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5 | <!-- | |
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6 | SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ |
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3cc765d2 | 8 | Copyright 2014 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek |
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9 | --> |
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11 | <refentry id="coredump.conf" conditional="ENABLE_COREDUMP" |
12 | xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> | |
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13 | <refentryinfo> |
14 | <title>coredump.conf</title> | |
15 | <productname>systemd</productname> | |
16 | ||
17 | <authorgroup> | |
18 | <author> | |
19 | <contrib>Developer</contrib> | |
20 | <firstname>Lennart</firstname> | |
21 | <surname>Poettering</surname> | |
22 | <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> | |
23 | </author> | |
24 | </authorgroup> | |
25 | </refentryinfo> | |
26 | ||
27 | <refmeta> | |
28 | <refentrytitle>coredump.conf</refentrytitle> | |
29 | <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> | |
30 | </refmeta> | |
31 | ||
32 | <refnamediv> | |
33 | <refname>coredump.conf</refname> | |
301af7e4 | 34 | <refname>coredump.conf.d</refname> |
246ba4aa | 35 | <refpurpose>Core dump storage configuration files</refpurpose> |
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36 | </refnamediv> |
37 | ||
38 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
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39 | <para><filename>/etc/systemd/coredump.conf</filename></para> |
40 | <para><filename>/etc/systemd/coredump.conf.d/*.conf</filename></para> | |
301af7e4 | 41 | <para><filename>/run/systemd/coredump.conf.d/*.conf</filename></para> |
12b42c76 | 42 | <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/coredump.conf.d/*.conf</filename></para> |
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43 | </refsynopsisdiv> |
44 | ||
45 | <refsect1> | |
46 | <title>Description</title> | |
47 | ||
dd2b607b | 48 | <para>These files configure the behavior of |
18ead1b0 | 49 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-coredump</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
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50 | a handler for core dumps invoked by the kernel. Whether <command>systemd-coredump</command> is used |
51 | is determined by the kernel's | |
52 | <varname>kernel.core_pattern</varname> <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
53 | setting. See | |
54 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-coredump</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
55 | and | |
56 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>core</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
57 | pages for the details.</para> | |
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58 | </refsect1> |
59 | ||
e93549ef | 60 | <xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="main-conf" /> |
301af7e4 | 61 | |
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62 | <refsect1> |
63 | <title>Options</title> | |
64 | ||
65 | <para>All options are configured in the | |
66 | <literal>[Coredump]</literal> section:</para> | |
67 | ||
68 | <variablelist> | |
69 | ||
70 | <varlistentry> | |
71 | <term><varname>Storage=</varname></term> | |
72 | ||
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73 | <listitem><para>Controls where to store cores. One of <literal>none</literal>, |
74 | <literal>external</literal>, and <literal>journal</literal>. When | |
c8e053fb | 75 | <literal>none</literal>, the core dumps may be logged (including the backtrace if |
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76 | possible), but not stored permanently. When <literal>external</literal> (the |
77 | default), cores will be stored in <filename>/var/lib/systemd/coredump/</filename>. | |
78 | When <literal>journal</literal>, cores will be stored in the journal and rotated | |
79 | following normal journal rotation patterns.</para> | |
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80 | |
81 | <para>When cores are stored in the journal, they might be | |
82 | compressed following journal compression settings, see | |
83 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journald.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. | |
84 | When cores are stored externally, they will be compressed | |
85 | by default, see below.</para></listitem> | |
86 | </varlistentry> | |
87 | ||
88 | <varlistentry> | |
8c9571d0 | 89 | <term><varname>Compress=</varname></term> |
3cc765d2 | 90 | |
442f7f15 | 91 | <listitem><para>Controls compression for external |
a8eaaee7 | 92 | storage. Takes a boolean argument, which defaults to |
8c9571d0 | 93 | <literal>yes</literal>.</para> |
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94 | </listitem> |
95 | </varlistentry> | |
96 | ||
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97 | <varlistentry> |
98 | <term><varname>ProcessSizeMax=</varname></term> | |
99 | ||
100 | <listitem><para>The maximum size in bytes of a core | |
246ba4aa | 101 | which will be processed. Core dumps exceeding this size |
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102 | may be stored, but the backtrace will not be generated. |
103 | </para> | |
104 | ||
105 | <para>Setting <varname>Storage=none</varname> and <varname>ProcessSizeMax=0</varname> | |
106 | disables all coredump handling except for a log entry.</para> | |
107 | </listitem> | |
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108 | </varlistentry> |
109 | ||
110 | <varlistentry> | |
111 | <term><varname>ExternalSizeMax=</varname></term> | |
112 | <term><varname>JournalSizeMax=</varname></term> | |
113 | ||
114 | <listitem><para>The maximum (uncompressed) size in bytes of a | |
115 | core to be saved.</para></listitem> | |
116 | </varlistentry> | |
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117 | |
118 | <varlistentry> | |
119 | <term><varname>MaxUse=</varname></term> | |
120 | <term><varname>KeepFree=</varname></term> | |
121 | ||
122 | <listitem><para>Enforce limits on the disk space taken up by | |
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123 | externally stored core dumps. <option>MaxUse=</option> makes |
124 | sure that old core dumps are removed as soon as the total disk | |
125 | space taken up by core dumps grows beyond this limit (defaults | |
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126 | to 10% of the total disk size). <option>KeepFree=</option> |
127 | controls how much disk space to keep free at least (defaults | |
128 | to 15% of the total disk size). Note that the disk space used | |
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129 | by core dumps might temporarily exceed these limits while |
130 | core dumps are processed. Note that old core dumps are also | |
cbfaff65 | 131 | removed based on time via |
5470c03b | 132 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Set |
b938cb90 | 133 | either value to 0 to turn off size-based |
5470c03b | 134 | clean-up.</para></listitem> |
0dc5d23c | 135 | </varlistentry> |
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136 | </variablelist> |
137 | ||
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138 | <para>The defaults for all values are listed as comments in the |
139 | template <filename>/etc/systemd/coredump.conf</filename> file that | |
140 | is installed by default.</para> | |
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141 | </refsect1> |
142 | ||
143 | <refsect1> | |
144 | <title>See Also</title> | |
145 | <para> | |
146 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
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147 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>coredumpctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
148 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
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149 | </para> |
150 | </refsect1> | |
151 | ||
152 | </refentry> |