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Thanks for putting this out! I caught a Gremlin talk at a recent conference and was very impressed with how knowledgeable the developers were. How does the Gre

by mpls 8y ago

Thanks for putting this out! I caught a Gremlin talk at a recent conference and was very impressed with how knowledgeable the developers were. How does the Gremlin platform interact with one of my hosts? Do I need to install an agent or something? Does it need root access to my host, hypervisor, cloud console?

lklig 8y ago
Simply install an agent, authenticate with our control plane, and create attacks through our webapp. No root access required. Check out more info at https://www.gremlin.com/docs/infrastructure-layer/installation/ https://www.gremlin.com/docs/infrastructure-layer/installati... .
- nodesocket 8y ago
  If root is not required, how does the agent issue a shutdown or restart?
  - DuvalKingJabub 8y ago
    Hello! I am a Solutions Architect for Gremlin. Great question! It uses four Linux Capabilities to accomplish that listed here: https://www.gremlin.com/docs/security/overview/#linux-capabilities https://www.gremlin.com/docs/security/overview/#linux-capabi...