X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemd.service.xml;h=22c0d5ae9fc33e212b8b35307f9c554f38955b11;hp=891b3474aae66211b69e3bb73f40d84050a5f353;hb=e7176abbe818c75c6acd90227a7a84c3e05fee31;hpb=28137202027b07fec5c270c1b1ef12ebaf35d58d diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml index 891b3474a..22c0d5ae9 100644 --- a/man/systemd.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd.service.xml @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ - systemd.service + service.service @@ -73,9 +73,12 @@ systemd.exec5, which define the execution environment the commands are executed in, and in - systemd.kill5 + systemd.kill5, which define the way the processes of the service are - terminated. + terminated, and in + systemd.resource-control5, + which configure resource control settings for the + processes of the service. Unless DefaultDependencies= is set to , service units will @@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ options specific to the [Service] section of service units are the following: - + Type= @@ -137,13 +140,13 @@ If set to (the default value if BusName= - is not specified) it is expected that + is not specified), it is expected that the process configured with ExecStart= is the main process of the service. In this mode, if the process offers functionality to other processes on - the system its communication channels + the system, its communication channels should be installed before the daemon is started up (e.g. sockets set up by systemd, via socket activation), as @@ -151,14 +154,14 @@ starting follow-up units. If set to - it is + , it is expected that the process configured with ExecStart= will call fork() as part of its start-up. The parent process is expected to exit when start-up is complete and all communication - channels set up. The child continues + channels are set up. The child continues to run as the main daemon process. This is the behavior of traditional UNIX daemons. If this @@ -207,14 +210,18 @@ starting up. systemd will proceed starting follow-up units after this notification message has been sent. If - this option is used + this option is used, NotifyAccess= (see below) should be set to open access to the notification socket provided by systemd. If NotifyAccess= is not set, it will be implicitly set to - . + . Note that + currently + Type= + will not work if used in combination with + PrivateNetwork=. Behavior of is very similar @@ -255,7 +262,7 @@ guessing algorithm might come to incorrect conclusions if a daemon consists of more than one process. If - the main PID cannot be determined + the main PID cannot be determined, failure detection and automatic restarting of a service will not work reliably. Defaults to @@ -298,10 +305,13 @@ ExecStart= Commands with their arguments that are executed when this - service is started. - + service is started. The first + argument must be an absolute path + name. - When + When Type is + not , only one + command may be given. When Type=oneshot is used, more than one command may be specified. Multiple command lines may @@ -315,19 +325,22 @@ for compatibility with parsers suitable for XDG .desktop files. - The commands are invoked one by one - sequentially in the order they appear - in the unit file. When - Type is not - , only one - command may be given. Lone semicolons - may be escaped as - '\;'. If the empty - string is assigned to this option the + Lone semicolons may be escaped as + \;. If the empty + string is assigned to this option, the list of commands to start is reset, prior assignments of this option will have no effect. + If more than one command is + specified, the commands are invoked + one by one sequentially in the order + they appear in the unit file. If one + of the commands fails (and is not + prefixed with -), + other lines are not executed and the + unit is considered failed. + Unless Type=forking is set, the process started via this @@ -335,16 +348,15 @@ main process of the daemon. The command line accepts - '%' specifiers as + % specifiers as described in systemd.unit5. Note that the first argument of the command line (i.e. the program to execute) may not include specifiers. - On top of that basic environment - variable substitution is - supported. Use + Basic environment variable + substitution is supported. Use ${FOO} as part of a word, or as a word of its own on the command line, in which case it will be @@ -356,42 +368,44 @@ word on the command line, in which case it will be replaced by the value of the environment variable split up - at whitespace, resulting in no or more - arguments. Note that the first + at whitespace, resulting in zero or + more arguments. To pass a literal dollar sign, + use $$. Note that the first argument (i.e. the program to execute) - may not be a variable, and must be a - literal and absolute path + may not be a variable, since it must + be a literal and absolute path name. Optionally, if the absolute file name is prefixed with - '@', the second token + @, the second token will be passed as argv[0] to the executed process, followed by the further arguments specified. If the - absolute file name is prefixed with - '-' an exit code of + absolute filename is prefixed with + -, an exit code of the command normally considered a failure (i.e. non-zero exit status or abnormal exit due to signal) is ignored and considered success. If both - '-' and - '@' are used they + - and + @ are used, they can appear