Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
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<title>Description</title>
<para>The <filename>/etc/machine-info</filename> file
- contains machine meta data.</para>
+ contains machine metadata.</para>
<para>The basic file format of
<filename>machine-info</filename> is a
execution engine.</para>
<para><filename>/etc/machine-info</filename> contains
- meta data about the machine that is set by the user or
+ metadata about the machine that is set by the user or
administrator.</para>
<para>Depending on the operating system other
configuration files might be checked for machine
information as well, however only as fallback.</para>
+
+ <para>You may use
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ to change the settings of this file from the command
+ line.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
- <para>The following machine meta data parameters may
+ <para>The following machine metadata parameters may
be set using
<filename>/etc/machine-info</filename>:</para>
<term><varname>PRETTY_HOSTNAME=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>A pretty
- human-readable UTF8 machine identifier
+ human-readable UTF-8 machine identifier
string. This should contain a name
like <literal>Lennart's
Laptop</literal> which is useful to
present to the user and does not
suffer by the syntax limitations of
- internet domain names. If possible the
- internet host name as configured in
+ internet domain names. If possible, the
+ internet hostname as configured in
<filename>/etc/hostname</filename>
should be kept similar to this
one. Example: if this value is
<literal>Lennart's Computer</literal>
- an Internet host name of
+ an Internet hostname of
<literal>lennarts-computer</literal>
might be a good choice. If this
- parameter is not set an application
+ parameter is not set, an application
should fall back to the Internet host
name for presentation
purposes.</para></listitem>
this machine according to the <ulink
url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html">XDG
Icon Naming Specification</ulink>. If
- this parameter is not set an
+ this parameter is not set, an
application should fall back to
<literal>computer</literal> or a
similar icon name.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>CHASSIS=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The chassis
+ type. Currently, the following chassis
+ types are defined:
+ <literal>desktop</literal>,
+ <literal>laptop</literal>,
+ <literal>server</literal>,
+ <literal>tablet</literal>,
+ <literal>handset</literal>,
+ <literal>watch</literal>, and
+ <literal>embedded</literal> as well as
+ the special chassis types
+ <literal>vm</literal> and
+ <literal>container</literal> for
+ virtualized systems that lack an
+ immediate physical chassis. Note that
+ many systems allow detection of the
+ chassis type automatically (based on
+ firmware information or
+ suchlike). This setting (if set) shall
+ take precedence over automatically
+ detected information and is useful to
+ override misdetected configuration or
+ to manually configure the chassis type
+ where automatic detection is not
+ available.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>DEPLOYMENT=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Describes the system
+ deployment environment. One of the
+ following is suggested:
+ <literal>development</literal>,
+ <literal>integration</literal>,
+ <literal>staging</literal>,
+ <literal>production</literal>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>LOCATION=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Describes the system
+ location if applicable and
+ known. Takes a human-friendly,
+ free-form string. This may be as
+ generic as <literal>Berlin,
+ Germany</literal> or as specific as
+ <literal>Left Rack, 2nd
+ Shelf</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Example</title>
- <programlisting>PRETTY_HOSTNAME="Lennart's Computer"
-ICON_NAME=computer-laptop</programlisting>
+ <programlisting>PRETTY_HOSTNAME="Lennart's Tablet"
+ICON_NAME=computer-tablet
+CHASSIS=tablet
+DEPLOYMENT=production</programlisting>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>os-release</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hostnamed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
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