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-<!--
- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
-
- This file is part of systemd.
-
- Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
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+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ -->
<refentry id="journald.conf"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>journald.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>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para>These files configure various parameters of the systemd
- journal service,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ <para>These files configure various parameters of the systemd journal service,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.syntax</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for a general description of the syntax.</para>
</refsect1>
<para>All options are configured in the
<literal>[Journal]</literal> section:</para>
- <variablelist>
+ <variablelist class='config-directives'>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Storage=</varname></term>
following units: <literal>s</literal>, <literal>min</literal>,
<literal>h</literal>, <literal>ms</literal>,
<literal>us</literal>. To turn off any kind of rate limiting,
- set either value to 0.</para></listitem>
+ set either value to 0.</para>
+
+ <para>If a service provides rate limits for itself through
+ <varname>LogRateLimitIntervalSec=</varname> and/or <varname>LogRateLimitBurst=</varname>
+ in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ those values will override the settings specified here.</para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
subsequently something else causes the file system to fill up,
journald will stop using more space, but it will not be
removing existing files to reduce the footprint again,
- either.</para>
+ either. Also note that only archived files are deleted to reduce the
+ space occupied by journal files. This means that, in effect, there might
+ still be more space used than <varname>SystemMaxUse=</varname> or
+ <varname>RuntimeMaxUse=</varname> limit after a vacuuming operation is
+ complete.</para>
<para><varname>SystemMaxFileSize=</varname> and
<varname>RuntimeMaxFileSize=</varname> control how large
<listitem><para>The maximum time to store journal entries.
This controls whether journal files containing entries older
- then the specified time span are deleted. Normally, time-based
+ than the specified time span are deleted. Normally, time-based
deletion of old journal files should not be required as
size-based deletion with options such as
<varname>SystemMaxUse=</varname> should be sufficient to
seconds.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>SyncIntervalSec=</varname></term>