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24 | <refentry id="systemd.slice"> | |
25 | <refentryinfo> | |
26 | <title>systemd.slice</title> | |
27 | <productname>systemd</productname> | |
28 | ||
29 | <authorgroup> | |
30 | <author> | |
31 | <contrib>Developer</contrib> | |
32 | <firstname>Lennart</firstname> | |
33 | <surname>Poettering</surname> | |
34 | <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> | |
35 | </author> | |
36 | </authorgroup> | |
37 | </refentryinfo> | |
38 | ||
39 | <refmeta> | |
40 | <refentrytitle>systemd.slice</refentrytitle> | |
41 | <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> | |
42 | </refmeta> | |
43 | ||
44 | <refnamediv> | |
45 | <refname>systemd.slice</refname> | |
46 | <refpurpose>Slice unit configuration</refpurpose> | |
47 | </refnamediv> | |
48 | ||
49 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
50 | <para><filename><replaceable>slice</replaceable>.slice</filename></para> | |
51 | </refsynopsisdiv> | |
52 | ||
53 | <refsect1> | |
54 | <title>Description</title> | |
55 | ||
56 | <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in | |
847ae0ae | 57 | <literal>.slice</literal> encodes information about a slice which |
299a5507 | 58 | is a concept for hierarchically managing resources of a group of |
d868475a | 59 | processes. This management is performed by creating a node in the |
3fde5f30 | 60 | Linux Control Group (cgroup) tree. Units that manage processes |
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61 | (primarily scope and service units) may be assigned to a specific |
62 | slice. For each slice, certain resource limits may be set that | |
3fde5f30 | 63 | apply to all processes of all units contained in that |
299a5507 | 64 | slice. Slices are organized hierarchically in a tree. The name of |
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65 | the slice encodes the location in the tree. The name consists of a |
66 | dash-separated series of names, which describes the path to the | |
67 | slice from the root slice. The root slice is named, | |
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68 | <filename>-.slice</filename>. Example: |
69 | <filename>foo-bar.slice</filename> is a slice that is located | |
70 | within <filename>foo.slice</filename>, which in turn is located in | |
71 | the root slice <filename>-.slice</filename>. | |
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72 | </para> |
73 | ||
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74 | <para>Note that slice units cannot be templated, nor is possible to add multiple names to a slice unit by creating |
75 | additional symlinks to it.</para> | |
76 | ||
fbce1139 | 77 | <para>By default, service and scope units are placed in |
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78 | <filename>system.slice</filename>, virtual machines and containers |
79 | registered with | |
80 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
81 | are found in <filename>machine.slice</filename>, and user sessions | |
82 | handled by | |
83 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-logind</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
84 | in <filename>user.slice</filename>. See | |
85 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
86 | for more information.</para> | |
87 | ||
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88 | <para>See |
89 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
90 | for the common options of all unit configuration | |
91 | files. The common configuration items are configured | |
92 | in the generic [Unit] and [Install] sections. The | |
93 | slice specific configuration options are configured in | |
3fde5f30 | 94 | the [Slice] section. Currently, only generic resource control settings |
d868475a | 95 | as described in |
c4e87748 | 96 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> are allowed. |
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97 | </para> |
98 | ||
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99 | <para>See the <ulink |
100 | url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ControlGroupInterface/">New | |
101 | Control Group Interfaces</ulink> for an introduction on how to make | |
102 | use of slice units from programs.</para> | |
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103 | </refsect1> |
104 | ||
105 | <refsect1> | |
106 | <title>Automatic Dependencies</title> | |
107 | ||
108 | <para>Slice units automatically gain dependencies of type | |
109 | <varname>After=</varname> and <varname>Requires=</varname> on | |
110 | their immediate parent slice unit.</para> | |
b6f011c1 | 111 | |
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112 | <para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=false</varname> is used in the <literal>[Unit]</literal> section, slice |
113 | units will implicitly have dependencies of type <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and <varname>Before=</varname> on | |
114 | <filename>shutdown.target</filename>. These ensure that slice units are removed prior to system shutdown. Only | |
115 | slice units involved with early boot or late system shutdown should disable this option. | |
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116 | </para> |
117 | </refsect1> | |
118 | ||
119 | <refsect1> | |
120 | <title>See Also</title> | |
121 | <para> | |
122 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
123 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
3fde5f30 | 124 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
d868475a | 125 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
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126 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.scope</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
127 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
128 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
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129 | </para> |
130 | </refsect1> | |
131 | ||
132 | </refentry> |