'\" t .TH "COREDUMP\&.CONF" "5" "" "systemd 252" "coredump.conf" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" coredump.conf, coredump.conf.d \- Core dump storage configuration files .SH "SYNOPSIS" .PP /etc/systemd/coredump\&.conf .PP /etc/systemd/coredump\&.conf\&.d/*\&.conf .PP /run/systemd/coredump\&.conf\&.d/*\&.conf .PP /usr/lib/systemd/coredump\&.conf\&.d/*\&.conf .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP These files configure the behavior of \fBsystemd-coredump\fR(8), a handler for core dumps invoked by the kernel\&. Whether \fBsystemd\-coredump\fR is used is determined by the kernel\*(Aqs \fIkernel\&.core_pattern\fR \fBsysctl\fR(8) setting\&. See \fBsystemd-coredump\fR(8) and \fBcore\fR(5) pages for the details\&. .SH "CONFIGURATION DIRECTORIES AND PRECEDENCE" .PP The default configuration is set during compilation, so configuration is only needed when it is necessary to deviate from those defaults\&. Initially, the main configuration file in /etc/systemd/ contains commented out entries showing the defaults as a guide to the administrator\&. Local overrides can be created by editing this file or by creating drop\-ins, as described below\&. Using drop\-ins for local configuration is recommended over modifications to the main configuration file\&. .PP In addition to the "main" configuration file, drop\-in configuration snippets are read from /usr/lib/systemd/*\&.conf\&.d/, /usr/local/lib/systemd/*\&.conf\&.d/, and /etc/systemd/*\&.conf\&.d/\&. Those drop\-ins have higher precedence and override the main 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 sorted last takes precedence, and for options which accept a list of values, entries are collected as they occur in the sorted files\&. .PP When packages need to customize the configuration, they can install drop\-ins under /usr/\&. Files in /etc/ are reserved for the local administrator, who may use this logic to override the configuration files installed by vendor packages\&. Drop\-ins have to be used to override package drop\-ins, since the main configuration file has lower precedence\&. 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\&. .PP 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\&. .SH "OPTIONS" .PP All options are configured in the [Coredump] section: .PP \fIStorage=\fR .RS 4 Controls where to store cores\&. One of "none", "external", and "journal"\&. When "none", the core dumps may be logged (including the backtrace if possible), but not stored permanently\&. When "external" (the default), cores will be stored in /var/lib/systemd/coredump/\&. When "journal", cores will be stored in the journal and rotated following normal journal rotation patterns\&. .sp When cores are stored in the journal, they might be compressed following journal compression settings, see \fBjournald.conf\fR(5)\&. When cores are stored externally, they will be compressed by default, see below\&. .RE .PP \fICompress=\fR .RS 4 Controls compression for external storage\&. Takes a boolean argument, which defaults to "yes"\&. .RE .PP \fIProcessSizeMax=\fR .RS 4 The maximum size in bytes of a core which will be processed\&. Core dumps exceeding this size may be stored, but the backtrace will not be generated\&. Like other sizes in this same config file, the usual suffixes to the base of 1024 are allowed (B, K, M, G, T, P, and E)\&. Defaults to 1G on 32bit systems, 32G on 64bit systems\&. .sp Setting \fIStorage=none\fR and \fIProcessSizeMax=0\fR disables all coredump handling except for a log entry\&. .RE .PP \fIExternalSizeMax=\fR, \fIJournalSizeMax=\fR .RS 4 The maximum (compressed or uncompressed) size in bytes of a core to be saved in separate files on disk (default: 1G on 32bit, 32G on 64bit systems) or in the journal (default: 10M)\&. Unit suffixes are allowed just as in \fBProcessSizeMax=\fR\&. .PP \fIExternalSizeMax=infinity\fR sets the core size to unlimited\&. .RE .PP \fIMaxUse=\fR, \fIKeepFree=\fR .RS 4 Enforce limits on the disk space, specified in bytes, taken up by externally stored core dumps\&. Unit suffixes are allowed just as in \fBProcessSizeMax=\fR\&. \fBMaxUse=\fR makes sure that old core dumps are removed as soon as the total disk space taken up by core dumps grows beyond this limit (defaults to 10% of the total disk size)\&. \fBKeepFree=\fR controls how much disk space to keep free at least (defaults to 15% of the total disk size)\&. Note that the disk space used by core dumps might temporarily exceed these limits while core dumps are processed\&. Note that old core dumps are also removed based on time via \fBsystemd-tmpfiles\fR(8)\&. Set either value to 0 to turn off size\-based cleanup\&. .RE .PP The defaults for all values are listed as comments in the template /etc/systemd/coredump\&.conf file that is installed by default\&. .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP \fBsystemd-journald.service\fR(8), \fBcoredumpctl\fR(1), \fBsystemd-tmpfiles\fR(8)