how to run bitbucket as a different user

VV2

This articles explains how to create a user for Bitbucket and not "Running Bitbucket Server with a dedicated user".  

Jonas Andersson

In lack of any useful information, I assume you:

• are running linux.
• are running the application as root
• are running the application server in /opt/atlassian/Bitbucket
• are logged in as root

Steps:

• shut down Bitbucket
• add a user: "adduser bitbucket"
• set the correct permissions on the application directory: "chown -R bitbucket:bitbucket /opt/atlassian/bitbucket/"
• login as bitbucket: su - bitbucket 
• start the applicationserver back up.