Root privileges requirements

You need root privileges (sudo su) to deploy Automation Suite. The following sections describe the specific components that require root access and why they require it.

Nodes Configuration

The following components require root access to configure the machines to install Automation Suite. This is required because the default partitioning structure on RHEL machines is not suitable for installing Kubernetes. All of these components are required on all nodes.

Component	Why is root required to execute?
parted	Required to update the partition structure.
pvresize	Required to resize physical volume.
lvextend	Required to extend logical volume.
xfs_growfs	Required to expand an XFS filesystem.
mkfs.ext4	Required to build a Linux filesystem.
mount	Required to mount a filesystem.

Deployment

The following components are required to execute the Automation Suite installer at the time of installation. All Linux components require root to be installed.

Component	Node(s) the component is required for
helm	Server and Agent
argocd	Server
jq	Server and Agent
curl	Server and Agent
openssl	Server and Agent
uuidd	Server and Agent
nc	Server and Agent
httpd-tools	Server and Agent
iscsi-initiator-utils	Server and Agent
iscsid	Server and Agent
rke2 services with Kubernetes	Server and Agent
longhorn	Server and Agent
podman1	Server

¹ Only required for offline installation

Runtime

Of the components that were installed, the following run as root during normal Automation Suite cluster operations.

Component	Node(s) the component is required for	Why is root required to execute?
iscsi-initiator-utils	Server and Agent	Required to provide the server daemon for the Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) protocol, as well as the utility programs used to manage it.
iscsid	Server and Agent	Required to implement the control path for iSCSI protocol for distributing disk access using SCSI commands sent over Internet Protocol networks, plus some management facilities.
rke2 services with Kubernetes	Server and Agent	Required to configure containers and networking rules in the Kubernetes distribution. Learn more
longhorn	Server and Agent	Required to manage block storage between containers and the disks on the machines. Learn more