systemd.scope(5)

SYSTEMD.SCOPE(5)                 systemd.scope                SYSTEMD.SCOPE(5)

NAME
       systemd.scope - Scope unit configuration

SYNOPSIS
       scope.scope

DESCRIPTION
       Scope units are not configured via unit configuration files, but are
       only created programmatically using the bus interfaces of systemd. They
       are named similar to filenames. A unit whose name ends in ".scope"
       refers to a scope unit. Scopes units manage a set of system processes.
       Unlike service units, scope units manage externally created processes,
       and do not fork off processes on its own.

       The main purpose of scope units is grouping worker processes of a
       system service for organization and for managing resources.

       systemd-run --scope may be used to easily launch a command in a new
       scope unit from the command line.

       See the New Control Group Interfaces[1] for an introduction on how to
       make use of scope units from programs.

       Note that, unlike service units, scope units have no "main" process:
       all processes in the scope are equivalent. The lifecycle of the scope
       unit is thus not bound to the lifetime of one specific process, but to
       the existence of at least one process in the scope. This also means
       that the exit statuses of these processes are not relevant for the
       scope unit failure state. Scope units may still enter a failure state,
       for example due to resource exhaustion or stop timeouts being reached,
       but not due to programs inside of them terminating uncleanly. Since
       processes managed as scope units generally remain children of the
       original process that forked them off, it is also the job of that
       process to collect their exit statuses and act on them as needed.

AUTOMATIC DEPENDENCIES
   Implicit Dependencies
       Implicit dependencies may be added as result of resource control
       parameters as documented in systemd.resource-control(5).

   Default Dependencies
       The following dependencies are added unless DefaultDependencies=no is
       set:

       o   Scope units will automatically have dependencies of type Conflicts=
           and Before= on shutdown.target. These ensure that scope units are
           removed prior to system shutdown. Only scope units involved with
           early boot or late system shutdown should disable
           DefaultDependencies= option.

OPTIONS
       Scope files may include a "[Scope]" section, which carries information
       about the scope and the units it contains. A number of options that may
       be used in this section are shared with other unit types. These options
       are documented in systemd.kill(5) and systemd.resource-control(5). The
       options specific to the "[Scope]" section of scope units are the
       following:

       RuntimeMaxSec=
           Configures a maximum time for the scope to run. If this is used and
           the scope has been active for longer than the specified time it is
           terminated and put into a failure state. Pass "infinity" (the
           default) to configure no runtime limit.

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

NOTES
        1. New Control Group Interfaces
           https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ControlGroupInterface/

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