
System and Service Manager
System and Service Manager systemd is a suite of basic building blocks for a Linux system. It provides a system and service manager that runs as PID 1 and starts the rest of the system.
Frequently Asked Questions - systemd
A: By default, systemd places all systemd daemons in their own cgroup in the “cpu” hierarchy. Unfortunately, due to a kernel limitation, this has the effect of disallowing RT entirely for the service.
Steps to a Successful Release - systemd
[FINAL] Change the Github Pages branch to the newly created branch (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/settings/pages) and set the ‘Custom domain’ to ‘systemd.io’
systemd Optimizations
This still needs some love in systemd upstream to be a smooth ride, but we definitely would like to go this way sooner or later, even for the normal desktops. Add an option for service units to temporarily …
Diagnosing Boot Problems - systemd
When you have systemd running to the extent that it can provide you with a shell, please use it to extract useful information for debugging. Boot with these parameters on the kernel command line:
Known Environment Variables - systemd
$SYSTEMD_ACTIVATION_SCOPE — closely related to $SYSTEMD_ACTIVATION_UNIT, it is either set to system or user depending on whether the NSS/PAM module is called by systemd in --system …
systemd-boot UEFI Boot Manager
systemd-boot reads simple and entirely generic boot loader configuration files; one file per boot loader entry to select from. All files need to reside on the ESP.
Boot Loader Interface - systemd
systemd can interface with the boot loader to receive performance data and other information, and pass control information. This is only supported on EFI systems.
systemd
Automatic Boot Assessment. systemd provides support for automatically reverting back to the previous version of the OS or kernel in case the system consistently fails to boot. The
New Control Group Interfaces - systemd
Systemd provides three unit types that are useful for the purpose of resource control: Services encapsulate a number of processes that are started and stopped by systemd based on configuration.