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diff --git a/man/coredump.conf.xml b/man/coredump.conf.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b1680f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/coredump.conf.xml @@ -0,0 +1,146 @@ +<?xml version='1.0'?> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> +<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later --> + +<refentry id="coredump.conf" conditional="ENABLE_COREDUMP" + xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> + <refentryinfo> + <title>coredump.conf</title> + <productname>systemd</productname> + </refentryinfo> + + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>coredump.conf</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>coredump.conf</refname> + <refname>coredump.conf.d</refname> + <refpurpose>Core dump storage configuration files</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <para><filename>/etc/systemd/coredump.conf</filename></para> + <para><filename>/etc/systemd/coredump.conf.d/*.conf</filename></para> + <para><filename>/run/systemd/coredump.conf.d/*.conf</filename></para> + <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/coredump.conf.d/*.conf</filename></para> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <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. 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" /> + + <refsect1> + <title>Options</title> + + <para>All options are configured in the + [Coredump] section:</para> + + <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>, 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 + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journald.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. + When cores are stored externally, they will be compressed by default, see below.</para> + + <para>Note that in order to process a coredump (i.e. extract a stack trace) the core must be written + to disk first. Thus, unless <varname>ProcessSizeMax=</varname> is set to 0 (see below), the core will + be written to <filename>/var/lib/systemd/coredump/</filename> either way (under a temporary filename, + or even in an unlinked file), <varname>Storage=</varname> thus only controls whether to leave it + there even after it was processed.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>Compress=</varname></term> + + <listitem><para>Controls compression for external + storage. Takes a boolean argument, which defaults to + <literal>yes</literal>.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>ProcessSizeMax=</varname></term> + + <listitem><para>The maximum size in bytes of a core which will be processed. Core dumps exceeding + this size may be stored, but the stack trace will not be generated. Like other sizes in this same + config file, the usual suffixes to the base of 1024 are allowed (B, K, M, G, T, P, and E). Defaults + to 1G on 32bit systems, 32G on 64bit systems.</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>ExternalSizeMax=</varname></term> + <term><varname>JournalSizeMax=</varname></term> + + <listitem><para>The maximum (compressed or uncompressed) size in bytes of a core to be saved in + separate files on disk (default: 1G on 32bit, 32G on 64bit systems) or in the journal (default: + 10M). Unit suffixes are allowed just as in <option>ProcessSizeMax=</option>.</para></listitem> + + <para><varname>ExternalSizeMax=infinity</varname> sets the core size to unlimited.</para> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>MaxUse=</varname></term> + <term><varname>KeepFree=</varname></term> + + <listitem><para>Enforce limits on the disk space, specified + in bytes, taken up by externally stored core dumps. + Unit suffixes are allowed just as in <option>ProcessSizeMax=</option>. + <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 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 cleanup.</para></listitem> + </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> + <title>See Also</title> + <para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>coredumpctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> + </para> + </refsect1> + +</refentry> |