Systemd Documentation
Fedora 15 is out. Get it while it is hot! It is probably the biggest distribution release of a all time with being first in shipping both GNOME 3 and systemd.
Since this is the first distribution release based on systemd, it might be interesting to read up on what it is all about. Here's a little compilation of the available documentation for systemd.
The Manual Pages
- systemd(1), covering general concepts of systemd.
- systemctl(1), covering the client control utility of systemd.
- systemd-cgls(1), on a tool to show the systemd cgroup tree.
- systemd.unit(5), systemd.exec(5), systemd.service(5), systemd.socket(5), systemd.target(5), systemd.timer(5), systemd.swap(5), systemd.snapshot(5), systemd.path(5), systemd.mount(5), systemd.device(5), systemd.automount(5), for writing systemd unit files.
- systemd-nspawn(1), on a tool for running simple containers.
- systemd-notify(1), on a tool for sending notifications to systemd.
- systemd.special(5), with a list of systemd's special units.
- daemon(7), on writing daemons.
- pam_systemd(8), on configuring user session settings.
- sd-daemon(7), sd_listen_fds(3), sd_notify(3), sd_is_fifo(3), sd_booted(3), sd-readahead(7), sd_readahead(3), covering the systemd API.
- systemd-ask-password(1), describing a tool for querying system passwords.
- systemd-tmpfiles(8), describing a tool for creating, deleting and cleaning up volatile and temporary files and directories.
- systemd.conf(5), describing the systemd main configuration file.
- binfmt.d(5), hostname(5), locale.conf(5), machine-id(5), machine-info(5), modules-load.d(5), os-release(5), sysctl.d, tmpfiles.d(5), vconsole.conf(5), for the configuration files systemd standardizes.
- halt(8), runlevel(8), shutdown(8), telinit(8), covering the SysV compatibility tools.
Here's the full list of all man pages.
The Blog Stories
- The original announcement blog story, lining out the ideas of systemd in much detail.
- The two status updates since then.
- systemd for Administrators #1: Verifying Bootup
- systemd for Administrators #2: Which Service Owns Which Processes?
- systemd for Administrators #3: How Do I Convert A SysV Init Script Into A systemd Service File?
- systemd for Administrators #4: Killing Services
- systemd for Administrators #5: The Three Levels of "Off"
- systemd for Administrators #6: Changing Roots
- systemd for Administrators #7: The Blame Game
- systemd for Administrators #8: The New Configuration Files
- Why systemd?, exploring why distributions should choose (and are choosing) systemd.
- systemd for Developers #1: Socket Activation
Some of the systemd for Administrators blog posts are available in Russian language, too.
Other Documentation
- Tips & Tricks
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Interface Stability Promise, covering what you need to know when developing against systemd interfaces.
- Writing Password Agents, in case you want to add a systemd compatible password agent to the desktop of your preference.
- On hostnamed, in case you want to add hostname changing UIs to your favourite desktop environment.
Fedora Documentation
- General Overview
- SysVInit to systemd Cheatsheet
- How to Debug systemd Problems
- systemd Packaging Guidelines
In The Press
Other Distributions' Documentation
And, if you still have questions after all of this, please join our mailing list, or our IRC channel #systemd on irc.freenode.org. Alternatively, if you are looking for paid consulting services for systemd contact our friends at ProFUSION.