open-nomad/website/source/docs/drivers/raw_exec.html.md
Seth Vargo 4a1fa67f26
Separate agent configuration into its own pages
I apologize in advance for the rather long PR, but unfortunately there
is not an easy way to break this up into smaller chunks. This separates
the agent configuration into smaller, more consumable pieces just like
the job specification.
2016-11-02 18:30:00 -04:00

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---
layout: "docs"
page_title: "Drivers: Raw Exec"
sidebar_current: "docs-drivers-raw-exec"
description: |-
The Raw Exec task driver simply fork/execs and provides no isolation.
---
# Raw Fork/Exec Driver
Name: `raw_exec`
The `raw_exec` driver is used to execute a command for a task without any
isolation. Further, the task is started as the same user as the Nomad process.
As such, it should be used with extreme care and is disabled by default.
## Task Configuration
```hcl
task "webservice" {
driver = "raw_exec"
config {
command = "my-binary"
args = ["-flag", "1"]
}
}
```
The `raw_exec` driver supports the following configuration in the job spec:
* `command` - The command to execute. Must be provided. If executing a binary
that exists on the host, the path must be absolute. If executing a binary that
is downloaded from an [`artifact`](/docs/job-specification/artifact.html), the
path can be relative from the allocations's root directory.
* `args` - (Optional) A list of arguments to the `command`. References
to environment variables or any [interpretable Nomad
variables](/docs/runtime/interpolation.html) will be interpreted before
launching the task.
## Examples
To run a binary present on the Node:
```
task "example" {
driver = "raw_exec"
config {
# When running a binary that exists on the host, the path must be absolute/
command = "/bin/sleep"
args = ["1"]
}
}
```
To execute a binary downloaded from an [`artifact`](/docs/job-specification/artifact.html):
```
task "example" {
driver = "raw_exec"
config {
command = "name-of-my-binary"
}
artifact {
source = "https://internal.file.server/name-of-my-binary"
options {
checksum = "sha256:abd123445ds4555555555"
}
}
}
```
## Client Requirements
The `raw_exec` driver can run on all supported operating systems. For security
reasons, it is disabled by default. To enable raw exec, the Nomad client
configuration must explicitly enable the `raw_exec` driver in the client's
[options](/docs/agent/configuration/client.html#options):
```
client {
options = {
"driver.raw_exec.enable" = "1"
}
}
```
## Client Attributes
The `raw_exec` driver will set the following client attributes:
* `driver.raw_exec` - This will be set to "1", indicating the driver is available.
## Resource Isolation
The `raw_exec` driver provides no isolation.