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<refentry id="systemd.swap">
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd.swap</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd.swap</refname>
<refpurpose>Swap unit configuration</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename><replaceable>swap</replaceable>.swap</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
<literal>.swap</literal> encodes information about a swap device
or file for memory paging controlled and supervised by
systemd.</para>
<para>This man page lists the configuration options specific to
this unit type. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for the common options of all unit configuration files. The common
configuration items are configured in the generic [Unit] and
[Install] sections. The swap specific configuration options are
configured in the [Swap] section.</para>
<para>Additional options are listed in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
which define the execution environment the <citerefentry
project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>swapon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
program is executed in, in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
which define the way these processes are
terminated, and in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
which configure resource control settings for these processes of the
unit.</para>
<para>Swap units must be named after the devices or files they control. Example: the swap device <filename
noindex='true'>/dev/sda5</filename> must be configured in a unit file <filename>dev-sda5.swap</filename>. For
details about the escaping logic used to convert a file system path to a unit name, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Note that swap
units cannot be templated, nor is possible to add multiple names to a swap unit by creating additional symlinks to
it.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Automatic Dependencies</title>
<refsect2>
<title>Implicit Dependencies</title>
<para>The following dependencies are implicitly added:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>All swap units automatically get the
<varname>BindsTo=</varname> and <varname>After=</varname>
dependencies on the device units or the mount units of the files
they are activated from.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Additional implicit dependencies may be added as result of
execution and resource control parameters as documented in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
and
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title>Default Dependencies</title>
<para>The following dependencies are added unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname> is set:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Swap units automatically acquire a <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and a
<varname>Before=</varname> dependency on <filename>umount.target</filename> so that they are deactivated at
shutdown as well as a <varname>Before=swap.target</varname> dependency.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title><filename>fstab</filename></title>
<para>Swap units may either be configured via unit files, or via
<filename>/etc/fstab</filename> (see
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details). Swaps listed in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> will
be converted into native units dynamically at boot and when the
configuration of the system manager is reloaded. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details about the conversion.</para>
<para>If a swap device or file is configured in both
<filename>/etc/fstab</filename> and a unit file, the configuration
in the latter takes precedence.</para>
<para>When reading <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>, a few special
options are understood by systemd which influence how dependencies
are created for swap units.</para>
<variablelist class='fstab-options'>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>noauto</option></term>
<term><option>auto</option></term>
<listitem><para>With <option>noauto</option>, the swap unit
will not be added as a dependency for
<filename>swap.target</filename>. This means that it will not
be activated automatically during boot, unless it is pulled in
by some other unit. The <option>auto</option> option has the
opposite meaning and is the default.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>nofail</option></term>
<listitem><para>With <option>nofail</option>, the swap unit
will be only wanted, not required by
<filename>swap.target</filename>. This means that the boot
will continue even if this swap device is not activated
successfully.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<para>Swap files must include a [Swap] section, which carries
information about the swap device it supervises. A number of
options that may be used in this section are shared with other
unit types. These options are documented in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
and
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
The options specific to the [Swap] section of swap units are the
following:</para>
<variablelist class='unit-directives'>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>What=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes an absolute path of a device node or file to use for paging. See <citerefentry
project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>swapon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
details. If this refers to a device node, a dependency on the respective device unit is automatically
created. (See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.device</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more
information.) If this refers to a file, a dependency on the respective mount unit is automatically
created. (See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for more information.) This option is mandatory. Note that the usual specifier expansion is applied to this
setting, literal percent characters should hence be written as <literal>%%</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Priority=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Swap priority to use when activating the swap
device or file. This takes an integer. This setting is
optional and ignored when the priority is set by <option>pri=</option> in the
<varname>Options=</varname> key.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Options=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>May contain an option string for the swap device. This may be used for controlling discard
options among other functionality, if the swap backing device supports the discard or trim operation. (See
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>swapon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for more information.) Note that the usual specifier expansion is applied to this setting, literal percent
characters should hence be written as <literal>%%</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>TimeoutSec=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Configures the time to wait for the swapon
command to finish. If a command does not exit within the
configured time, the swap will be considered failed and be
shut down again. All commands still running will be terminated
forcibly via <constant>SIGTERM</constant>, and after another
delay of this time with <constant>SIGKILL</constant>. (See
<option>KillMode=</option> in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.)
Takes a unit-less value in seconds, or a time span value such
as "5min 20s". Pass <literal>0</literal> to disable the
timeout logic. Defaults to
<varname>DefaultTimeoutStartSec=</varname> from the manager
configuration file (see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>Check
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
and
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for more settings.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.device</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>swapon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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