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+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!--
+ SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
+-->
+
+<refentry id="systemd.socket">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd.socket</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd.socket</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Socket unit configuration</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename><replaceable>socket</replaceable>.socket</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
+ <literal>.socket</literal> encodes information about an IPC or
+ network socket or a file system FIFO controlled and supervised by
+ systemd, for socket-based activation.</para>
+
+ <para>This man page lists the configuration options specific to
+ this unit type. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for the common options of all unit configuration files. The common
+ configuration items are configured in the generic [Unit] and
+ [Install] sections. The socket specific configuration options are
+ configured in the [Socket] section.</para>
+
+ <para>Additional options are listed in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ which define the execution environment the
+ <option>ExecStartPre=</option>, <option>ExecStartPost=</option>,
+ <option>ExecStopPre=</option> and <option>ExecStopPost=</option>
+ commands are executed in, and in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ which define the way the processes are terminated, and in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ which configure resource control settings for the processes of the
+ socket.</para>
+
+ <para>For each socket file, a matching service file must exist,
+ describing the service to start on incoming traffic on the socket
+ (see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for more information about .service files). The name of the
+ .service unit is by default the same as the name of the .socket
+ unit, but can be altered with the <option>Service=</option> option
+ described below. Depending on the setting of the
+ <option>Accept=</option> option described below, this .service
+ unit must either be named like the .socket unit, but with the
+ suffix replaced, unless overridden with <option>Service=</option>;
+ or it must be a template unit named the same way. Example: a
+ socket file <filename>foo.socket</filename> needs a matching
+ service <filename>foo.service</filename> if
+ <option>Accept=no</option> is set. If
+ <option>Accept=yes</option> is set, a service template file
+ <filename>foo@.service</filename> must exist from which services
+ are instantiated for each incoming connection.</para>
+
+ <para>No implicit <varname>WantedBy=</varname> or
+ <varname>RequiredBy=</varname> dependency from the socket to the
+ service is added. This means that the service may be started
+ without the socket, in which case it must be able to open sockets
+ by itself. To prevent this, an explicit
+ <varname>Requires=</varname> dependency may be added.</para>
+
+ <para>Socket units may be used to implement on-demand starting of
+ services, as well as parallelized starting of services. See the
+ blog stories linked at the end for an introduction.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that the daemon software configured for socket
+ activation with socket units needs to be able to accept sockets
+ from systemd, either via systemd's native socket passing interface
+ (see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details) or via the traditional
+ <citerefentry project='freebsd'><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>-style
+ socket passing (i.e. sockets passed in via standard input and
+ output, using <varname>StandardInput=socket</varname> in the
+ service file).</para>
+
+ <para>All network sockets allocated through <filename>.socket</filename> units are allocated in the host's network
+ namespace (see <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>network_namespaces</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>). This
+ does not mean however that the service activated by a configured socket unit has to be part of the host's network
+ namespace as well. It is supported and even good practice to run services in their own network namespace (for
+ example through <varname>PrivateNetwork=</varname>, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>), receiving only
+ the sockets configured through socket-activation from the host's namespace. In such a set-up communication within
+ the host's network namespace is only permitted through the activation sockets passed in while all sockets allocated
+ from the service code itself will be associated with the service's own namespace, and thus possibly subject to a a
+ much more restrictive configuration.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Automatic Dependencies</title>
+
+ <refsect2>
+ <title>Implicit Dependencies</title>
+
+ <para>The following dependencies are implicitly added:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Socket units automatically gain a <varname>Before=</varname>
+ dependency on the service units they activate.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Socket units referring to file system paths (such as AF_UNIX
+ sockets or FIFOs) implicitly gain <varname>Requires=</varname> and
+ <varname>After=</varname> dependencies on all mount units
+ necessary to access those paths.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Socket units using the <varname>BindToDevice=</varname>
+ setting automatically gain a <varname>BindsTo=</varname> and
+ <varname>After=</varname> dependency on the device unit
+ encapsulating the specified network interface.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>Additional implicit dependencies may be added as result of
+ execution and resource control parameters as documented in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2>
+ <title>Default Dependencies</title>
+
+ <para>The following dependencies are added unless
+ <varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname> is set:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Socket units automatically gain a
+ <varname>Before=</varname> dependency on
+ <filename>sockets.target</filename>.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Socket units automatically gain a pair of
+ <varname>After=</varname> and <varname>Requires=</varname>
+ dependency on <filename>sysinit.target</filename>, and a pair of
+ <varname>Before=</varname> and <varname>Conflicts=</varname>
+ dependencies on <filename>shutdown.target</filename>. These
+ dependencies ensure that the socket unit is started before normal
+ services at boot, and is stopped on shutdown. Only sockets
+ involved with early boot or late system shutdown should disable
+ <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> option.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </refsect2>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>Socket files must include a [Socket] section, which carries
+ information about the socket or FIFO it supervises. A number of
+ options that may be used in this section are shared with other
+ unit types. These options are documented in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ The options specific to the [Socket] section of socket units are
+ the following:</para>
+
+ <variablelist class='unit-directives'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ListenStream=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ListenDatagram=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ListenSequentialPacket=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies an address to listen on for a stream
+ (<constant>SOCK_STREAM</constant>), datagram
+ (<constant>SOCK_DGRAM</constant>), or sequential packet
+ (<constant>SOCK_SEQPACKET</constant>) socket, respectively.
