System and Service Manager systemd is a suite of basic building blocks for a Linux system. It provides a system and service manager that runs as PID 1 and starts the rest of the system.

systemd-boot reads simple and entirely generic boot loader configuration files; one file per boot loader entry to select from. All files need to reside on the ESP.

So you are wondering about resource management with systemd, you know Linux control groups (cgroups) a bit and are trying to integrate your software with what systemd has to offer there.

A: By default, systemd places all systemd daemons in their own cgroup in the “cpu” hierarchy. Unfortunately, due to a kernel limitation, this has the effect of disallowing RT entirely for the …

While we recommend usage of the systemd-coredump handler, it’s fully supported to use alternative coredump handlers instead. A similar implementation pattern is recommended.

This still needs some love in systemd upstream to be a smooth ride, but we definitely would like to go this way sooner or later, even for the normal desktops. Add an option for service units to …

Systemd provides three unit types that are useful for the purpose of resource control: Services encapsulate a number of processes that are started and stopped by systemd based on …

systemd-resolved.service supports routing lookups for specific domains to specific interfaces. This is useful for hooking up VPN software with systemd-resolved and making sure the exact right …

The systemd-analyze tool may be used to list the current contents of the fdstore of any running service. The systemd-run tool may be used to quickly start a testing binary or similar as a service.

systemd 32 and newer support package “preset” policies. These encode which units shall be enabled by default when they are installed, and which units shall not be enabled.