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Run Traceable Platform Agent as a Non Root User

Mayuresh Kshirsagar
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Purpose

This KB describes steps to configure the installed Traceable Platform Agent service to run as a non-root user on a Linux machine.

 

Steps

Configure the Service

Modify the file /etc/systemd/system/traceable.service and add the following User and Group directives to the [Service] section:

[Service]
...
User=<<NON-ROOT-USER>>
Group=<<NON-ROOT-GROUP>>

 

Change the Directory Ownership

The following directory permissions need to change to allow the service to access them:

sudo systemctl stop traceable.service
sudo chown -R <<NON-ROOT-USER>>:<<NON-ROOT-GROUP>> /etc/traceable
sudo chown -R <<NON-ROOT-USER>>:<<NON-ROOT-GROUP>> /var/traceable
sudo chown -R <<NON-ROOT-USER>>:<<NON-ROOT-GROUP>> /usr/lib/traceable
sudo systemctl start traceable.service

 

Troubleshooting

In case of any errors or if the Agent fails to startup check the following logs:

  1. Agent logs at /etc/traceable/log
  2. Check the Service logs by running
    sudo journalctl -xeu traceable.service

 

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