
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 …
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.
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 …
systemd Repository Architecture
Most of those tests should be able to run via systemd-nspawn, which is orders-of-magnitude faster than qemu, but some tests require privileged operations like using dm-crypt or loopdev.
Initrd Interface - systemd
In this page we attempt to roughly describe the interfaces that exist between the initrd and systemd. These interfaces are currently used by mkosi -generated initrds, dracut and the Arch …
Writing Network Configuration Managers - systemd
If a system configuration manager desires to be compatible both with systems that use systemd-resolved and those which do not, it is recommended to first push any discovered DNS …
Automatic Boot Assessment - systemd
Boot loaders that want to implement boot counting and store the counters elsewhere can provide their own replacements for systemd-bless-boot.service and systemd-bless-boot-generator, but …
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 …
Desktop Environment Integration - systemd
systemd only supports running one graphical session per user at a time. While this might not have always been the case historically, having multiple sessions for one user running at the same …