in either order. Note that this setting does not directly support shell command lines. If shell command lines are to - be used they need to be passed + be used, they need to be passed explicitly to a shell implementation - of some kind. Example: - ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'dmesg | tac' + of some kind. Example: + ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'dmesg | tac' + For services run by a user instance of systemd the special environment variable - MANAGERPID is set + $MANAGERPID is set to the PID of the systemd instance. @@ -409,6 +423,11 @@ that multiple command lines are allowed and the commands are executed one after the other, serially. + + If any of those commands (not + prefixed with -) + fail, the rest are not executed and + the unit is considered failed. @@ -424,14 +443,17 @@ optional. Specifier and environment variable substitution is supported here following the same scheme as for - ExecStart=. One - additional special environment - variables is set: if known - $MAINPID is set to + ExecStart=. + + One additional special + environment variables is set: if known + $MAINPID is set to the main process of the daemon, and may be used for command lines like the - following: /bin/kill -HUP - $MAINPID. + following: + + /bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID + @@ -450,12 +472,12 @@ KillMode= setting (see systemd.kill5). If - this option is not specified the + this option is not specified, the process is terminated right-away when service stop is requested. Specifier and environment variable substitution is supported (including - $MAINPID, see + $MAINPID, see above). @@ -463,9 +485,12 @@ ExecStopPost= Additional commands that are executed after the service - was stopped using the commands - configured in - ExecStop=. This + was stopped. This includes cases where + the commands configured in + ExecStop= were used, + where the service does not have any + ExecStop= defined, or + where the service exited unexpectedly. This argument takes multiple command lines, following the same scheme as described for ExecStart. Use @@ -499,9 +524,10 @@ Takes a unit-less value in seconds, or a time span value such as "5min 20s". Pass 0 to disable the timeout - logic. Defaults to 90s, except when + logic. Defaults to TimeoutStartSec= from the + manager configuration file, except when Type=oneshot is - used in which case the timeout + used, in which case the timeout is disabled by default. @@ -512,15 +538,16 @@ wait for stop. If a service is asked to stop but does not terminate in the specified time, it will be terminated - forcibly via SIGTERM, and after + forcibly via SIGTERM, and after another delay of this time with - SIGKILL (See + SIGKILL (See KillMode= in systemd.kill5). Takes a unit-less value in seconds, or a time span value such as "5min 20s". Pass 0 to disable the timeout - logic. Defaults to 90s. + logic. Defaults to TimeoutStartSec= from the + manager configuration file. @@ -536,18 +563,18 @@ WatchdogSec= Configures the - watchdog timeout for a service. This - is activated when the start-up is + watchdog timeout for a service. The + watchdog is activated when the start-up is completed. The service must call sd_notify3 regularly with "WATCHDOG=1" (i.e. the "keep-alive ping"). If the time between two such calls is larger than - the configured time then the service + the configured time, then the service is placed in a failure state. By setting Restart= to or - the service + , the service will be automatically restarted. The time configured here will be passed to the executed service process in the @@ -556,7 +583,7 @@ daemons to automatically enable the keep-alive pinging logic if watchdog support is enabled for the service. If - this option is used + this option is used, NotifyAccess= (see below) should be set to open access to the notification socket provided by @@ -571,37 +598,71 @@ Restart= Configures whether the - main service process shall be - restarted when it exits. Takes one of + service shall be restarted when the + service process exits, is killed, + or a timeout is reached. The service + process may be the main service + process, but also one of the processes + specified with + ExecStartPre=, + ExecStartPost=, + ExecStopPre=, + ExecStopPost=, or + ExecReload=. + When the death of the process is a + result of systemd operation (e.g. service + stop or restart), the service will not be + restarted. Timeouts include missing + the watchdog "keep-alive ping" + deadline and a service start, reload, + and stop operation timeouts. + + Takes one of , , , - or + , + , or . If set to - (the default) the - service will not be restarted when it - exits. If set to - it will be - restarted only when it exited cleanly, - i.e. terminated with an exit code of - 0. If set to - it will be - restarted only when it exited with an - exit code not equaling 0, when - terminated by a signal (including on + (the default), the + service will not be restarted. If set to + , it will be + restarted only when the service process + exits cleanly. + In this context, a clean exit means + an exit code of 0, or one of the signals + SIGHUP, SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGPIPE, and + additionally, exit statuses and signals + specified in SuccessExitStatus=. + If set to , + the service will be restarted when the + process exits with an nonzero exit code, + is terminated by a signal (including on core dump), when