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<title>Systemd Usage and Configuration</title>
<indexterm zone="ch-config-systemd-custom">
<primary sortas="e-Systemd">Systemd Customization</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2>
<title>Basic Configuration</title>
<para>The <filename>/etc/systemd/system.conf</filename> file contains a set
of options to control basic systemd operations. The default file has all
entries commented out with the default settings indicated. This file is
where the log level may be changed as well as some basic logging settings.
See the <filename>systemd-system.conf(5)</filename> manual page for details
on each configuration option.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Disabling Screen Clearing at Boot Time</title>
<para>The normal behavior for systemd is to clear the screen at
the end of the boot sequence. If desired, this behavior may be
changed by running the following command:</para>
<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -pv /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d
cat &gt; /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/noclear.conf &lt;&lt; EOF
<literal>[Service]
TTYVTDisallocate=no</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
<para>The boot messages can always be reviewed by using the
<userinput>journalctl -b</userinput> command as the
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Disabling tmpfs for /tmp</title>
<para>By default, <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> is created as
a tmpfs. If this is not desired, it can be overridden by executing the
following command:</para>
<screen role="nodump"><userinput>ln -sfv /dev/null /etc/systemd/system/tmp.mount</userinput></screen>
<para>Alternatively, if a separate partition for
<filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> is desired, specify that
partition in a <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> entry.</para>
<warning>
<para>
Do not create the symbolic link above if a separate partition is used
for <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename>. This will prevent the
root file system (/) from being remounted r/w and make the system
unusable when booted.
</para>
</warning>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Configuring Automatic File Creation and Deletion</title>
<para>There are several services that create or delete files or
directories:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>The system location for the configuration files is
<filename>/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/*.conf</filename>. The local
configuration files are in
<filename class="directory">/etc/tmpfiles.d</filename>. Files in
<filename class="directory">/etc/tmpfiles.d</filename> override
files with the same name in
<filename class="directory">/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d</filename>. See
<filename>tmpfiles.d(5)</filename> manual page for file format
details.</para>
<para>
Note that the syntax for the
<filename>/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/*.conf</filename> files can be
confusing. For example, the default deletion of files in the /tmp directory
is located in <filename>/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf</filename> with
the line:
<screen role="nodump">q /tmp 1777 root root 10d</screen>
The type field, q, discusses creating a subvolume with quotas which
is really only applicable to btrfs filesystems. It references type v
which in turn references type d (directory). This then creates the
specified directory if it is not present and adjusts the permissions
and ownership as specified. Contents of the directory will be
subject to time based cleanup if the age argument is specified.
</para>
<para>
If the default parameters are not desired, then the file should
be copied to <filename class="directory">/etc/tmpfiles.d</filename>
and edited as desired. For example:
<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -p /etc/tmpfiles.d
cp /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf /etc/tmpfiles.d</userinput></screen>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Overriding Default Services Behavior</title>
<para>The parameters of a unit can be overridden by creating a directory
and a configuration file in <filename
class="directory">/etc/systemd/system</filename>. For example:</para>
<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -pv /etc/systemd/system/foobar.service.d
cat > /etc/systemd/system/foobar.service.d/foobar.conf &lt;&lt; EOF
<literal>[Service]
Restart=always
RestartSec=30</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
<para>See <filename>systemd.unit(5)</filename> manual page for more
information. After creating the configuration file, run
<userinput>systemctl daemon-reload</userinput> and <userinput>systemctl
restart foobar</userinput> to activate the changes to a service.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Debugging the Boot Sequence</title>
<para>Rather than plain shell scripts used in SysVinit or BSD style init
systems, systemd uses a unified format for different types of startup
files (or units). The command <command>systemctl</command> is used to
enable, disable, control state, and obtain status of unit files. Here
are some examples of frequently used commands:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><command>systemctl list-units -t <replaceable>&lt;service&gt;</replaceable> [--all]</command>:
lists loaded unit files of type service.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><command>systemctl list-units -t <replaceable>&lt;target&gt;</replaceable> [--all]</command>:
lists loaded unit files of type target.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><command>systemctl show -p Wants <replaceable>&lt;multi-user.target&gt;</replaceable></command>:
shows all units that depend on the multi-user target. Targets are
special unit files that are analogous to runlevels under
SysVinit.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><command>systemctl status <replaceable>&lt;servicename.service&gt;</replaceable></command>:
shows the status of the servicename service. The .service extension
can be omitted if there are no other unit files with the same name,
such as .socket files (which create a listening socket that provides
similar functionality to inetd/xinetd).</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Working with the Systemd Journal</title>
<para>Logging on a system booted with systemd is handled with
systemd-journald (by default), rather than a typical unix syslog daemon.
