summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/man/journald.conf.xml
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'man/journald.conf.xml')
-rw-r--r--man/journald.conf.xml51
1 files changed, 51 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/journald.conf.xml b/man/journald.conf.xml
index b06a23d80e..66189bd92d 100644
--- a/man/journald.conf.xml
+++ b/man/journald.conf.xml
@@ -279,6 +279,57 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>MaxFileSec=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The maximum time to
+ store entries in a single journal
+ file, before rotating to the next
+ one. Normally time-based rotation
+ should not be required as size-based
+ rotation with options such as
+ <varname>SystemMaxFileSize=</varname>
+ should be sufficient to ensure that
+ journal files don't grow without
+ bounds. However, to ensure that not
+ too much data is lost at once when old
+ journal files are deleted it might
+ make sense to change this value from
+ the default of one month. Set to 0 to
+ turn off this feature. This setting
+ takes time values which may be
+ suffixed with the units year, month,
+ week, day, h, m to override the
+ default time unit of
+ seconds.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>MaxRetentionSec=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The maximum time to
+ store journal entries for. This
+ controls whether journal files
+ containing entries older then the
+ specified time span are
+ deleted. Normally time-based deletion
+ of old journal files should not be
+ required as size-based deletion with
+ options such as
+ <varname>SystemMaxUse=</varname>
+ should be sufficient to ensure that
+ journal files don't grow without
+ bounds. However, to enforce data
+ retention policies it might make sense
+ to set change this value from the
+ default of 0 (which turns off this
+ feature). This settings also takes
+ time values which may be suffixed with
+ the units year, month, week, day, h, m
+ to override the default time unit of
+ seconds. </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><varname>ForwardToSyslog=</varname></term>
<term><varname>ForwardToKMsg=</varname></term>
<term><varname>ForwardToConsole=</varname></term>