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6 | <refentry id="systemd.scope"> | |
7 | <refentryinfo> | |
8 | <title>systemd.scope</title> | |
9 | <productname>systemd</productname> | |
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10 | </refentryinfo> |
11 | ||
12 | <refmeta> | |
13 | <refentrytitle>systemd.scope</refentrytitle> | |
14 | <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> | |
15 | </refmeta> | |
16 | ||
17 | <refnamediv> | |
18 | <refname>systemd.scope</refname> | |
19 | <refpurpose>Scope unit configuration</refpurpose> | |
20 | </refnamediv> | |
21 | ||
22 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
23 | <para><filename><replaceable>scope</replaceable>.scope</filename></para> | |
24 | </refsynopsisdiv> | |
25 | ||
26 | <refsect1> | |
27 | <title>Description</title> | |
28 | ||
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29 | <para>Scope units are not configured via unit configuration files, |
30 | but are only created programmatically using the bus interfaces of | |
31 | systemd. They are named similar to filenames. A unit whose name | |
32 | ends in <literal>.scope</literal> refers to a scope unit. Scopes | |
fbce1139 | 33 | units manage a set of system processes. Unlike service units, scope |
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34 | units manage externally created processes, and do not fork off |
35 | processes on its own.</para> | |
d868475a | 36 | |
9365b048 | 37 | <para>The main purpose of scope units is grouping worker processes |
847ae0ae | 38 | of a system service for organization and for managing resources.</para> |
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39 | |
40 | <para><command>systemd-run <option>--scope</option></command> may | |
41 | be used to easily launch a command in a new scope unit from the | |
42 | command line.</para> | |
d868475a | 43 | |
ea021cc3 | 44 | <para>See the <ulink |
28a0ad81 | 45 | url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ControlGroupInterface/">New |
72f4d966 | 46 | Control Group Interfaces</ulink> for an introduction on how to make |
ea021cc3 | 47 | use of scope units from programs.</para> |
f2e5e704 | 48 | |
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49 | <para>Note that, unlike service units, scope units have no "main" process: all processes in the scope are |
50 | equivalent. The lifecycle of the scope unit is thus not bound to the lifetime of one specific process, | |
51 | but to the existence of at least one process in the scope. This also means that the exit statuses of | |
52 | these processes are not relevant for the scope unit failure state. Scope units may still enter a failure | |
53 | state, for example due to resource exhaustion or stop timeouts being reached, but not due to programs | |
54 | inside of them terminating uncleanly. Since processes managed as scope units generally remain children of | |
55 | the original process that forked them off, it is also the job of that process to collect their exit | |
56 | statuses and act on them as needed.</para> | |
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57 | </refsect1> |
58 | ||
59 | <refsect1> | |
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60 | <title>Automatic Dependencies</title> |
61 | ||
62 | <refsect2> | |
63 | <title>Implicit Dependencies</title> | |
64 | ||
65 | <para>Implicit dependencies may be added as result of | |
66 | resource control parameters as documented in | |
67 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> | |
68 | </refsect2> | |
69 | ||
70 | <refsect2> | |
71 | <title>Default Dependencies</title> | |
72 | ||
73 | <para>The following dependencies are added unless | |
74 | <varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname> is set:</para> | |
75 | ||
76 | <itemizedlist> | |
77 | <listitem><para>Scope units will automatically have dependencies of | |
78 | type <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and | |
79 | <varname>Before=</varname> on | |
80 | <filename>shutdown.target</filename>. These ensure | |
81 | that scope units are removed prior to system | |
82 | shutdown. Only scope units involved with early boot or | |
83 | late system shutdown should disable | |
84 | <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> option.</para></listitem> | |
85 | </itemizedlist> | |
86 | </refsect2> | |
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87 | </refsect1> |
88 | ||
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89 | <refsect1> |
90 | <title>Options</title> | |
91 | ||
bdac5608 | 92 | <para>Scope files may include a [Scope] |
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93 | section, which carries information about the scope and the |
94 | units it contains. A number of options that may be used in | |
95 | this section are shared with other unit types. These options are | |
96 | documented in | |
97 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
98 | and | |
99 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. | |
bdac5608 | 100 | The options specific to the [Scope] section |
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101 | of scope units are the following:</para> |
102 | ||
103 | <variablelist class='unit-directives'> | |
104 | <varlistentry> | |
105 | <term><varname>RuntimeMaxSec=</varname></term> | |
106 | ||
107 | <listitem><para>Configures a maximum time for the scope to run. If this is used and the scope has been | |
108 | active for longer than the specified time it is terminated and put into a failure state. Pass | |
109 | <literal>infinity</literal> (the default) to configure no runtime limit.</para></listitem> | |
110 | </varlistentry> | |
111 | </variablelist> | |
112 | </refsect1> | |
113 | ||
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114 | <refsect1> |
115 | <title>See Also</title> | |
116 | <para> | |
117 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
118 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-run</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
119 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
3fde5f30 | 120 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
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121 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
122 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>. | |
123 | </para> | |
124 | </refsect1> | |
125 | ||
126 | </refentry> |