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<refentry id="coredump.conf" conditional="ENABLE_COREDUMP"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>coredump.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>
<refnamediv>
<refname>coredump.conf</refname>
<refname>coredump.conf.d</refname>
- <refpurpose>Coredump storage configuration files</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Core dump storage configuration files</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para>These files configure the behavior of
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-coredump</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- a handler for core dumps invoked by the kernel.</para>
+ a handler for core dumps invoked by the kernel. Whether <command>systemd-coredump</command> is used
+ is determined by the kernel's
+ <varname>kernel.core_pattern</varname> <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ setting. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-coredump</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>core</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ pages for the details.</para>
</refsect1>
<xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="main-conf" />
<para>All options are configured in the
<literal>[Coredump]</literal> section:</para>
- <variablelist>
+ <variablelist class='config-directives'>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Storage=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Controls where to store cores. One of
- <literal>none</literal>, <literal>external</literal>,
- <literal>journal</literal>, and <literal>both</literal>. When
- <literal>none</literal>, the coredumps will be logged but not
- stored permanently. When <literal>external</literal> (the
- default), cores will be stored in <filename>/var/lib/systemd/coredump</filename>.
- When <literal>journal</literal>, cores will be stored in
- the journal and rotated following normal journal
- rotation patterns. When <literal>both</literal>, cores
- will be stored in both locations.</para>
+ <listitem><para>Controls where to store cores. One of <literal>none</literal>,
+ <literal>external</literal>, and <literal>journal</literal>. When
+ <literal>none</literal>, the core dumps may be logged (including the backtrace if
+ possible), but not stored permanently. When <literal>external</literal> (the
+ default), cores will be stored in <filename>/var/lib/systemd/coredump/</filename>.
+ When <literal>journal</literal>, cores will be stored in the journal and rotated
+ following normal journal rotation patterns.</para>
<para>When cores are stored in the journal, they might be
compressed following journal compression settings, see
<term><varname>ProcessSizeMax=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>The maximum size in bytes of a core
- which will be processed. Coredumps exceeding this size
- will be logged, but the backtrace will not be generated
- and the core will not be stored.</para></listitem>
+ which will be processed. Core dumps exceeding this size
+ may be stored, but the backtrace will not be generated.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Setting <varname>Storage=none</varname> and <varname>ProcessSizeMax=0</varname>
+ disables all coredump handling except for a log entry.</para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>KeepFree=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Enforce limits on the disk space taken up by
- externally stored coredumps. <option>MaxUse=</option> makes
- sure that old coredumps are removed as soon as the total disk
- space taken up by coredumps grows beyond this limit (defaults
+ externally stored core dumps. <option>MaxUse=</option> makes
+ sure that old core dumps are removed as soon as the total disk
+ space taken up by core dumps grows beyond this limit (defaults
to 10% of the total disk size). <option>KeepFree=</option>
controls how much disk space to keep free at least (defaults
to 15% of the total disk size). Note that the disk space used
- by coredumps might temporarily exceed these limits while
- coredumps are processed. Note that old coredumps are also
+ by core dumps might temporarily exceed these limits while
+ core dumps are processed. Note that old core dumps are also
removed based on time via
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Set
either value to 0 to turn off size-based
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
+ <para>The defaults for all values are listed as comments in the
+ template <filename>/etc/systemd/coredump.conf</filename> file that
+ is installed by default.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
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