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diff --git a/doc/installation.md b/doc/installation.md index 6f946c4..6bf17b0 100644 --- a/doc/installation.md +++ b/doc/installation.md @@ -7,6 +7,26 @@ The following installation guide has been tested successfully on CentOS 7. You m Please check the [Quick Starting Guide](quickstart.md) for instructions how to compile DTail. It is recommended to automate the build process via your build pipeline (e.g. produce a deployable RPM via Jenkins). You don't have to use ``go get...`` to compile and install the binaries. You can also clone the repository and use ``make`` instead. +## Linux ACL support + +This is optional but it gives you better security. On Linux you have the option to compile `dserver` with File System Access Control List support. For that you need: + +### 1. Install the `libacl` development library. On RHEL, CentOS and Fedora it would be + +```console +% sudo dnf install libacl-devel -y +``` + +### 2. Enable ACL via a Go build flag + +Set the `USE_ACL` environment variable before invoking the make command. + +```console +% export USE_ACL=yes +``` + +Alternatively you could just add `-tags linuxacl` to the Go compiler. + # Install it It is recommended to automate all the installation process outlined here. You could use a configuration management system such as Puppet, Chef or Ansible. However, that relies heavily on how your infrastructure is managed and is out of scope of this documentation. |