How to run "systemctl" + $ + "apache" $=stop,start,restart as non sudo/root user?

Question

Yeah basically the title, I want to do that things from a app that can run Linux scripts per SSH. I only want to run these three and not ALL from systemctl with my basic user.

So thanks.

Answer 1

Try to use the --user switch. From systemctl(1)

--user

Talk to the service manager of the calling user, rather than the 

service manager of the system.

You may follow the instruction of this post.

Answer 2

Create a Cmnd_Alias in /etc/sudoers like:

Cmnd_Alias APACHEADMIN = /usr/bin/systemctl start apache2, /usr/bin/systemctl restart apache2, /usr/bin/systemctl stop apache2

Then add a line for the user privilege:

jsmith  ALL = NOPASSWD: APACHEADMIN