systemd/man/systemd.conf.xml

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<refentry id="systemd.conf">
        <refentryinfo>
                <title>systemd.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>systemd.conf</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
        </refmeta>

        <refnamediv>
                <refname>systemd.conf</refname>
                <refpurpose>systemd manager configuration file</refpurpose>
        </refnamediv>

        <refsynopsisdiv>
                <para><filename>system.conf</filename></para>
                <para><filename>user.conf</filename></para>
        </refsynopsisdiv>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Description</title>

                <para>When run as system instance systemd reads the
                configuration file <filename>system.conf</filename>,
                otherwise <filename>user.conf</filename>. These
                configuration files contain a few settings controlling
                basic manager operations.</para>

        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Options</title>

                <para>All options are configured in the
                <literal>[Manager]</literal> section:</para>

                <variablelist>

                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><varname>LogLevel=</varname></term>
                                <term><varname>LogTarget=</varname></term>
                                <term><varname>LogColor=</varname></term>
                                <term><varname>LogLocation=</varname></term>
                                <term><varname>DumpCore=yes</varname></term>
                                <term><varname>CrashShell=no</varname></term>
                                <term><varname>ShowStatus=yes</varname></term>
                                <term><varname>SysVConsole=yes</varname></term>
                                <term><varname>CrashChVT=1</varname></term>
                                <term><varname>DefaultStandardOutput=journal</varname></term>
                                <term><varname>DefaultStandardError=inherit</varname></term>

                                <listitem><para>Configures various
                                parameters of basic manager
                                operation. These options may be
                                overridden by the respective command
                                line arguments. See
                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                                for details about these command line
                                arguments.</para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><varname>CPUAffinity=</varname></term>

                                <listitem><para>Configures the initial
                                CPU affinity for the init
                                process. Takes a space-separated list
                                of CPU indexes.</para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><varname>MountAuto=yes</varname></term>
                                <term><varname>SwapAuto=yes</varname></term>

                                <listitem><para>Configures whether
                                systemd should automatically activate
                                all swap or mounts listed in
                                <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>, or
                                whether this job is left to some other
                                system script.</para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><varname>DefaultControllers=cpu</varname></term>

                                <listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><varname>JoinControllers=cpu,cpuacct</varname></term>

                                <listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>
                </variablelist>
        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                  <title>See Also</title>
                  <para>
                          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                  </para>
        </refsect1>

</refentry>