SYSTEMD.CONF(5) systemd.conf SYSTEMD.CONF(5)NAME
systemd.conf - systemd manager configuration file
SYNOPSIS
system.conf
user.conf
DESCRIPTION
When run as system instance systemd reads the configuration file
system.conf, otherwise user.conf. These configuration files contain a
few settings controlling basic manager operations.
OPTIONS
All options are configured in the [Manager] section:
LogLevel=, LogTarget=, LogColor=, LogLocation=, DumpCore=yes,
CrashShell=no, ShowStatus=yes, SysVConsole=yes, CrashChVT=1,
DefaultStandardOutput=journal, DefaultStandardError=inherit
Configures various parameters of basic manager operation. These
options may be overridden by the respective command line arguments.
See systemd(1) for details about these command line arguments.
CPUAffinity=
Configures the initial CPU affinity for the init process. Takes a
space-separated list of CPU indexes.
MountAuto=yes, SwapAuto=yes
Configures whether systemd should automatically activate all swap
or mounts listed in /etc/fstab, or whether this job is left to some
other system script.
DefaultControllers=cpu
Configures in which cgroup controller hierarchies to create
per-service cgroups automatically, in addition to the name=systemd
named hierarchy. Defaults to 'cpu'. Takes a space separated list of
controller names. Pass an empty string to ensure that systemd does
not touch any hierarchies but its own.
JoinControllers=cpu,cpuacct
Configures controllers that shall be mounted in a single hierarchy.
By default systemd will mount all controllers which are enabled in
the kernel in individual hierachies, with the exception of those
listed in this setting. Takes a space separated list of comma
separated controller names, in order to allow multiple joined
hierarchies. Defaults to 'cpu,cpuacct'. Pass an empty string to
ensure that systemd mounts all controllers in separate hierarchies.
RuntimeWatchdogSec=, ShutdownWatchdogSec=
Configure the hardware watchdog at runtime and at reboot. Takes a
timeout value in seconds (or in other time units if suffixed with
ms, min, h, d, w). If RuntimeWatchdogSec= is set to a non-zero
value the watchdog hardware (/dev/watchdog) will be programmed to
automatically reboot the system if it is not contacted within the
specified timeout interval. The system manager will ensure to
contact it at least once in half the specified timeout interval.
This feature requires a hardware watchdog device to be present, as
it is commonly the case in embedded and server systems. Not all
hardware watchdogs allow configuration of the reboot timeout, in
which case the closest available timeout is picked.
ShutdownWatchdogSec= may be used to configure the hardware watchdog
when the system is asked to reboot. It works as a safety net to
ensure that the reboot takes place even if a clean reboot attempt
times out. By default RuntimeWatchdogSec= defaults to 0 (off), and
ShutdownWatchdogSec= to 10min. These settings have no effect if a
hardware watchdog is not available.
CapabilityBoundingSet=
Controls which capabilities to include in the capability bounding
set for PID 1 and its children. See capabilities(7) for details.
Takes a whitespace separated list of capability names as read by
cap_from_name(3). Capabilities listed will be included in the
bounding set, all others are removed. If the list of capabilities
is prefixed with ~ all but the listed capabilities will be
included, the effect of the assignment inverted. Note that this
option also effects the respective capabilities in the effective,
permitted and inheritable capability sets. The capability bounding
set may also be individually configured for units using the
CapabilityBoundingSet= directive for units, but note that
capabilities dropped for PID 1 cannot be regained in individual
units, they are lost for good.
TimerSlackNSec=
Sets the timer slack in nanoseconds for PID 1 which is then
inherited to all executed processes, unless overriden individually,
for example with the TimerSlackNSec= setting in service units (for
details see systemd.exec(5)). The timer slack controls the accuracy
of wake-ups triggered by timers. See prctl(2) for more information.
Note that in contrast to most other time span definitions this
parameter takes an integer value in nano-seconds if no unit is
specified. The usual time units are understood too.
DefaultLimitCPU=, DefaultLimitFSIZE=, DefaultLimitDATA=,
DefaultLimitSTACK=, DefaultLimitCORE=, DefaultLimitRSS=,
DefaultLimitNOFILE=, DefaultLimitAS=, DefaultLimitNPROC=,
DefaultLimitMEMLOCK=, DefaultLimitLOCKS=, DefaultLimitSIGPENDING=,
DefaultLimitMSGQUEUE=, DefaultLimitNICE=, DefaultLimitRTPRIO=,
DefaultLimitRTTIME=
These settings control various default resource limits for units.
See setrlimit(2) for details. Use the string infinity to configure
no limit on a specific resource. These settings may be overriden in
individual units using the corresponding LimitXXX= directives. Note
that these resource limits are only defaults for units, they are
not applied to PID 1 itself.
SEE ALSOsystemd(1)AUTHOR
Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Developer
systemd 02/15/2013 SYSTEMD.CONF(5)