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Create user with superuser privilege using Apache brooklyn

When a new VM is launched using Apache brooklyn , how can we create a login user with superuser/root privileges ?

The OS setup section in https://brooklyn.incubator.apache.org/v/latest/ops/locations/ suggests using 'dontCreateUser ' . where can I find this configuration ? Should this be part of brooklyn.properties ? If yes, then how should this be done ?

Solution

  • Brooklyn will by default grant sudoers privileges to the created brooklyn user.

    If you want to run as root directly, you can set

    <location-prefix>.user=root`

    and brooklyn knows not to create the user. This can be set in brooklyn.properties (or in yaml set user: root in the location block or under provisioning.properties in the entity). If you need a more explicit example just ask.