systemd.slice(5) - Slice unit configuration

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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 which 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.

       By default, service and scope units are placed in system.slice, virtual
       machines and containers registered with systemd-machined(1) are found
       in machine.slice, and user sessions handled by systemd-logind(1) in
       user.slice. See systemd.special(5) 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(7) are
       allowed.

       Unless DefaultDependencies=false is used, slice units will implicitly
       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 early boot or late system shutdown
       should disable this option.

SEE ALSO
       systemd(1), systemd.unit(5), systemd.resource-control(5),
       systemd.service(5), systemd.scope(5), systemd.special(7),
       systemd.directives(7)



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