Installing from a release server deb (recommended)

This is the recommended way of installing the GRR server components. GRR server debs are built for Ubuntu Xenial. They may install on Debian or other Ubuntu versions, but compatibility is not guaranteed.

To start, download the latest server deb from https://github.com/google/grr/releases, e.g:

wget https://storage.googleapis.com/releases.grr-response.com/grr-server_3.2.0-1_amd64.deb

Install the server deb, along with its dependencies, like below:

sudo apt install -y ./grr-server_3.2.0-1_amd64.deb

The installer will prompt for a few pieces of information to get things set up. After successful installation, the grr-server service should be running:

root@grruser-xenial:/home/grruser# systemctl status grr-server
● grr-server.service - GRR Service
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/grr-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (exited) since Wed 2017-11-22 10:16:39 UTC; 2min 51s ago
     Docs: https://github.com/google/grr
  Process: 10404 ExecStart=/bin/systemctl --no-block start grr-server@admin_ui.service grr-server@frontend.service grr-server@worker.service grr-server@worker2.service (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 10404 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Tasks: 0
   Memory: 0B
      CPU: 0
   CGroup: /system.slice/grr-server.service

Nov 22 10:16:39 grruser-xenial systemd[1]: Starting GRR Service...
Nov 22 10:16:39 grruser-xenial systemd[1]: Started GRR Service.

In addition, administrative commands for GRR, e.g grr_console and grr_config_updater should be available in your PATH.