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diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml index b998a1f81f..4cd36ac70e 100644 --- a/man/systemd.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd.service.xml @@ -113,6 +113,16 @@ involved with early boot or late system shutdown should disable this option.</para> + <para>Instanced service units (i.e. service units with an <literal>@</literal> in their name) are assigned by + default a per-template slice unit (see + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.slice</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>), named after the + template unit, containing all instances of the specific template. This slice is normally stopped at shutdown, + together with all template instances. If that is not desired, set <varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname> in the + template unit, and either define your own per-template slice unit file that also sets + <varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname>, or set <varname>Slice=system.slice</varname> (or another suitable slice) + in the template unit. Also see + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> + <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> @@ -373,6 +383,11 @@ used to start long-running processes. All processes forked off by processes invoked via <varname>ExecStartPre=</varname> will be killed before the next service process is run.</para> + + <para>Note that if any of the commands specified in <varname>ExecStartPre=</varname>, + <varname>ExecStart=</varname>, or <varname>ExecStartPost=</varname> fail (and are not prefixed with + <literal>-</literal>, see above) or time out before the service is fully up, execution continues with commands + specified in <varname>ExecStopPost=</varname>, the commands in <varname>ExecStop=</varname> are skipped.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -428,21 +443,36 @@ <constant>SIGKILL</constant> immediately after the command exited, this would not result in a clean stop. The specified command should hence be a synchronous operation, not an - asynchronous one.</para></listitem> + asynchronous one.</para> + + <para>Note that the commands specified in <varname>ExecStop=</varname> are only executed when the service + started successfuly first. They are not invoked if the service was never started at all, or in case its + start-up failed, for example because any of the commands specified in <varname>ExecStart=</varname>, + <varname>ExecStartPre=</varname> or <varname>ExecStartPost=</varname> failed (and weren't prefixed with + <literal>-</literal>, see above) or timed out. Use <varname>ExecStopPost=</varname> to invoke commands when a + service failed to start up correctly and is shut down again.</para> + + <para>It is recommended to use this setting for commands that communicate with the service requesting clean + termination. When the commands specified with this option are executed it should be assumed that the service is + still fully up and is able to react correctly to all commands. For post-mortem clean-up steps use + <varname>ExecStopPost=</varname> instead.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><varname>ExecStopPost=</varname></term> - <listitem><para>Additional commands that are executed after - the service was stopped. This includes cases where the - commands configured in <varname>ExecStop=</varname> were used, - where the service does not have any - <varname>ExecStop=</varname> defined, or where the service - exited unexpectedly. This argument takes multiple command - lines, following the same scheme as described for - <varname>ExecStart=</varname>. Use of these settings is - optional. Specifier and environment variable substitution is - supported.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Additional commands that are executed after the service is stopped. This includes cases where + the commands configured in <varname>ExecStop=</varname> were used, where the service does not have any + <varname>ExecStop=</varname> defined, or where the service exited unexpectedly. This argument takes multiple + command lines, following the same scheme as described for <varname>ExecStart=</varname>. Use of these settings + is optional. Specifier and environment variable substitution is supported. Note that – unlike + <varname>ExecStop=</varname> – commands specified with this setting are invoked when a service failed to start + up correctly and is shut down again.</para> + + <para>It is recommended to use this setting for clean-up operations that shall be executed even when the + service failed to start up correctly. Commands configured with this setting need to be able to operate even if + the service failed starting up half-way and left incompletely initialized data around. As the service's + processes have been terminated already when the commands specified with this setting are executed they should + not attempt to communicate with them.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> @@ -460,7 +490,7 @@ configured time, the service will be considered failed and will be shut down again. 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 + <literal>infinity</literal> to disable the timeout logic. Defaults to <varname>DefaultTimeoutStartSec=</varname> from the manager configuration file, except when <varname>Type=oneshot</varname> is used, in which case the @@ -479,7 +509,7 @@ <varname>KillMode=</varname> 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 + as "5min 20s". Pass <literal>infinity</literal> to disable the timeout logic. Defaults to <varname>DefaultTimeoutStopSec=</varname> from the manager configuration file (see @@ -496,6 +526,16 @@ </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><varname>RuntimeMaxSec=</varname></term> + + <listitem><para>Configures a maximum time for the service to run. If this is used and the service has been + active for longer than the specified time it is terminated and put into a failure state. Note that this setting + does not have any effect on <varname>Type=oneshot</varname> services, as they terminate immediately after + activation completed. Pass <literal>infinity</literal> (the default) to configure no runtime + limit.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><varname>WatchdogSec=</varname></term> <listitem><para>Configures the watchdog timeout for a service. The watchdog is activated when the start-up is completed. The |