man/systemd-veritysetup-generator.xml

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   6 <refentry id="systemd-veritysetup-generator" conditional='HAVE_LIBCRYPTSETUP'>
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   8   <refentryinfo>
   9     <title>systemd-veritysetup-generator</title>
  10     <productname>systemd</productname>
  11   </refentryinfo>
  12
  13   <refmeta>
  14     <refentrytitle>systemd-veritysetup-generator</refentrytitle>
  15     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  16   </refmeta>
  17
  18   <refnamediv>
  19     <refname>systemd-veritysetup-generator</refname>
  20     <refpurpose>Unit generator for integrity protected block devices</refpurpose>
  21   </refnamediv>
  22
  23   <refsynopsisdiv>
  24     <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-veritysetup-generator</filename></para>
  25   </refsynopsisdiv>
  26
  27   <refsect1>
  28     <title>Description</title>
  29
  30     <para><filename>systemd-veritysetup-generator</filename> is a generator that translates kernel command line options
  31     configuring integrity protected block devices (verity) into native systemd units early at boot and when
  32     configuration of the system manager is reloaded. This will create
  33     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-veritysetup@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  34     units as necessary.</para>
  35
  36     <para>Currently, only a single verity device may be se up with this generator, backing the root file system of the
  37     OS.</para>
  38
  39     <para><filename>systemd-veritysetup-generator</filename> implements
  40     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
  41   </refsect1>
  42
  43   <refsect1>
  44     <title>Kernel Command Line</title>
  45
  46     <para><filename>systemd-veritysetup-generator</filename>
  47     understands the following kernel command line parameters:</para>
  48
  49     <variablelist class='kernel-commandline-options'>
  50       <varlistentry>
  51         <term><varname>systemd.verity=</varname></term>
  52         <term><varname>rd.systemd.verity=</varname></term>
  53
  54         <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Defaults to <literal>yes</literal>. If <literal>no</literal>,
  55         disables the generator entirely. <varname>rd.systemd.verity=</varname> is honored only by the initial RAM disk
  56         (initrd) while <varname>systemd.verity=</varname> is honored by both the host system and the
  57         initrd. </para></listitem>
  58       </varlistentry>
  59
  60       <varlistentry>
  61         <term><varname>roothash=</varname></term>
  62
  63         <listitem><para>Takes a root hash value for the root file system. Expects a hash value formatted in hexadecimal
  64         characters, of the appropriate length (i.e. most likely 256 bit/64 characters, or longer). If not specified via
  65         <varname>systemd.verity_root_data=</varname> and <varname>systemd.verity_root_hash=</varname>, the hash and
  66         data devices to use are automatically derived from the specified hash value. Specifically, the data partition
  67         device is looked for under a GPT partition UUID derived from the first 128bit of the root hash, the hash
  68         partition device is looked for under a GPT partition UUID derived from the last 128bit of the root hash. Hence
  69         it is usually sufficient to specify the root hash to boot from an integrity protected root file system, as
  70         device paths are automatically determined from it — as long as the partition table is properly set up.</para>
  71         </listitem>
  72       </varlistentry>
  73
  74       <varlistentry>
  75         <term><varname>systemd.verity_root_data=</varname></term>
  76         <term><varname>systemd.verity_root_hash=</varname></term>
  77
  78         <listitem><para>These two settings take block device paths as arguments, and may be use to explicitly configure
  79         the data partition and hash partition to use for setting up the integrity protection for the root file
  80         system. If not specified, these paths are automatically derived from the <varname>roothash=</varname> argument
  81         (see above).</para></listitem>
  82       </varlistentry>
  83
  84     </variablelist>
  85   </refsect1>
  86
  87   <refsect1>
  88     <title>See Also</title>
  89     <para>
  90       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  91       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-veritysetup@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  92       <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>veritysetup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  93       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  94     </para>
  95   </refsect1>
  96
  97 </refentry>