+ The address can be written in various formats:</para>
+
+ <para>If the address starts with a slash
+ (<literal>/</literal>), it is read as file system socket in
+ the <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> socket family.</para>
+
+ <para>If the address starts with an at symbol
+ (<literal>@</literal>), it is read as abstract namespace
+ socket in the <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> family. The
+ <literal>@</literal> is replaced with a
+ <constant>NUL</constant> character before binding. For
+ details, see
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>unix</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+
+ <para>If the address string is a single number, it is read as
+ port number to listen on via IPv6. Depending on the value of
+ <varname>BindIPv6Only=</varname> (see below) this might result
+ in the service being available via both IPv6 and IPv4
+ (default) or just via IPv6.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>If the address string is a string in the format
+ v.w.x.y:z, it is read as IPv4 specifier for listening on an
+ address v.w.x.y on a port z.</para>
+
+ <para>If the address string is a string in the format [x]:y,
+ it is read as IPv6 address x on a port y. Note that this might
+ make the service available via IPv4, too, depending on the
+ <varname>BindIPv6Only=</varname> setting (see below).
+ </para>
+
+ <para>If the address string is a string in the format
+ <literal>vsock:x:y</literal>, it is read as CID <literal>x</literal> on
+ a port <literal>y</literal> address in the
+ <constant>AF_VSOCK</constant> family. The CID is a unique 32-bit
+ integer identifier in <constant>AF_VSOCK</constant> analogous to an IP
+ address. Specifying the CID is optional, and may be set to the empty
+ string.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that <constant>SOCK_SEQPACKET</constant> (i.e.
+ <varname>ListenSequentialPacket=</varname>) is only available
+ for <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> sockets.
+ <constant>SOCK_STREAM</constant> (i.e.
+ <varname>ListenStream=</varname>) when used for IP sockets
+ refers to TCP sockets, <constant>SOCK_DGRAM</constant> (i.e.
+ <varname>ListenDatagram=</varname>) to UDP.</para>
+
+ <para>These options may be specified more than once, in which
+ case incoming traffic on any of the sockets will trigger
+ service activation, and all listed sockets will be passed to
+ the service, regardless of whether there is incoming traffic
+ on them or not. If the empty string is assigned to any of
+ these options, the list of addresses to listen on is reset,
+ all prior uses of any of these options will have no
+ effect.</para>
+
+ <para>It is also possible to have more than one socket unit
+ for the same service when using <varname>Service=</varname>,
+ and the service will receive all the sockets configured in all
+ the socket units. Sockets configured in one unit are passed in
+ the order of configuration, but no ordering between socket
+ units is specified.</para>
+
+ <para>If an IP address is used here, it is often desirable to
+ listen on it before the interface it is configured on is up
+ and running, and even regardless of whether it will be up and
+ running at any point. To deal with this, it is recommended to
+ set the <varname>FreeBind=</varname> option described
+ below.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ListenFIFO=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies a file system FIFO to listen on.
+ This expects an absolute file system path as argument.