You can also add a normal syslog daemon and have both operate side by
side if desired. The systemd-journald program stores journal entries in a
binary format rather than a plain text log file. To assist with
parsing the file, the command <command>journalctl</command> is provided.
Here are some examples of frequently used commands:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><command>journalctl -r</command>: shows all contents of the
journal in reverse chronological order.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><command>journalctl -u <replaceable>UNIT</replaceable></command>:
shows the journal entries associated with the specified UNIT
file.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><command>journalctl -b[=ID] -r</command>: shows the journal
entries since last successful boot (or for boot ID) in reverse
chronological order.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><command>journalctl -f</command>: provides functionality similar
to tail -f (follow).</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Working with Core Dumps</title>
<para>Core dumps are useful to debug crashed programs, especially
when a daemon process crashes. On systemd booted systems the core
dumping is handled by <command>systemd-coredump</command>. It will
log the core dump in the journal and store the core dump itself in
<filename class="directory">/var/lib/systemd/coredump</filename>.
To retrieve and process core dumps, the <command>coredumpctl</command>
tool is provided. Here are some examples of frequently used commands:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><command>coredumpctl -r</command>: lists all core dumps in
reverse chronological order.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><command>coredumpctl -1 info</command>: shows the information
from the last core dump.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><command>coredumpctl -1 debug</command>: loads the last core
dump into <ulink url="&blfs-book;general/gdb.html">GDB</ulink>.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Core dumps may use a lot of disk space. The maximum disk space
used by core dumps can be limited by creating a configuration file in
<filename class="directory">/etc/systemd/coredump.conf.d</filename>.
For example:</para>
<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -pv /etc/systemd/coredump.conf.d
cat &gt; /etc/systemd/coredump.conf.d/maxuse.conf &lt;&lt; EOF
<literal>[Coredump]
MaxUse=5G</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
<para>See the <filename>systemd-coredump(8)</filename>,
<filename>coredumpctl(1)</filename>, and
<filename>coredump.conf.d(5)</filename> manual pages for more
information.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Long Running Processes</title>
<para>Beginning with systemd-230, all user processes are killed when a user
session is ended, even if nohup is used, or the process uses the
<function>daemon()</function> or <function>setsid()</function> functions.
This is a deliberate change from a historically permissive environment to a
more restrictive one. The new behavior may cause issues if you depend on
long running programs (e.g., <command>screen</command> or
<command>tmux</command>) to remain active after ending your user session.
There are three ways to enable lingering processes to remain after a user
session is ended.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>Enable process lingering for only selected users</emphasis>:
Normal users have permission to enable process lingering
with the command <command>loginctl enable-linger</command> for their
own user. System administrators can use the same command with a
<parameter>user</parameter> argument to enable for a user. That user
can then use the <command>systemd-run</command> command to start
long running processes. For example: <command>systemd-run --scope
--user /usr/bin/screen</command>. If you enable lingering for your
user, the user@.service will remain even after all login sessions are
closed, and will automatically start at system boot. This has the
advantage of explicitly allowing and disallowing processes to run
after the user session has ended, but breaks backwards compatibility
with tools like <command>nohup</command> and utilities that use
<function>daemon()</function>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>Enable system-wide process lingering</emphasis>:
You can set <parameter>KillUserProcesses=no</parameter> in
<filename>/etc/systemd/logind.conf</filename> to enable process lingering
globally for all users. This has the benefit of leaving the old
method available to all users at the expense of explicit control.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>Disable at build-time</emphasis>: You can disable
lingering by default while building systemd by adding the switch
<parameter>-Ddefault-kill-user-processes=false</parameter> to the
<command>meson</command> command for systemd. This completely
disables the ability of systemd to kill user processes at session
end.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>