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<?xml version="1.0"?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ -->
<refentry id="sysctl.d"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>sysctl.d</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>sysctl.d</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>sysctl.d</refname>
<refpurpose>Configure kernel parameters at boot</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename>/etc/sysctl.d/*.conf</filename></para>
<para><filename>/run/sysctl.d/*.conf</filename></para>
<para><filename>/usr/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf</filename></para>
<programlisting>key.name.under.proc.sys = some value
key/name/under/proc/sys = some value
key/middle.part.with.dots/foo = 123
key.middle/part/with/dots.foo = 123
-key.that.will.not.fail = value
key.pattern.*.with.glob = whatever
-key.pattern.excluded.with.glob
key.pattern.overridden.with.glob = custom
</programlisting>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>At boot,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-sysctl.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
reads configuration files from the above directories to configure
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
kernel parameters.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Configuration Format</title>
<para>The configuration files contain a list of variable
assignments, separated by newlines. Empty lines and lines whose
first non-whitespace character is <literal>#</literal> or
<literal>;</literal> are ignored.</para>
<para>Note that either <literal>/</literal> or <literal>.</literal> may be used as separators within
sysctl variable names. If the first separator is a slash, remaining slashes and dots are left intact. If
the first separator is a dot, dots and slashes are interchanged.
<literal>kernel.domainname=foo</literal> and <literal>kernel/domainname=foo</literal> are equivalent and
will cause <literal>foo</literal> to be written to
<filename>/proc/sys/kernel/domainname</filename>. Either
<literal>net.ipv4.conf.enp3s0/200.forwarding</literal> or
<literal>net/ipv4/conf/enp3s0.200/forwarding</literal> may be used to refer to
<filename>/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/enp3s0.200/forwarding</filename>. A glob
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>glob</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> pattern may be
used to write the same value to all matching keys. Keys for which an explicit pattern exists will be
excluded from any glob matching. In addition, a key may be explicitly excluded from being set by any
matching glob patterns by specifying the key name prefixed with a <literal>-</literal> character and not
followed by <literal>=</literal>, see SYNOPSIS.</para>
<para>Any access permission errors and attempts to write variables not present on the local system are
logged at debug level and do not cause the service to fail. Moreover, if a variable assignment is
prefixed with a single <literal>-</literal> character, failure to set the variable for other reasons will
be logged at debug level and will not cause the service to fail. In other cases, errors when setting
variables are logged with higher priority and cause the service to return failure at the end (after
processing other variables).</para>
<para>The settings configured with <filename>sysctl.d</filename> files will be applied early on boot. The
network interface-specific options will also be applied individually for each network interface as it
shows up in the system. (More specifically, <filename>net.ipv4.conf.*</filename>,
<filename>net.ipv6.conf.*</filename>, <filename>net.ipv4.neigh.*</filename> and
<filename>net.ipv6.neigh.*</filename>).</para>
<para>Many sysctl parameters only become available when certain
kernel modules are loaded. Modules are usually loaded on demand,
e.g. when certain hardware is plugged in or network brought up.
This means that
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-sysctl.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
which runs during early boot will not configure such parameters if
they become available after it has run. To set such parameters, it
is recommended to add an
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
rule to set those parameters when they become available.
Alternatively, a slightly simpler and less efficient option is to
add the module to
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>modules-load.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
causing it to be loaded statically before sysctl settings are
applied (see example below).</para>
</refsect1>
<xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="confd" />
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<example>
<title>Set kernel YP domain name</title>
<para><filename>/etc/sysctl.d/domain-name.conf</filename>:
</para>
<programlisting>kernel.domainname=example.com</programlisting>
</example>
<example>
<title>Apply settings available only when a certain module is loaded (method one)</title>
<para><filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/99-bridge.rules</filename>:
</para>
<programlisting>ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="module", KERNEL=="br_netfilter", \
RUN+="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl --prefix=/net/bridge"
</programlisting>
<para><filename>/etc/sysctl.d/bridge.conf</filename>:
</para>
<programlisting>net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables = 0
net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables = 0
net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-arptables = 0
</programlisting>
<para>This method applies settings when the module is
loaded. Please note that, unless the <filename>br_netfilter</filename>
module is loaded, bridged packets will not be filtered by
Netfilter (starting with kernel 3.18), so simply not loading the
module is sufficient to avoid filtering.</para>
</example>
<example>
<title>Apply settings available only when a certain module is loaded (method two)</title>
<para><filename>/etc/modules-load.d/bridge.conf</filename>:
</para>
<programlisting>br_netfilter</programlisting>
<para><filename>/etc/sysctl.d/bridge.conf</filename>:
</para>
<programlisting>net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables = 0
net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables = 0
net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-arptables = 0
</programlisting>
<para>This method forces the module to be always loaded. Please
note that, unless the <filename>br_netfilter</filename> module is
loaded, bridged packets will not be filtered with Netfilter
(starting with kernel 3.18), so simply not loading the module is
sufficient to avoid filtering.</para>
</example>
<example>
<title>Set network routing properties for all interfaces</title>
<para><filename>/etc/sysctl.d/20-rp_filter.conf</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 2
net.ipv4.conf.*.rp_filter = 2
-net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter
net.ipv4.conf.hub0.rp_filter = 1
</programlisting>
<para>The <option>rp_filter</option> key will be set to "2" for all interfaces, except "hub0". We set
<filename>net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter</filename> first, so any interfaces which are added
<emphasis>later</emphasis> will get this value (this also covers any interfaces detected while we're
running). The glob matches any interfaces which were detected <emphasis>earlier</emphasis>. The glob
will also match <filename>net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter</filename>, which we don't want to set at all, so
it is explicitly excluded. And "hub0" is excluded from the glob because it has an explicit setting.
</para>
</example>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-sysctl.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sysctl.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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