+ Behavior otherwise is very similar to the
+ <varname>ListenDatagram=</varname> directive
+ above.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ListenSpecial=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies a special file in the file system to
+ listen on. This expects an absolute file system path as
+ argument. Behavior otherwise is very similar to the
+ <varname>ListenFIFO=</varname> directive above. Use this to
+ open character device nodes as well as special files in
+ <filename>/proc</filename> and
+ <filename>/sys</filename>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ListenNetlink=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies a Netlink family to create a socket
+ for to listen on. This expects a short string referring to the
+ <constant>AF_NETLINK</constant> family name (such as
+ <varname>audit</varname> or <varname>kobject-uevent</varname>)
+ as argument, optionally suffixed by a whitespace followed by a
+ multicast group integer. Behavior otherwise is very similar to
+ the <varname>ListenDatagram=</varname> directive
+ above.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ListenMessageQueue=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies a POSIX message queue name to listen
+ on. This expects a valid message queue name (i.e. beginning
+ with /). Behavior otherwise is very similar to the
+ <varname>ListenFIFO=</varname> directive above. On Linux
+ message queue descriptors are actually file descriptors and
+ can be inherited between processes.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ListenUSBFunction=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies a <ulink
+ url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/usb/functionfs.txt">USB
+ FunctionFS</ulink> endpoints location to listen on, for
+ implementation of USB gadget functions. This expects an
+ absolute file system path of functionfs mount point as the argument.
+ Behavior otherwise is very similar to the <varname>ListenFIFO=</varname>
+ directive above. Use this to open the FunctionFS endpoint
+ <filename>ep0</filename>. When using this option, the
+ activated service has to have the
+ <varname>USBFunctionDescriptors=</varname> and
+ <varname>USBFunctionStrings=</varname> options set.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>SocketProtocol=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes one of <option>udplite</option>
+ or <option>sctp</option>. Specifies a socket protocol
+ (<constant>IPPROTO_UDPLITE</constant>) UDP-Lite
+ (<constant>IPPROTO_SCTP</constant>) SCTP socket respectively. </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>BindIPv6Only=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes one of <option>default</option>,
+ <option>both</option> or <option>ipv6-only</option>. Controls
+ the IPV6_V6ONLY socket option (see
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>ipv6</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details). If <option>both</option>, IPv6 sockets bound
+ will be accessible via both IPv4 and IPv6. If
+ <option>ipv6-only</option>, they will be accessible via IPv6
+ only. If <option>default</option> (which is the default,
+ surprise!), the system wide default setting is used, as
+ controlled by
+ <filename>/proc/sys/net/ipv6/bindv6only</filename>, which in
+ turn defaults to the equivalent of
+ <option>both</option>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Backlog=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes an unsigned integer argument. Specifies
+ the number of connections to queue that have not been accepted
+ yet. This setting matters only for stream and sequential
+ packet sockets. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>listen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details. Defaults to SOMAXCONN (128).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>BindToDevice=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies a network interface name to bind
+ this socket to. If set, traffic will only be accepted from the
+ specified network interfaces. This controls the
+ SO_BINDTODEVICE socket option (see <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details). If this option is used, an implicit dependency
+ from this socket unit on the network interface device unit
+ (<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.device</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ is created. Note that setting this parameter might result in
+ additional dependencies to be added to the unit (see
+ above).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>SocketUser=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>SocketGroup=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a UNIX user/group name. When specified,
+ all AF_UNIX sockets and FIFO nodes in the file system are
+ owned by the specified user and group. If unset (the default),
+ the nodes are owned by the root user/group (if run in system
+ context) or the invoking user/group (if run in user context).
+ If only a user is specified but no group, then the group is
+ derived from the user's default group.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>SocketMode=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>If listening on a file system socket or FIFO,
+ this option specifies the file system access mode used when
+ creating the file node. Takes an access mode in octal
+ notation. Defaults to 0666.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>DirectoryMode=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>If listening on a file system socket or FIFO,
+ the parent directories are automatically created if needed.
+ This option specifies the file system access mode used when
+ creating these directories. Takes an access mode in octal
+ notation. Defaults to 0755.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Accept=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If true, a service
+ instance is spawned for each incoming connection and only the
+ connection socket is passed to it. If false, all listening
+ sockets themselves are passed to the started service unit, and
+ only one service unit is spawned for all connections (also see
+ above). This value is ignored for datagram sockets and FIFOs
+ where a single service unit unconditionally handles all
+ incoming traffic. Defaults to <option>false</option>. For
+ performance reasons, it is recommended to write new daemons
+ only in a way that is suitable for
+ <option>Accept=no</option>. A daemon listening on an
+ <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> socket may, but does not need to,
+ call
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>close</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ on the received socket before exiting. However, it must not
+ unlink the socket from a file system. It should not invoke
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>shutdown</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ on sockets it got with <varname>Accept=no</varname>, but it
+ may do so for sockets it got with
+ <varname>Accept=yes</varname> set. Setting
+ <varname>Accept=yes</varname> is mostly useful to allow
+ daemons designed for usage with
+ <citerefentry project='freebsd'><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ to work unmodified with systemd socket
+ activation.</para>
+
+ <para>For IPv4 and IPv6 connections, the <varname>REMOTE_ADDR</varname>
+ environment variable will contain the remote IP address, and <varname>REMOTE_PORT</varname>
+ will contain the remote port. This is the same as the format used by CGI.
