 @@ func WithRemoteConfigKeyPath(path string) Option {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithRemoteConfigKeyData supplies the ed25519 signing key as a hex-encoded
+// 32-byte seed string. When set, the key is never written to disk and
+// WithRemoteConfigKeyPath is ignored. Use this for ephemeral environments
+// (e.g. ECS Fargate) where a fixed, pre-known key is required so the agent's
+// config_root/director_root can be set at provisioning time.
+func WithRemoteConfigKeyData(hexSeed string) Option {
+	return func(fi *Server) {
+		if fi.rc == nil {
+			return
+		}
+		fi.rc.keyData = hexSeed
+	}
+}
+
 // WithRemoteConfigVersion seeds the version counter (default 1). Used to keep
 // the agent's remote-config.db in sync across restarts.
 func WithRemoteConfigVersion(v uint64) Option {
@@ -183,9 +198,25 @@ func (fi *Server) initRC() error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	priv, generated, err := rcstore.LoadOrCreateSigningKey(rc.keyPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("rc signing key: %w", err)
+	var (
+		priv ed25519.PrivateKey
+		err  error
+	)
+	if rc.keyData != "" {
+		priv, err = rcstore.KeyFromHexSeed(rc.keyData)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("rc signing key (from --rc-key-data): %w", err)
+		}
+		log.Println("Remote Config: loaded signing key from --rc-key-data")
+	} else {
+		var generated bool
+		priv, generated, err = rcstore.LoadOrCreateSigningKey(rc.keyPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("rc signing key: %w", err)
+		}
+		if generated {
+			log.Println("Remote Config: generated new signing key — agent's remote-config.db must be flushed")
+		}
 	}
 	rc.signing = priv
 
@@ -203,9 +234,6 @@ func (fi *Server) initRC() error {
 	rc.rootJSON = root
 
 	log.Printf("Remote Config: keyid=%s pubkey=%s", keyID, pubHex)
-	if generated {
-		log.Println("Remote Config: generated new signing key — agent's remote-config.db must be flushed")
-	}
 	log.Printf("Remote Config: paste into datadog.yaml:\n  remote_configuration.config_root: '%s'\n  remote_configuration.director_root: '%s'", root, root)
 
 	if rc.initialStatePath != "" {
diff --git a/test/fakeintake/server/rcstore/keystore.go b/test/fakeintake/server/rcstore/keystore.go
index 8dc54958fb2c..d997dac76b96 100644
--- a/test/fakeintake/server/rcstore/keystore.go
+++ b/test/fakeintake/server/rcstore/keystore.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package rcstore
 import (
 	"crypto/ed25519"
 	"crypto/rand"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
@@ -24,6 +25,19 @@ func DefaultKeyPath() (string, error) {
 	return filepath.Join(home, ".fakeintake", "signing.key"), nil
 }
 
+// KeyFromHexSeed derives an ed25519 private key from a 64-character hex-encoded
+// 32-byte seed. Returns an error when hexSeed is malformed.
+func KeyFromHexSeed(hexSeed string) (ed25519.PrivateKey, error) {
+	seed, err := hex.DecodeString(hexSeed)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("decode seed: %w", err)
+	}
+	if len(seed) != ed25519.SeedSize {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected %d-byte seed, got %d", ed25519.SeedSize, len(seed))
+	}
+	return ed25519.NewKeyFromSeed(seed), nil
+}
+
 // LoadOrCreateSigningKey reads a 32-byte ed25519 seed from path. If path is
 // empty, falls back to DefaultKeyPath. If the file does not exist, a fresh
 // key is generated and written. The returned bool reports whether a new key