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+<refentry id="coredump.conf" conditional="ENABLE_COREDUMP">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>coredump.conf</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>coredump.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>coredump.conf</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Coredump storage configuration file</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>/etc/systemd/coredump.conf</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>This file configures the behaviour of <command>systemd-coredump</command>,
+ a handler for core dumps invoked by the kernel.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>All options are configured in the
+ <literal>[Coredump]</literal> section:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Storage=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Controls where to store cores. One of
+ <literal>none</literal>, <literal>external</literal>,
+ <literal>journal</literal>, and <literal>both</literal>. When
+ <literal>none</literal> the coredumps will be logged 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. When <literal>both</literal>, cores
+ will be stored in both locations.</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></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Compression=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Controls the type of compression for external
+ storage. One of <literal>xz</literal> or
+ <literal>none</literal>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>CompressionLevel=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Controls the level of compression for external
+ storage. An integer between 0 and 9. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>xz</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for more details.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ProcessSizeMax=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The maximum size in bytes of a core
+ which will be processed. Coredumps exceeding this size
+ will be logged, but the backtrace will not be generated
+ and the core will not be stored.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ExternalSizeMax=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>JournalSizeMax=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The maximum (uncompressed) size in bytes of a
+ core to be saved.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ </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>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>