From ae6e9b57500810fff81fe25b4d3080010327d358 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Buetow Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2020 11:18:52 +0000 Subject: improve documentation --- doc/installation.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/installation.md') diff --git a/doc/installation.md b/doc/installation.md index a15beb1..75f93d5 100644 --- a/doc/installation.md +++ b/doc/installation.md @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ It is recommended to automate all the installation process outlined here. You co 2. Create the ``dserver`` run user and group. The user could look like this: ```console +% sudo adduser dserver % id dserver uid=670(dserver) gid=670(dserver) groups=670(dserver) ``` @@ -34,8 +35,20 @@ uid=670(dserver) gid=670(dserver) groups=670(dserver) 4. Install the ``dtail.json`` config to ``/etc/dserver/dtail.json``. An example can be found [here](../samples/dtail.json.sample). +```console +% sudo mkdir /etc/dserver +% curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mimecast/dtail/master/samples/dtail.json.sample | + sudo tee /etc/dserver/dtail.json >/dev/null +``` + 5. It is recommended to configure DTail server as a service to ``systemd``. An example unit file for ``systemd`` can be found [here](../samples/dserver.service.sample). +```console +% curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mimecast/dtail/master/samples/dserver.service.sample | + sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/dserver.service >/dev/null +% sudo systemctl daemon-reload +``` + # Start it To start the DTail server via ``systemd`` run: -- cgit v1.2.3