docs(endpoint-agent): document setting env vars on an installed service#276
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Add a generic "Setting Environment Variables for an Installed Service" section to the CLI & Environment reference, covering the per-platform procedure (macOS launchd plist, Linux systemd drop-in, Windows service environment) for any sensor environment variable. The env-var section intro already pointed users at their service manager but never showed how; this fills that gap. Also link the reverse-DNS hostname page to the new section, since LC_DISABLE_REVERSE_DNS_HOSTNAME is a common variable customers need to set on an already-installed sensor. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Adds a generic Setting Environment Variables for an Installed Service section to the Agent CLI & Environment Reference, with the per-platform procedure for applying any sensor environment variable to an already-installed service:
EnvironmentVariablesdict in/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.refractionpoint.rphcp.plist, validate + reload (plutil -lint,bootout/bootstrap), verification, plus a no-editlaunchctl debugtest path and MDM/reinstall caveats.systemctl edit limacharliedrop-in.setx /Mvs. scopedEnvironmentREG_MULTI_SZunderrphcpsvc.It also:
LC_DISABLE_REVERSE_DNS_HOSTNAMEis a common variable customers set on an installed sensor.Why
The reference listed the variables and said to set them via the service manager, but never showed how. Customers trying to set e.g.
LC_DISABLE_REVERSE_DNS_HOSTNAMEon an installed macOS sensor had no documented procedure for editing the launchd plist. This is written generically so it covers every variable in the reference, not just one.Notes
limacharlie, Windows servicerphcpsvc, macOS labelcom.refractionpoint.rphcp).markdownlint-cli2locally (offline); please rely on CI lint.🤖 Generated with Claude Code