an operation (such as - service reload) times out or when the - configured watchdog timeout is - triggered. If set to - it will be - restarted only if it exits due to - reception of an uncaught signal - (including on core dump). If set to - the service + service reload) times out, and when the + configured watchdog timeout is triggered. + If set to + , the service + will be restarted only if the service + process exits due to an uncaught + signal not specified as a clean exit + status. + If set to + , the service + will be restarted only if the watchdog + timeout for the service expires. + If set to + , the service will be restarted regardless whether it exited cleanly or not, got terminated abnormally by a signal or - hit a timeout. + hit a timeout. + + In addition to the above settings, + the service will not be restarted if the + exit code or signal is specified in + RestartPreventExitStatus= + (see below). @@ -611,20 +672,20 @@ by the main service process will be considered successful termination, in addition to the normal successful exit - code 0 and the signals SIGHUP, SIGINT, - SIGTERM and SIGPIPE. Exit status + code 0 and the signals SIGHUP, SIGINT, + SIGTERM and SIGPIPE. Exit status definitions can either be numeric exit - codes or termination signal names, and - are separated by spaces. Example: - "SuccessExitStatus=1 2 8 - SIGKILL", ensures that exit + codes or termination signal names, + separated by spaces. Example: + SuccessExitStatus=1 2 8 + SIGKILL, ensures that exit codes 1, 2, 8 and the termination - signal SIGKILL are considered clean + signal SIGKILL are considered clean service terminations. This option may appear more than once in which case the list of successful exit statuses is merged. If the empty string is - assigned to this option the list is + assigned to this option, the list is reset, all prior assignments of this option will have no effect. @@ -646,15 +707,15 @@ that by default no exit status is excluded from the configured restart logic. Example: - "RestartPreventExitStatus=1 6 - SIGABRT", ensures that exit + RestartPreventExitStatus=1 6 + SIGABRT, ensures that exit codes 1 and 6 and the termination signal SIGABRT will not result in automatic service restarting. This option may appear more than once in which case the list of restart preventing statuses is merged. If the empty - string is assigned to this option the + string is assigned to this option, the list is reset, all prior assignments of this option will have no effect. @@ -732,13 +793,13 @@ (the default), or . If - no daemon status + , no daemon status updates are accepted from the service processes, all status update messages - are ignored. If + are ignored. If , only service updates sent from the main process of the service are - accepted. If all + accepted. If , all services updates from all members of the service's control group are accepted. This option should be set to @@ -747,8 +808,8 @@ Type=notify or WatchdogSec= (see above). If those options are used but - NotifyAccess= not - configured it will be implicitly set + NotifyAccess= is not + configured, it will be implicitly set to . @@ -774,7 +835,7 @@ in other words: the Service= setting of .socket units - doesn't have to match the inverse of + does not have to match the inverse of the Sockets= setting of the .service it @@ -783,7 +844,7 @@ This option may appear more than once, in which case the list of socket units is merged. If the empty string - is assigned to this option the list of + is assigned to this option, the list of sockets is reset, all prior uses of this setting will have no effect. @@ -794,20 +855,23 @@ StartLimitBurst= Configure service - start rate limiting. By default + start rate limiting. By default, services which are started more often than 5 times within 10s are not permitted to start any more times until the 10s interval ends. With - these two options this rate limiting + these two options, this rate limiting may be modified. Use StartLimitInterval= - to configure the checking interval - (defaults to 10s, set to 0 to disable + to configure the checking interval (defaults to + DefaultStartLimitInterval= in + manager configuration file, set to 0 to disable any kind of rate limiting). Use StartLimitBurst= to configure how many starts per interval - are allowed (defaults to 5). These + are allowed (defaults to + DefaultStartLimitBurst= in + manager configuration file). These configuration options are particularly useful in conjunction with Restart=, however @@ -887,7 +951,7 @@ for compatibility reasons and should not be used in newly written service files. - + SysVStartPriority= Set the SysV start @@ -911,33 +975,6 @@ range 0-99. - - FsckPassNo= - Set the fsck passno - priority to use to order this service - in relation to other file system - checking services. This option is only - necessary to fix ordering in relation - to fsck jobs automatically created for - all /etc/fstab - entries with a value in the fs_passno - column > 0. As such it should only be - used as option for fsck - services. Almost always it is a better - choice to add explicit ordering - directives via - After= or - Before=, - instead. For more details see - systemd.unit5. If - used, pass an integer value in the - same range as - /etc/fstab's - fs_passno column. See - fstab5 - for details. - - @@ -948,6 +985,7 @@ systemctl8, systemd.unit5, systemd.exec5, + systemd.resource-control5, systemd.kill5, systemd.directives7