+ For SOCK_RAW, the port is the IP protocol.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Writable=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. May only be used in
+ conjunction with <varname>ListenSpecial=</varname>. If true,
+ the specified special file is opened in read-write mode, if
+ false, in read-only mode. Defaults to false.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>MaxConnections=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>The maximum number of connections to
+ simultaneously run services instances for, when
+ <option>Accept=yes</option> is set. If more concurrent
+ connections are coming in, they will be refused until at least
+ one existing connection is terminated. This setting has no
+ effect on sockets configured with
+ <option>Accept=no</option> or datagram sockets. Defaults to
+ 64.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>MaxConnectionsPerSource=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>The maximum number of connections for a service per source IP address.
+ This is very similar to the <varname>MaxConnections=</varname> directive
+ above. Disabled by default.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>KeepAlive=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If true, the TCP/IP
+ stack will send a keep alive message after 2h (depending on
+ the configuration of
+ <filename>/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_time</filename>)
+ for all TCP streams accepted on this socket. This controls the
+ SO_KEEPALIVE socket option (see
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and the <ulink
+ url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/TCP-Keepalive-HOWTO/">TCP
+ Keepalive HOWTO</ulink> for details.) Defaults to
+ <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>KeepAliveTimeSec=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes time (in seconds) as argument. The connection needs to remain
+ idle before TCP starts sending keepalive probes. This controls the TCP_KEEPIDLE
+ socket option (see
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and the <ulink
+ url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/TCP-Keepalive-HOWTO/">TCP
+ Keepalive HOWTO</ulink> for details.)
+ Defaults value is 7200 seconds (2 hours).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>KeepAliveIntervalSec=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes time (in seconds) as argument between
+ individual keepalive probes, if the socket option SO_KEEPALIVE
+ has been set on this socket. This controls
+ the TCP_KEEPINTVL socket option (see
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and the <ulink
+ url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/TCP-Keepalive-HOWTO/">TCP
+ Keepalive HOWTO</ulink> for details.) Defaults value is 75
+ seconds.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>KeepAliveProbes=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes an integer as argument. It is the number of
+ unacknowledged probes to send before considering the
+ connection dead and notifying the application layer. This
+ controls the TCP_KEEPCNT socket option (see
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and the <ulink
+ url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/TCP-Keepalive-HOWTO/">TCP
+ Keepalive HOWTO</ulink> for details.) Defaults value is
+ 9.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>NoDelay=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. TCP Nagle's
+ algorithm works by combining a number of small outgoing
+ messages, and sending them all at once. This controls the
+ TCP_NODELAY socket option (see
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>tcp</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ Defaults to <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Priority=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes an integer argument controlling the
+ priority for all traffic sent from this socket. This controls
+ the SO_PRIORITY socket option (see
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details.).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>DeferAcceptSec=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes time (in seconds) as argument. If set,
+ the listening process will be awakened only when data arrives
+ on the socket, and not immediately when connection is
+ established. When this option is set, the
+ <constant>TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT</constant> socket option will be
+ used (see
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>tcp</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>),
+ and the kernel will ignore initial ACK packets without any
+ data. The argument specifies the approximate amount of time
+ the kernel should wait for incoming data before falling back
+ to the normal behavior of honoring empty ACK packets. This
+ option is beneficial for protocols where the client sends the
+ data first (e.g. HTTP, in contrast to SMTP), because the
+ server process will not be woken up unnecessarily before it
+ can take any action.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>If the client also uses the
+ <constant>TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT</constant> option, the latency of
+ the initial connection may be reduced, because the kernel will
+ send data in the final packet establishing the connection (the
+ third packet in the "three-way handshake").</para>
+
+ <para>Disabled by default.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ReceiveBuffer=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>SendBuffer=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes an integer argument controlling the
+ receive or send buffer sizes of this socket, respectively.
