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diff --git a/doc/book/src/cookbook/systemd.md b/doc/book/src/cookbook/systemd.md index aded09ad..ff3541f5 100644 --- a/doc/book/src/cookbook/systemd.md +++ b/doc/book/src/cookbook/systemd.md @@ -1,9 +1,14 @@ -# Starting Garage with systemd instead of Docker +# Starting Garage with systemd + +We make some assumptions for this systemd deployment. + + - Your garage binary is located at `/usr/local/bin/garage`. + + - Your configuration file is located at `/etc/garage.toml`. + + - Your `garage.toml` must be set with `metadata_dir=/var/lib/garage/meta` and `data_dir=/var/lib/garage/data`. This is mandatory to use `systemd` hardening feature [Dynamic User](https://0pointer.net/blog/dynamic-users-with-systemd.html). Note that in your host filesystem, Garage data will be held in `/var/lib/private/garage`. -NOTE: This guide is incomplete. Typicall you would also want to create a separate -Unix user to run Garage. -Make sure you have the Garage binary installed on your system (see [quick start](../quick_start/index.md)), e.g. at `/usr/local/bin/garage`. Create a file named `/etc/systemd/system/garage.service`: @@ -15,12 +20,18 @@ Wants=network-online.target [Service] Environment='RUST_LOG=garage=info' 'RUST_BACKTRACE=1' -ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/garage server -c /etc/garage/garage.toml +ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/garage server +StateDirectory=garage +DynamicUser=true +ProtectHome=true +NoNewPrivileges=true [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ``` +*A note on hardening: garage will be run as a non privileged user, its user id is dynamically allocated by systemd. It cannot access (read or write) home folders (/home, /root and /run/user), the rest of the filesystem can only be read but not written, only the path seen as /var/lib/garage is writable as seen by the service (mapped to /var/lib/private/garage on your host). Additionnaly, the process can not gain new privileges over time.* + To start the service then automatically enable it at boot: ```bash |