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If it's not in CLI / env var This is more convenient for development, and it's a step towards getting the systemd service to work. The token: - Can't go in `/usr/lib/systemd/system/firezone-client.service` because that file is updated by `dpkg` - Probably shouldn't be in the CLI because CLI args can be seen by other processes - Could go in env vars, but those can also be snooped in theory It has to be stored on disk somewhere for headless operation, so we can just read it directly from disk.
linux-client
This crate houses the Firezone linux client.
Building
Assuming you have Rust installed, you can build the Linux client from a Linux host with:
cargo build --release --bin firezone-linux-client
You should then find a binary in target/release/firezone-linux-client.
The releases on Github are built with musl. To build this way, use:
rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
sudo apt-get install musl-tools
cargo build --release --bin firezone-linux-client --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
Running
To run the Linux client:
- Generate a new Service account token from the "Actors -> Service Accounts" section of the admin portal and save it in your secrets manager. The Firezone Linux client requires a service account at this time.
- Ensure the
FIREZONE_TOKEN=<service_account_token>environment variable is set securely in your client's shell environment. The client requires this variable at startup. - Set
FIREZONE_IDto a unique string to identify this client in the portal, e.g.export FIREZONE_ID=$(uuidgen). The client requires this variable at startup. - Set
LOG_DIRto a suitable directory for writing logsexport LOG_DIR=/tmp/firezone-logs mkdir $LOG_DIR - Now, you can start the client with:
./firezone-linux-client
If you're running as an unprivileged user, you'll need the CAP_NET_ADMIN
capability to open /dev/net/tun. You can add this to the client binary with:
sudo setcap 'cap_net_admin+eip' /path/to/firezone-linux-client