+ This controls the SO_RCVBUF and SO_SNDBUF socket options (see
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details.). The usual suffixes K, M, G are supported and
+ are understood to the base of 1024.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>IPTOS=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes an integer argument controlling the IP
+ Type-Of-Service field for packets generated from this socket.
+ This controls the IP_TOS socket option (see
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>ip</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details.). Either a numeric string or one of
+ <option>low-delay</option>, <option>throughput</option>,
+ <option>reliability</option> or <option>low-cost</option> may
+ be specified.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>IPTTL=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes an integer argument controlling the IPv4
+ Time-To-Live/IPv6 Hop-Count field for packets generated from
+ this socket. This sets the IP_TTL/IPV6_UNICAST_HOPS socket
+ options (see
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>ip</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>ipv6</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details.)</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Mark=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes an integer value. Controls the firewall
+ mark of packets generated by this socket. This can be used in
+ the firewall logic to filter packets from this socket. This
+ sets the SO_MARK socket option. See
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>iptables</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ReusePort=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean value. If true, allows
+ multiple
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>bind</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>s
+ to this TCP or UDP port. This controls the SO_REUSEPORT socket
+ option. See
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>SmackLabel=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>SmackLabelIPIn=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>SmackLabelIPOut=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a string value. Controls the extended
+ attributes <literal>security.SMACK64</literal>,
+ <literal>security.SMACK64IPIN</literal> and
+ <literal>security.SMACK64IPOUT</literal>, respectively, i.e.
+ the security label of the FIFO, or the security label for the
+ incoming or outgoing connections of the socket, respectively.
+ See <ulink
+ url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/security/Smack.txt">Smack.txt</ulink>
+ for details.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>SELinuxContextFromNet=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. When true, systemd
+ will attempt to figure out the SELinux label used for the
+ instantiated service from the information handed by the peer
+ over the network. Note that only the security level is used
+ from the information provided by the peer. Other parts of the
+ resulting SELinux context originate from either the target
+ binary that is effectively triggered by socket unit or from
+ the value of the <varname>SELinuxContext=</varname> option.
+ This configuration option only affects sockets with
+ <varname>Accept=</varname> mode set to
+ <literal>true</literal>. Also note that this option is useful
+ only when MLS/MCS SELinux policy is deployed. Defaults to
+ <literal>false</literal>. </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>PipeSize=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a size in bytes. Controls the pipe
+ buffer size of FIFOs configured in this socket unit. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fcntl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details. The usual suffixes K, M, G are supported and are
+ understood to the base of 1024.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>MessageQueueMaxMessages=</varname>,
+ <varname>MessageQueueMessageSize=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>These two settings take integer values and
+ control the mq_maxmsg field or the mq_msgsize field,
+ respectively, when creating the message queue. Note that
+ either none or both of these variables need to be set. See
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>mq_setattr</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>FreeBind=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean value. Controls whether the
+ socket can be bound to non-local IP addresses. This is useful
+ to configure sockets listening on specific IP addresses before
+ those IP addresses are successfully configured on a network
+ interface. This sets the IP_FREEBIND socket option. For
+ robustness reasons it is recommended to use this option
+ whenever you bind a socket to a specific IP address. Defaults
+ to <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Transparent=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean value. Controls the
+ IP_TRANSPARENT socket option. Defaults to
+ <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Broadcast=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean value. This controls the
+ SO_BROADCAST socket option, which allows broadcast datagrams
+ to be sent from this socket. Defaults to
+ <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>PassCredentials=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean value. This controls the
+ SO_PASSCRED socket option, which allows
+ <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> sockets to receive the
+ credentials of the sending process in an ancillary message.
+ Defaults to <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>PassSecurity=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean value. This controls the
+ SO_PASSSEC socket option, which allows
+ <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> sockets to receive the security
+ context of the sending process in an ancillary message.
