IMP Data Systemd - Source Mage GNU/Linux

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"systemd" usage on SourceMage Gnu/Linux,

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This is a braindump by Jeremy Kajikawa to describe the layout provided as a template and explain

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  what is essential along with various notes describing some of the provisions of systemd configs on SMGL

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The spell was created on request and requires the following configuration settings to be dealt with

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  before becoming the system wide init daemon

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After casting the "systemd" spell,

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  Edit /etc/systemd/systemd.conf for any daemon options you wish to use

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  (these are overridden by being given as kernel boot options :)

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You may need to cast udev and dbus if they are not force-recast by the systemd spell (this is a planned ToDo)

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  this will install the proper configurations for these two dependencies.

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You will then have to modify any configuration of the /etc/systemd/system/ content to suite what you want to run.

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  The following *.target files are essentials and are not the only targets available

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  basic cryptsetup emergency final getty graphical halt kexec local-fs multi-user network nss-lookup poweroff

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  reboot remote-fs rescue rpcbind rtc-set shutdown sigpwr sockets sound swap sysinit syslog umount

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  To run any services you need the appropriate .service files...

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    and any @.service files will trigger xinetd behaviours (making xinetd itself optional after this is working)

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  Some of the .target files also have .wants folders... these are for extending the service or target

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    to run extra services...

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  Examples from my own system are...[pathing relative to /etc/systemd/system/]

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  "graphical.target.wants/dm.service" is a symlink to "lxdm.service"

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  "network.target.wants/sshd.service" is a symlink to "sshd.service" forcing sshd to run at boot instead of on-demand

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    as there is also a provision of "sshd@.service" which allows sshd logins to occur on-demand (socket access)

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    instead of running everything at the system launch

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  Network-Manager is recommended to be installed but you also have wicd as an alternative...

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    for handling network connections with your own script able to be wrapped with a config entry to be called

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    prior to the network.target starting any services required

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  I additionally symlinked "multi-user.target.wants/network.target" to "network.target" forcing the network dependency

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    for a full multi-user enabled system and graphical.target also inherently depends on the multi-user.target

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  Additionally the following two Symlinks are *mandatory*

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  To Enable support of the Three-Finger-Salute of Control with Alt and Delete

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    ctrl-alt-del.target -> reboot.target

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  To Select what system configuration actually gets booted

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    default.target -> graphical.target

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  **You can change the default.target to symlink to multi-user.target if you do not want an X login**

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  For SysV init compatability you can either create or symlink the following entries...symlinking is easier

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    runlevel0.target -> poweroff.target

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    runlevel1.target -> rescue.target

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    runlevel2.target -> multi-user.target

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    runlevel3.target -> multi-user.target

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    runlevel4.target -> multi-user.target

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    runlevel5.target -> graphical.target

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    runlevel6.target -> reboot.target

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  **these are recommendation only and are subject to your own whims for the multi-user and graphical target levels**

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  You can also clearly see examples for additional configuration materials online and in the template materials

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    [the current SourceMage "imp-data-systemd"/template/ is actually a snapshot from my(J.Kajikawa's) running system]

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  Please feel free to change Display Manager and other runtime services that you want to use as you see fit,

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    I know you will anyway... and there is plenty of documentation and examples...

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  The systemd development team is also providing various configuration options to upstream packages as well...

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    so what I have available as a template will slowly be less and less needed beyond initial setup.

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