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diff --git a/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/vboxwatchdog-linux.dita b/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/vboxwatchdog-linux.dita new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..eda5f385152 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/vboxwatchdog-linux.dita @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> +<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd"> +<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="vboxwatchdog-linux"> + <title>Linux: Starting the Watchdog Service With init</title> + + <body> + <p> + On Linux, the watchdog service can be automatically started + during host boot by adding appropriate parameters to the file + <filepath>/etc/default/virtualbox</filepath>. There is one + mandatory parameter, <codeph>VBOXWATCHDOG_USER</codeph>, which + must be set to the user which will later start the VMs. For + backward compatibility you can also specify + <codeph>VBOXBALLOONCTRL_USER</codeph>. + </p> + <p> + The parameters in the following table all start with the + <codeph>VBOXWATCHDOG_</codeph> prefix string. For example: + <codeph>VBOXWATCHDOG_BALLOON_INTERVAL</codeph> and + <codeph>VBOXWATCHDOG_LOGSIZE</codeph>. Legacy parameters such + as <codeph>VBOXBALLOONCTRL_INTERVAL</codeph> can still be + used. + </p> + <table id="table-vboxwatchdog-config-params"> + <title>Oracle VM VirtualBox Watchdog Configuration Parameters</title> + <tgroup cols="3"> + <thead> + <row> + <entry> + <p> + <b outputclass="bold">Parameter</b> + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + <b outputclass="bold">Description</b> + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + <b outputclass="bold">Default</b> + </p> + </entry> + </row> + </thead> + <tbody> + <row> + <entry> + <p> + <codeph>USER</codeph> + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + The user which the watchdog service runs as + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p/> + </entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry> + <p> + <codeph>ROTATE</codeph> + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + Number of log files, 0 disables log rotation + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + 10 + </p> + </entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry> + <p> + <codeph>LOGSIZE</codeph> + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + Maximum log file size to trigger rotation, in bytes + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + 1MB + </p> + </entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry> + <p> + <codeph>LOGINTERVAL</codeph> + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + Maximum time interval to trigger log rotation, in + seconds + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + 1 day + </p> + </entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry> + <p> + <codeph>BALLOON_INTERVAL</codeph> + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + Interval for checking the balloon size, in + milliseconds + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + 30000 + </p> + </entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry> + <p> + <codeph>BALLOON_INCREMENT</codeph> + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + Balloon size increment, in megabytes + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + 256 + </p> + </entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry> + <p> + <codeph>BALLOON_DECREMENT</codeph> + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + Balloon size decrement, in megabytes + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + 128 + </p> + </entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry> + <p> + <codeph>BALLOON_LOWERLIMIT</codeph> + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + Balloon size lower limit, in megabytes + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + 64 + </p> + </entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry> + <p> + <codeph>BALLOON_SAFETYMARGIN</codeph> + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + Free memory required for decreasing the balloon size, + in megabytes + </p> + </entry> + <entry> + <p> + 1024 + </p> + </entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </table> + </body> + +</topic> |