config-model-systemd

check and edit systemd configuration files

Description

This project provides a configuration editor for the configuration file of Systemd, i.e. all files in ~/.config/systemd/user/ or all files in /etc/systemd/system/

Usage

invoke editor

The following command loads user systemd files and launch a graphical editor:

cme edit systemd-user

Likewise, the following command loads system systemd configuration files and launch a graphical editor:

sudo cme edit systemd

Just check systemd configuration

You can also use cme to run sanity checks on the configuration file:

cme check systemd-user
cme check systemd

More detailed usage

See Managing Systemd configuration with cme wiki page.

Versioning scheme

This module is versioned with 3 fields:

• major number
• supported Systemd version
• minor version for the usual changes. This number is reset to one each time a new version of Systemd is supported.

For instance: version 0.231.1 is the first release that supports Systemd version 231

Installation

Debian, Ubuntu

Run:

apt install cme libconfig-model-systemd-perl

Others

You can also install this project from CPAN:

cpanm install App::Cme
cpanm install Config::Model::Systemd

From GitHub

You may also follow these instructions to install and build from git.

Problems ?

Please report any issue on https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model-systemd/issues

Re-generate systemd model files

The files in lib/Config/Model/models/Systemd/Section and lib/Config/Model/models/Systemd/Common are generated from Systemd documentation in xml format.

To regenerate the model files, you must retrieve systemd sources. For instance, you can retrieve Debian source package:

apt-get source systemd

Then, from config-model-systemd directory, run:

perl contrib/parse-man.pl -from <path to systemd source>

More information

• Managing Systemd configuration with cme
• Using cme