+ Defaults to <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>TCPCongestion=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a string value. Controls the TCP
+ congestion algorithm used by this socket. Should be one of
+ "westwood", "veno", "cubic", "lp" or any other available
+ algorithm supported by the IP stack. This setting applies only
+ to stream sockets.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ExecStartPre=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ExecStartPost=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes one or more command lines, which are
+ executed before or after the listening sockets/FIFOs are
+ created and bound, respectively. The first token of the
+ command line must be an absolute filename, then followed by
+ arguments for the process. Multiple command lines may be
+ specified following the same scheme as used for
+ <varname>ExecStartPre=</varname> of service unit
+ files.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ExecStopPre=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ExecStopPost=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Additional commands that are executed before
+ or after the listening sockets/FIFOs are closed and removed,
+ respectively. Multiple command lines may be specified
+ following the same scheme as used for
+ <varname>ExecStartPre=</varname> of service unit
+ files.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>TimeoutSec=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Configures the time to wait for the commands
+ specified in <varname>ExecStartPre=</varname>,
+ <varname>ExecStartPost=</varname>,
+ <varname>ExecStopPre=</varname> and
+ <varname>ExecStopPost=</varname> to finish. If a command does
+ not exit within the configured time, the socket will be
+ considered failed and be shut down again. All commands still
+ running will be terminated forcibly via
+ <constant>SIGTERM</constant>, and after another delay of this
+ time with <constant>SIGKILL</constant>. (See
+ <option>KillMode=</option> in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.)
+ Takes a unit-less value in seconds, or a time span value such
+ as "5min 20s". Pass <literal>0</literal> to disable the
+ timeout logic. Defaults to
+ <varname>DefaultTimeoutStartSec=</varname> from the manager
+ configuration file (see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Service=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the service unit name to activate on
+ incoming traffic. This setting is only allowed for sockets
+ with <varname>Accept=no</varname>. It defaults to the service
+ that bears the same name as the socket (with the suffix
+ replaced). In most cases, it should not be necessary to use
+ this option. Note that setting this parameter might result in
+ additional dependencies to be added to the unit (see
+ above).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>RemoveOnStop=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If enabled, any file
+ nodes created by this socket unit are removed when it is
+ stopped. This applies to AF_UNIX sockets in the file system,
+ POSIX message queues, FIFOs, as well as any symlinks to them
+ configured with <varname>Symlinks=</varname>. Normally, it
+ should not be necessary to use this option, and is not
+ recommended as services might continue to run after the socket
+ unit has been terminated and it should still be possible to
+ communicate with them via their file system node. Defaults to
+ off.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Symlinks=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a list of file system paths. The specified paths will be created as symlinks to the
+ <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> socket path or FIFO path of this socket unit. If this setting is used, only one
+ <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> socket in the file system or one FIFO may be configured for the socket unit. Use
+ this option to manage one or more symlinked alias names for a socket, binding their lifecycle together. Note
+ that if creation of a symlink fails this is not considered fatal for the socket unit, and the socket unit may
+ still start. If an empty string is assigned, the list of paths is reset. Defaults to an empty
+ list.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>FileDescriptorName=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Assigns a name to all file descriptors this
+ socket unit encapsulates. This is useful to help activated
+ services identify specific file descriptors, if multiple fds
+ are passed. Services may use the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds_with_names</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ call to acquire the names configured for the received file
+ descriptors. Names may contain any ASCII character, but must
+ exclude control characters and <literal>:</literal>, and must
+ be at most 255 characters in length. If this setting is not
+ used, the file descriptor name defaults to the name of the
+ socket unit, including its <filename>.socket</filename>
+ suffix.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>TriggerLimitIntervalSec=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>TriggerLimitBurst=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures a limit on how often this socket unit my be activated within a specific time
+ interval. The <varname>TriggerLimitIntervalSec=</varname> may be used to configure the length of the time
+ interval in the usual time units <literal>us</literal>, <literal>ms</literal>, <literal>s</literal>,
+ <literal>min</literal>, <literal>h</literal>, … and defaults to 2s (See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details on
+ the various time units understood). The <varname>TriggerLimitBurst=</varname> setting takes a positive integer
+ value and specifies the number of permitted activations per time interval, and defaults to 200 for
+ <varname>Accept=yes</varname> sockets (thus by default permitting 200 activations per 2s), and 20 otherwise (20
+ activations per 2s). Set either to 0 to disable any form of trigger rate limiting. If the limit is hit, the
+ socket unit is placed into a failure mode, and will not be connectible anymore until restarted. Note that this
+ limit is enforced before the service activation is enqueued.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>Check
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for more settings.</para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds_with_names</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ For more extensive descriptions see the "systemd for Developers" series:
+ <ulink url="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/socket-activation.html">Socket Activation</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/socket-activation2.html">Socket Activation, part II</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/inetd.html">Converting inetd Services</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/socket-activated-containers.html">Socket Activated Internet Services and OS Containers</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>