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PSTORE.CONF(5)                 pstore.conf                PSTORE.CONF(5)

NAME         top

       pstore.conf, pstore.conf.d - PStore configuration file

SYNOPSIS         top

       /etc/systemd/pstore.conf /etc/systemd/pstore.conf.d/*

DESCRIPTION         top

       This file configures the behavior of systemd-pstore(8), a tool
       for archiving the contents of the persistent storage filesystem,
       pstore[1].

CONFIGURATION DIRECTORIES AND PRECEDENCE         top

       The default configuration is defined during compilation, so a
       configuration file is only needed when it is necessary to deviate
       from those defaults. By default, the configuration file in
       /etc/systemd/ contains commented out entries showing the defaults
       as a guide to the administrator. This file can be edited to
       create local overrides.

       When packages need to customize the configuration, they can
       install configuration snippets in /usr/lib/systemd/*.conf.d/ or
       /usr/local/lib/systemd/*.conf.d/. The main configuration file is
       read before any of the configuration directories, and has the
       lowest precedence; entries in a file in any configuration
       directory override entries in the single configuration file.
       Files in the *.conf.d/ configuration subdirectories are sorted by
       their filename in lexicographic order, regardless of in which of
       the subdirectories they reside. When multiple files specify the
       same option, for options which accept just a single value, the
       entry in the file with the lexicographically latest name takes
       precedence. For options which accept a list of values, entries
       are collected as they occur in files sorted lexicographically.

       Files in /etc/ are reserved for the local administrator, who may
       use this logic to override the configuration files installed by
       vendor packages. It is recommended to prefix all filenames in
       those subdirectories with a two-digit number and a dash, to
       simplify the ordering of the files.

       To disable a configuration file supplied by the vendor, the
       recommended way is to place a symlink to /dev/null in the
       configuration directory in /etc/, with the same filename as the
       vendor configuration file.

OPTIONS         top

       All options are configured in the [PStore] section:

       Storage=
           Controls where to archive (i.e. copy) files from the pstore
           filesystem. One of "none", "external", and "journal". When
           "none", the tool exits without processing files in the pstore
           filesystem. When "external" (the default), files are archived
           into /var/lib/systemd/pstore/, and logged into the journal.
           When "journal", pstore file contents are logged only in the
           journal.

       Unlink=
           Controls whether or not files are removed from pstore after
           processing. Takes a boolean value. When true, a pstore file
           is removed from the pstore once it has been archived (either
           to disk or into the journal). When false, processing of
           pstore files occurs normally, but the files remain in the
           pstore. The default is true in order to maintain the pstore
           in a nearly empty state, so that the pstore has storage
           available for the next kernel error event.

       The defaults for all values are listed as comments in the
       template /etc/systemd/pstore.conf file that is installed by
       default.

SEE ALSO         top

       systemd-journald.service(8)

NOTES         top

        1. pstore
           https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore

COLOPHON         top

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