installer: add SERVICE_ACCOUNT and document a least-privilege service account (#2769)

Signed-off-by: Jan-Otto Kröpke <mail@jkroepke.de>
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Jan-Otto Kröpke
2026-10-16 21:49:21 +02:00
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parent dfc5653376
commit be5942d943
6 changed files with 242 additions and 24 deletions
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@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
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<Wix xmlns:util="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs/util"
xmlns="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs">
xmlns="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs">
<Fragment>
<DirectoryRef Id="APPLICATIONFOLDER">
<Component Transitive="yes">
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
<!-- The "Name" field must match the argument to eventlog.Open() -->
<util:EventSource Log="Application" Name="windows_exporter"
EventMessageFile="%SystemRoot%\System32\EventCreate.exe"
SupportsErrors="yes"
SupportsInformationals="yes"
SupportsWarnings="yes"/>
EventMessageFile="%SystemRoot%\System32\EventCreate.exe"
SupportsErrors="yes"
SupportsInformationals="yes"
SupportsWarnings="yes"/>
<ServiceInstall
Id="InstallExporterService"
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
Type="ownProcess"
Interactive="no"
Vital="yes"
Account="[SERVICE_ACCOUNT]"
Password="[SERVICE_PASSWORD]"
Arguments="[ConfigFileFlag] [CollectorsFlag] [ListenFlag] [MetricsPathFlag] [TextfileDirsFlag] [ExtraFlags]">
<ServiceConfig
DelayedAutoStart="yes"
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<Property Id="TEXTFILE_DIRS" Secure="yes" />
<SetProperty Id="TextfileDirsFlag" After="InstallFiles" Sequence="execute" Value="--collector.textfile.directories=&quot;[TEXTFILE_DIRS]&quot;" Condition="TEXTFILE_DIRS" />
<!-- Account of the service, used by ServiceInstall in files.wxs. Empty installs the service as LocalSystem.
The installer does not grant the account any rights, see docs/permissions.md. -->
<Property Id="SERVICE_ACCOUNT" Secure="yes" />
<!-- Only a user account needs a password. Hidden keeps it out of the installer log. -->
<Property Id="SERVICE_PASSWORD" Secure="yes" Hidden="yes" />
<!-- Configuration for how the installer shows in Add/Remove Programs. -->
<Icon Id="icon.ico" SourceFile=".\icon.ico"/>
<Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="icon.ico" />