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Chris Atkinson 442f7f1553 man: delete ZX as sole compression; "Compress=" as boolean
In man journald.conf, removes reference to XZ as sole form of
compression. See commit d89c8fdf48.

In man coredump.conf, clarifies that "Compression=" controls existence,
not type, of compression.
2014-11-30 23:50:19 -05:00

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<refentry id="coredump.conf" conditional="ENABLE_COREDUMP"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>coredump.conf</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
<surname>Poettering</surname>
<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>coredump.conf</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>coredump.conf</refname>
<refname>coredump.conf.d</refname>
<refpurpose>Coredump storage configuration files</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename>/etc/systemd/coredump.conf</filename></para>
<para><filename>/etc/systemd/coredump.conf.d/*.conf</filename></para>
<para><filename>/run/systemd/coredump.conf.d/*.conf</filename></para>
<para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/coredump.conf.d/*.conf</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>These files configure the behaviour of
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-coredump</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
a handler for core dumps invoked by the kernel.</para>
</refsect1>
<xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="confd" />
<xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="conf" />
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<para>All options are configured in the
<literal>[Coredump]</literal> section:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Storage=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Controls where to store cores. One of
<literal>none</literal>, <literal>external</literal>,
<literal>journal</literal>, and <literal>both</literal>. When
<literal>none</literal>, the coredumps will be logged but not
stored permanently. When <literal>external</literal> (the
default), cores will be stored in <filename>/var/lib/systemd/coredump</filename>.
When <literal>journal</literal>, cores will be stored in
the journal and rotated following normal journal
rotation patterns. When <literal>both</literal>, cores
will be stored in both locations.</para>
<para>When cores are stored in the journal, they might be
compressed following journal compression settings, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>journald.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
When cores are stored externally, they will be compressed
by default, see below.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Compress=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Controls compression for external
storage. Takes a boolean argument, defaults to
<literal>yes</literal>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>ProcessSizeMax=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>The maximum size in bytes of a core
which will be processed. Coredumps exceeding this size
will be logged, but the backtrace will not be generated
and the core will not be stored.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>ExternalSizeMax=</varname></term>
<term><varname>JournalSizeMax=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>The maximum (uncompressed) size in bytes of a
core to be saved.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>MaxUse=</varname></term>
<term><varname>KeepFree=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Enforce limits on the disk space taken up by
externally stored coredumps. <option>MaxUse=</option> makes
sure that old coredumps are removed as soon as the total disk
space taken up by coredumps grows beyond this limit (defaults
to 10% of the total disk size). <option>KeepFree=</option>
controls how much disk space to keep free at least (defaults
to 15% of the total disk size). Note that the disk space used
by coredumps might temporarily exceed these limits while
coredumps are processed. Note that old coredumps are also
removed based on time via
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>coredumpctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>