Manpages - systemd.slice.5
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NAME
systemd.slice - Slice unit configuration
SYNOPSIS
slice.slice
DESCRIPTION
A unit configuration file whose name ends in “.slice” encodes information about a slice unit. A slice unit is a concept for hierarchically managing resources of a group of processes. This management is performed by creating a node in the Linux Control Group (cgroup) tree. Units that manage processes (primarily scope and service units) may be assigned to a specific slice. For each slice, certain resource limits may be set that apply to all processes of all units contained in that slice. Slices are organized hierarchically in a tree. The name of the slice encodes the location in the tree. The name consists of a dash-separated series of names, which describes the path to the slice from the root slice. The root slice is named -.slice. Example: foo-bar.slice is a slice that is located within foo.slice, which in turn is located in the root slice -.slice.
Note that slice units cannot be templated, nor is possible to add multiple names to a slice unit by creating additional symlinks to its unit file.
By default, service and scope units are placed in system.slice, virtual machines and containers registered with *systemd-machined*(8) are found in machine.slice, and user sessions handled by *systemd-logind*(8) in user.slice. See *systemd.special*(7) for more information.
See *systemd.unit*(5) for the common options of all unit configuration files. The common configuration items are configured in the generic [Unit] and [Install] sections. The slice specific configuration options are configured in the [Slice] section. Currently, only generic resource control settings as described in *systemd.resource-control*(5) are allowed.
See the New Control Group Interfaces[1] for an introduction on how to make use of slice units from programs.
AUTOMATIC DEPENDENCIES
Implicit Dependencies
The following dependencies are implicitly added:
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Slice units automatically gain dependencies of type After= and Requires= on their immediate parent slice unit.
Default Dependencies
The following dependencies are added unless DefaultDependencies=no is set:
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Slice units will automatically have dependencies of type Conflicts= and Before= on shutdown.target. These ensure that slice units are removed prior to system shutdown. Only slice units involved with late system shutdown should disable DefaultDependencies= option.
SEE ALSO
*systemd*(1), *systemd.unit*(5), *systemd.resource-control*(5), *systemd.service*(5), *systemd.scope*(5), *systemd.special*(7), *systemd.directives*(7)
NOTES
- 1.
New Control Group Interfaces
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ControlGroupInterface/