Install

Using cargo

cargo install epazote

Install cargo with curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh

FreeBSD

pkg install epazote

macOS

brew install epazote: the project needs to have at least 75 ⭐ in Github to submit the formula

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Linux

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Windows

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Systemd service setup (Linux)

Create the epazote user to ensure the service runs as a non-root user

useradd -r -s /bin/false epazote

INFO

-r: Creates a system user without home directory -s /bin/false: Preventes the user from logging in

Set file permissions

Ensure that epazote can read its configuration file:

sudo mkdir -p /etc/epazote
sudo chown -R epazote:epazote /etc/epazote
sudo chmod 750 /etc/epazote

Create the service file

Create the file /etc/systemd/system/epazote.service with the following content:

[Unit]
Description=Epazote Service
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/epazote -c /etc/epazote/epazote.yml
Restart=always
User=epazote
Group=epazote
WorkingDirectory=/etc/epazote
SyslogIdentifier=epazote

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Reload systemd and enable the service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable epazote
sudo systemctl start epazote

Check the service status:

sudo systemctl status epazote

Configure sudo permissions

In order to allow epazote to restart services, add the following line to /etc/sudoers:

epazote ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/systemctl restart *

This allows the epazote user to restart any service without a password prompt.

::: Warning Needs to be adapted to your needs, this is just an example :::

Test permissions

Run the following command as the epazote user:

sudo -u epazote sudo systemctl restart <your_app>

if it works without asking for a password, then the permissions are correctly set up.