Systemd

Puppet module to generate systemd unit files and manage services

Creating Unit Files

systemd::resources::init resource will create the unit files and manage service using puppet resource.

For common unit directives refer to man(5) systemd.unit, man(7) systemd.directives

Service unit

man(5) systemd.service

systemd::units:
  'hello_service':
    type: 'service'
    ensure: 'running'
    enable: 'true'
    unit_params:
      'Unit':
        Description: "program to print $MESSAGE"
      'Service':
        ExecStart: "/bin/echo $MESSAGE"
        Environment: "MESSAGE=HELLOWORLD"
        Slice: "hello.slice"
      'Install':
        WantedBy: 'multi-user.target'

Slice unit

man(5) systemd.slice

systemd::units:
  'hello_slice':
    type: 'slice'
    ensure: 'running'
    enable: 'true'
    unit_params:
      'Unit':
        Description: "Slice for hello service"
      'Slice':
        CPUQuota: "300%"
        MemoryMax: "5G"
      'Install':
        WantedBy: 'multi-user.target'
  'hello_timer':
    type: 'slice'
    ensure: 'running'
    enable: 'true'

Timer unit

man(5) systemd.timer

systemd::units:
  'hello_timer':
    type: 'slice'
    ensure: 'running'
    enable: 'true'
    unit_params:
      'Unit':
        Description: "Run hello service periodically"
      'Timer':
        Unit: 'hello.service'
        OnCalendar: '*-*-* 0/8:00:00'
      'Install':
        WantedBy: 'timers.target'

Managing Journald config

man(5) journald.conf

systemd::journald_conf:
  Compress: 'yes'
  SyncIntervalSec: '5m'

Managing Logind config

man(5) logind.conf

systemd::logind_conf:
  NAutoVTs: 6
  KillUserProcesses: 'yes'

Enabling/Disabling Linger for user

man loginctl

systemd::linger:
  'unprivileged_user': {}    # enable
  'deploy_user':
    enable: false # disable

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