man/systemd-gpt-auto-generator.xml

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  22 <refentry id="systemd-gpt-auto-generator">
  23
  24   <refentryinfo>
  25     <title>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</title>
  26     <productname>systemd</productname>
  27
  28     <authorgroup>
  29       <author>
  30         <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  31         <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  32         <surname>Poettering</surname>
  33         <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  34       </author>
  35     </authorgroup>
  36   </refentryinfo>
  37
  38   <refmeta>
  39     <refentrytitle>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</refentrytitle>
  40     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  41   </refmeta>
  42
  43   <refnamediv>
  44     <refname>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</refname>
  45     <refpurpose>Generator for automatically discovering
  46     and mounting root, <filename>/home</filename> and
  47     <filename>/srv</filename> partitions, as well as
  48     discovering and enabling swap partitions, based on GPT
  49     partition type GUIDs.</refpurpose>
  50   </refnamediv>
  51
  52   <refsynopsisdiv>
  53     <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-gpt-auto-generator</filename></para>
  54   </refsynopsisdiv>
  55
  56   <refsect1>
  57     <title>Description</title>
  58
  59     <para><filename>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</filename> is a unit
  60     generator that automatically discovers root,
  61     <filename>/home</filename>, <filename>/srv</filename> and swap
  62     partitions and creates mount and swap units for them, based on the
  63     partition type GUIDs of GUID partition tables (GPT). It implements
  64     the <ulink
  65     url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/DiscoverablePartitionsSpec/">Discoverable
  66     Partitions Specification</ulink>. Note that this generator has no
  67     effect on non-GPT systems, or where the directories under the
  68     mount points are already non-empty. Also, on systems where the
  69     units are explicitly configured (for example, listed in
  70     <citerefentry
  71     project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>),
  72     the units this generator creates are overridden, but additional
  73     automatic dependencies might be created.</para>
  74
  75     <para>This generator will only look for root partitions on the
  76     same physical disk the EFI System Partition (ESP) is located on.
  77     It will only look for the other partitions on the same physical
  78     disk the root file system is located on. These partitions will not
  79     be searched on systems where the root file system is distributed
  80     on multiple disks, for example via btrfs RAID.</para>
  81
  82     <para><filename>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</filename> is useful
  83     for centralizing file system configuration in the partition table
  84     and making manual configuration in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>
  85     or suchlike unnecessary.</para>
  86
  87     <para>This generator looks for the partitions based on their
  88     partition type GUID. The following partition type GUIDs are
  89     identified:</para>
  90
  91     <table>
  92       <title>Partition Type GUIDs</title>
  93       <tgroup cols='3' align='left' colsep='1' rowsep='1'>
  94         <colspec colname="guid" />
  95         <colspec colname="name" />
  96         <colspec colname="explanation" />
  97         <thead>
  98           <row>
  99             <entry>Partition Type GUID</entry>
 100             <entry>Name</entry>
 101             <entry>Explanation</entry>
 102           </row>
 103         </thead>
 104         <tbody>
 105           <row>
 106             <entry>44479540-f297-41b2-9af7-d131d5f0458a</entry>
 107             <entry><filename>Root Partition (x86)</filename></entry>
 108             <entry>On 32-bit x86 systems, the first x86 root partition on the disk the EFI ESP is located on is mounted to the root directory <filename>/</filename>.</entry>
 109           </row>
 110           <row>
 111             <entry>4f68bce3-e8cd-4db1-96e7-fbcaf984b709</entry>
 112             <entry><filename>Root Partition (x86-64)</filename></entry>
 113             <entry>On 64-bit x86 systems, the first x86-64 root partition on the disk the EFI ESP is located on is mounted to the root directory <filename>/</filename>.</entry>
 114           </row>
 115           <row>
 116             <entry>69dad710-2ce4-4e3c-b16c-21a1d49abed3</entry>
 117             <entry><filename>Root Partition (32-bit ARM)</filename></entry>
 118             <entry>On 32-bit ARM systems, the first ARM root partition on the disk the EFI ESP is located on is mounted to the root directory <filename>/</filename>.</entry>
 119           </row>
 120           <row>
 121             <entry>b921b045-1df0-41c3-af44-4c6f280d3fae</entry>
 122             <entry><filename>Root Partition (64-bit ARM)</filename></entry>
 123             <entry>On 64-bit ARM systems, the first ARM root partition on the disk the EFI ESP is located on is mounted to the root directory <filename>/</filename>.</entry>
 124           </row>
 125           <row>
 126             <entry>993d8d3d-f80e-4225-855a-9daf8ed7ea97</entry>
 127             <entry><filename>Root Partition (Itanium/IA-64)</filename></entry>
 128             <entry>On Itanium systems, the first Itanium root partition on the disk the EFI ESP is located on is mounted to the root directory <filename>/</filename>.</entry>
 129           </row>
 130           <row>
 131             <entry>933ac7e1-2eb4-4f13-b844-0e14e2aef915</entry>
 132             <entry>Home Partition</entry>
 133             <entry>The first home partition on the disk the root partition is located on is mounted to <filename>/home</filename>.</entry>
 134           </row>
 135           <row>
 136             <entry>3b8f8425-20e0-4f3b-907f-1a25a76f98e8</entry>
 137             <entry>Server Data Partition</entry>
 138             <entry>The first server data partition on the disk the root partition is located on is mounted to <filename>/srv</filename>.</entry>
 139           </row>
 140           <row>
 141             <entry>0657fd6d-a4ab-43c4-84e5-0933c84b4f4f</entry>
 142             <entry>Swap</entry>
 143             <entry>All swap partitions located on the disk the root partition is located on are enabled.</entry>
 144           </row>
 145           <row>
 146             <entry>c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b</entry>
 147             <entry>EFI System Partition (ESP)</entry>
 148             <entry>The first ESP located on the disk the root partition is located on is mounted to <filename>/boot</filename> or <filename>/efi</filename>, see below.</entry>
 149           </row>
 150         </tbody>
 151       </tgroup>
 152     </table>
 153
 154     <para>The <filename>/home</filename> and <filename>/srv</filename>
 155     partitions may be encrypted in LUKS format. In this case, a device
 156     mapper device is set up under the names
 157     <filename>/dev/mapper/home</filename> and
 158     <filename>/dev/mapper/srv</filename>. Note that this might create
 159     conflicts if the same partition is listed in
 160     <filename>/etc/crypttab</filename> with a different device mapper
 161     device name.</para>
 162
 163     <para>Mount and automount units for the EFI System Partition (ESP) are generated on EFI systems. The ESP is mounted
 164     to <filename>/boot</filename>, unless a mount point directory <filename>/efi</filename> exists, in which case it is
 165     mounted there. Since this generator creates an automount unit, the mount will only be activated on-demand, when
 166     accessed. On systems where <filename>/boot</filename> (or <filename>/efi</filename> if it exists) is an explicitly
 167     configured mount (for example, listed in <citerefentry
 168     project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>) or where the
 169     <filename>/boot</filename> (or <filename>/efi</filename>) mount point is non-empty, no mount units are
 170     generated.</para>
 171
 172     <para>When using this generator in conjunction with btrfs file
 173     systems, make sure to set the correct default subvolumes on them,
 174     using <command>btrfs subvolume set-default</command>.</para>
 175
 176     <para><filename>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</filename> implements
 177     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 178   </refsect1>
 179
 180   <refsect1>
 181     <title>See Also</title>
 182     <para>
 183       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 184       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 185       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 186       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 187       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 188       <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 189       <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 190       <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>btrfs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 191     </para>
 192   </refsect1>
 193
 194 </refentry>