User Manager Systemd Service

User manager systemd service for K2 OnPremises Installation

Steps to add User Manager Systemd service

Design and Setup [Requires Root privileges]

Step 1 : Extract the linux user id of the chosen linux user.

Command to extract the UID for any user

id -u user_name

Replace user_name with your chosen linux user.

Sample Run : 

id -u user_name
1000

Step 2 : Create the systemd service with the following name

vi /etc/systemd/system/user@UID.service

The UID corresponds to the user id of the linux user for which the service will run

Replace the UID with the value extracted in Step 1.

Sample Run :

vi /etc/systemd/system/user@1000.service

Step 3 : Place the following content in the file created in Step 2

Step 4 : Enable and start the service

Replace UID with UID obtained in Step 1

Sample Run :

Verification

In order to verify the service status, login to the machine with the chosen linux user via ssh, su, or any other mechanism.

Step 1 : Run the following command to set the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR environment variable.

Step 2 : Add the above export in the .bashrc/.bash_profile or other corresponding shell environment file based on your environment to set it permanently.

Step 3 : Check the service status.

Sample Run :

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