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introduction

quickstart, cheat sheet

for users

theory of operation

  • initial system setup, manager loop
  • units
    • types
  • jobs
    • types, transactions, installed jobs
  • dependencies
    • ordering
    • requirement

usage, detailed

  • everything about systemctl
  • systemd-cgls
  • systemd-analyze
  • separately? journalctl, loginctl, systemd-nspawn

diagnosing problems

for developers

writing units

  • organization of manpages: systemd.unit, systemd.exec, systemd.service, ...

patching daemons

  • racy fork+exit
  • sd_notify()
  • sd_listen_fds()