man/systemd.conf.xml

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  25 <refentry id="systemd.conf">
  26         <refentryinfo>
  27                 <title>systemd.conf</title>
  28                 <productname>systemd</productname>
  29
  30                 <authorgroup>
  31                         <author>
  32                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  33                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  34                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
  35                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  36                         </author>
  37                 </authorgroup>
  38         </refentryinfo>
  39
  40         <refmeta>
  41                 <refentrytitle>systemd.conf</refentrytitle>
  42                 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  43         </refmeta>
  44
  45         <refnamediv>
  46                 <refname>systemd.conf</refname>
  47                 <refpurpose>systemd manager configuration file</refpurpose>
  48         </refnamediv>
  49
  50         <refsynopsisdiv>
  51                 <para><filename>system.conf</filename></para>
  52                 <para><filename>user.conf</filename></para>
  53         </refsynopsisdiv>
  54
  55         <refsect1>
  56                 <title>Description</title>
  57
  58                 <para>When run as system instance systemd reads the
  59                 configuration file <filename>system.conf</filename>,
  60                 otherwise <filename>user.conf</filename>. These
  61                 configuration files contain a few settings controlling
  62                 basic manager operations.</para>
  63
  64         </refsect1>
  65
  66         <refsect1>
  67                 <title>Options</title>
  68
  69                 <para>All options are configured in the
  70                 <literal>[Manager]</literal> section:</para>
  71
  72                 <variablelist>
  73
  74                         <varlistentry>
  75                                 <term><varname>LogLevel=</varname></term>
  76                                 <term><varname>LogTarget=</varname></term>
  77                                 <term><varname>LogColor=</varname></term>
  78                                 <term><varname>LogLocation=</varname></term>
  79                                 <term><varname>DumpCore=yes</varname></term>
  80                                 <term><varname>CrashShell=no</varname></term>
  81                                 <term><varname>ShowStatus=yes</varname></term>
  82                                 <term><varname>SysVConsole=yes</varname></term>
  83                                 <term><varname>CrashChVT=1</varname></term>
  84                                 <term><varname>DefaultStandardOutput=journal</varname></term>
  85                                 <term><varname>DefaultStandardError=inherit</varname></term>
  86
  87                                 <listitem><para>Configures various
  88                                 parameters of basic manager
  89                                 operation. These options may be
  90                                 overridden by the respective command
  91                                 line arguments. See
  92                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  93                                 for details about these command line
  94                                 arguments.</para></listitem>
  95                         </varlistentry>
  96
  97                         <varlistentry>
  98                                 <term><varname>CPUAffinity=</varname></term>
  99
 100                                 <listitem><para>Configures the initial
 101                                 CPU affinity for the init
 102                                 process. Takes a space-separated list
 103                                 of CPU indexes.</para></listitem>
 104                         </varlistentry>
 105
 106                         <varlistentry>
 107                                 <term><varname>MountAuto=yes</varname></term>
 108                                 <term><varname>SwapAuto=yes</varname></term>
 109
 110                                 <listitem><para>Configures whether
 111                                 systemd should automatically activate
 112                                 all swap or mounts listed in
 113                                 <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>, or
 114                                 whether this job is left to some other
 115                                 system script.</para></listitem>
 116                         </varlistentry>
 117
 118                         <varlistentry>
 119                                 <term><varname>DefaultControllers=cpu</varname></term>
 120
 121                                 <listitem><para>Configures in which
 122                                 cgroup controller hierarchies to
 123                                 create per-service cgroups
 124                                 automatically, in addition to the
 125                                 name=systemd named hierarchy. Defaults
 126                                 to 'cpu'. Takes a space separated list
 127                                 of controller names. Pass an empty
 128                                 string to ensure that systemd does not
 129                                 touch any hierarchies but its
 130                                 own.</para></listitem>
 131                         </varlistentry>
 132
 133                         <varlistentry>
 134                                 <term><varname>JoinControllers=cpu,cpuacct</varname></term>
 135
 136                                 <listitem><para>Configures controllers
 137                                 that shall be mounted in a single
 138                                 hierarchy. By default systemd will
 139                                 mount all controllers which are
 140                                 enabled in the kernel in individual
 141                                 hierachies, with the exception of
 142                                 those listed in this setting. Takes a
 143                                 space separated list of comma
 144                                 separated controller names, in order
 145                                 to allow multiple joined
 146                                 hierarchies. Defaults to
 147                                 'cpu,cpuacct'. Pass an empty string to
 148                                 ensure that systemd mounts all
 149                                 controllers in separate
 150                                 hierarchies.</para></listitem>
 151                         </varlistentry>
 152                 </variablelist>
 153         </refsect1>
 154
 155         <refsect1>
 156                   <title>See Also</title>
 157                   <para>
 158                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 159                   </para>
 160         </refsect1>
 161
 162 </refentry>