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diff --git a/src/systemd-machine-id-setup/systemd-machine-id-setup.xml b/src/systemd-machine-id-setup/systemd-machine-id-setup.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..749987a937 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/systemd-machine-id-setup/systemd-machine-id-setup.xml @@ -0,0 +1,184 @@ +<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*- Mode: nxml; nxml-child-indent: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*--> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> + +<!-- + This file is part of systemd. + + Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering + + systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it + under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but + WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + Lesser General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License + along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +--> + +<refentry id="systemd-machine-id-setup" + xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> + + <refentryinfo> + <title>systemd-machine-id-setup</title> + <productname>systemd</productname> + + <authorgroup> + <author> + <contrib>Developer</contrib> + <firstname>Lennart</firstname> + <surname>Poettering</surname> + <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> + </author> + <author> + <contrib>Developer</contrib> + <firstname>Didier</firstname> + <surname>Roche</surname> + <email>didrocks@ubuntu.com</email> + </author> + </authorgroup> + </refentryinfo> + + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>systemd-machine-id-setup</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>systemd-machine-id-setup</refname> + <refpurpose>Initialize the machine ID in /etc/machine-id</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>systemd-machine-id-setup</command> + </cmdsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <para><command>systemd-machine-id-setup</command> may be used by + system installer tools to initialize the machine ID stored in + <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> at install time, with a + provisioned or randomly generated ID. See + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> + for more information about this file.</para> + + <para>If the tool is invoked without the <option>--commit</option> + switch, <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> is initialized with a + valid, new machined ID if it is missing or empty. The new machine + ID will be acquired in the following fashion:</para> + + <orderedlist> + <listitem><para>If a valid D-Bus machine ID is already + configured for the system, the D-Bus machine ID is copied and + used to initialize the machine ID in + <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename>.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>If run inside a KVM virtual machine and a UUID + is was configured (via the <option>-uuid</option> + option), this UUID is used to initialize the machine ID. The + caller must ensure that the UUID passed is sufficiently unique + and is different for every booted instance of the + VM.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>Similarly, if run inside a Linux container + environment and a UUID is configured for the container, this is + used to initialize the machine ID. For details, see the + documentation of the <ulink + url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ContainerInterface">Container + Interface</ulink>.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>Otherwise, a new ID is randomly + generated.</para></listitem> + </orderedlist> + + <para>The <option>--commit</option> switch may be used to commit a + transient machined ID to disk, making it persistent. For details, + see below.</para> + + <para>Use + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> + to initialize the machine ID on mounted (but not booted) system + images.</para> + + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Options</title> + + <para>The following options are understood:</para> + + <variablelist> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--root=<replaceable>root</replaceable></option></term> + <listitem><para>Takes a directory path as argument. All paths + operated will be prefixed with the given alternate + <replaceable>root</replaceable> path, including the path for + <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> itself.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--commit</option></term> + <listitem><para>Commit a transient machine ID to disk. This + command may be used to convert a transient machine ID into a + persistent one. A transient machine ID file is one that was + bind mounted from a memory file system (usually + <literal>tmpfs</literal>) to + <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> during the early phase of + the boot process. This may happen because + <filename>/etc</filename> is initially read-only and was + missing a valid machine ID file at that point.</para> + + <para>This command will execute no operation if + <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> is not mounted from a + memory file system, or if <filename>/etc</filename> is + read-only. The command will write the current transient + machine ID to disk and unmount the + <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> mount point in a + race-free manner to ensure that this file is always valid and + accessible for other processes.</para> + + <para>This command is primarily used by the + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machine-id-commit.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> + early boot service.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--print</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Print the machine ID generated or commited after the operation is complete.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" /> + <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" /> + </variablelist> + + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Exit status</title> + + <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code + otherwise.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>See Also</title> + <para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machine-id-commit.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry project='dbus'><refentrytitle>dbus-uuidgen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> + </para> + </refsect1> + +</refentry> |