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[BUG] service fails to start in Centos 8 #49

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Describe the bug

Just noticed this when we changed from Centos 7 to Centos 8.
With selinux enforcing, the consul binary moved from /tmp retains the context tmp_t. selinux denies execution of the consul binary so startup fails.

Steps to reproduce the bug

In pillar, set:

consul:
  service: True

Install and try to run consul on a Centos 8 minion.
salt-call state.apply consul

state will fail.

Check the audit log:

grep consul /var/log/audit/audit.log

Expected behaviour

service should start

Attempts to fix the bug

We use the following in install.sls after file.rename fixes the context;

{% if grains['os_family'] == 'RedHat' %}
consul_bin_restorecon:
  module.run:
    - file.restorecon:
        - /usr/local/bin/consul-{{consul.version}}
    - watch:
      - file: consul_install
{% endif %}

Use the module function file.restorecon to change the context of the consul binary to match destination location of the file - which then permits execution by systemd.

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