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SYSTEMD...EDENTIALS(7) systemd.system-credentials SYSTEMD...EDENTIALS(7)
NAME top
systemd.system-credentials - System CredentialsDESCRIPTION top
**System and Service Credentials**[1] are data objects that may be
passed into booted systems or system services as they are invoked.
They can be acquired from various external sources, and propagated
into the system and from there into system services. Credentials
may optionally be encrypted with a machine-specific key and/or
locked to the local TPM2 device, and are only decrypted when the
consuming service is invoked.
System credentials may be used to provision and configure various
aspects of the system. Depending on the consuming component
credentials are only used on initial invocations or are needed for
all invocations.
Credentials may be used for any kind of data, binary or text, and
may carry passwords, secrets, certificates, cryptographic key
material, identity information, configuration, and more.WELL KNOWN SYSTEM CREDENTIALS top
_firstboot.keymap_
The console key mapping to set (e.g. "de"). Read by
[systemd-firstboot(1)](../man1/systemd-firstboot.1.html), and only honoured if no console keymap
has been configured before.
Added in version 252.
_firstboot.locale_, _firstboot.locale-messages_
The system locale to set (e.g. "de_DE.UTF-8"). Read by
[systemd-firstboot(1)](../man1/systemd-firstboot.1.html), and only honoured if no locale has been
configured before. _firstboot.locale_ sets "LANG", while
_firstboot.locale-message_ sets "LC_MESSAGES".
Added in version 252.
_firstboot.timezone_
The system timezone to set (e.g. "Europe/Berlin"). Read by
[systemd-firstboot(1)](../man1/systemd-firstboot.1.html), and only honoured if no system timezone
has been configured before.
Added in version 252.
_login.issue_
The data of this credential is written to
/etc/issue.d/50-provision.conf, if the file does not exist
yet. [agetty(8)](../man8/agetty.8.html) reads this file and shows its contents at the
login prompt of terminal logins. See [issue(5)](../man5/issue.5.html) for details.
Consumed by /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/provision.conf, see
[tmpfiles.d(5)](../man5/tmpfiles.d.5.html).
Added in version 252.
_login.motd_
The data of this credential is written to
/etc/motd.d/50-provision.conf, if the file does not exist yet.
[pam_motd(8)](../man8/pam%5Fmotd.8.html) reads this file and shows its contents as "message
of the day" during terminal logins. See [motd(5)](../man5/motd.5.html) for details.
Consumed by /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/provision.conf, see
[tmpfiles.d(5)](../man5/tmpfiles.d.5.html).
Added in version 252.
_network.hosts_
The data of this credential is written to /etc/hosts, if the
file does not exist yet. See [hosts(5)](../man5/hosts.5.html) for details.
Consumed by /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/provision.conf, see
[tmpfiles.d(5)](../man5/tmpfiles.d.5.html).
Added in version 252.
_network.dns_, _network.searchdomains_
DNS server information and search domains. Read by
[systemd-resolved.service(8)](../man8/systemd-resolved.service.8.html).
Added in version 253.
_network.conf.*_, _network.link.*_, _network.netdev.*_,
_network.network.*_
Configures network devices. Read by
[systemd-network-generator.service(8)](../man8/systemd-network-generator.service.8.html). These credentials should
contain valid [networkd.conf(5)](../man5/networkd.conf.5.html), [systemd.link(5)](../man5/systemd.link.5.html),
[systemd.netdev(5)](../man5/systemd.netdev.5.html), [systemd.network(5)](../man5/systemd.network.5.html) configuration data. From
each matching credential a separate file is created. Example:
the contents of a credential network.link.50-foobar will be
copied into a file 50-foobar.link.
Note that the resulting files are created world-readable, it
is hence recommended to not include secrets in these
credentials, but supply them via separate credentials directly
to systemd-networkd.service, e.g. _network.wireguard.*_ as
described below.
Added in version 256.
_network.wireguard.*_
Configures secrets for WireGuard netdevs. Read by
[systemd-networkd.service(8)](../man8/systemd-networkd.service.8.html). For more information, refer to
the **[WireGuard]** section of [systemd.netdev(5)](../man5/systemd.netdev.5.html).
Added in version 256.
_passwd.hashed-password.root_, _passwd.plaintext-password.root_
May contain the password (either in UNIX hashed format, or in
plaintext) for the root users. Read by both
[systemd-firstboot(1)](../man1/systemd-firstboot.1.html) and [systemd-sysusers(8)](../man8/systemd-sysusers.8.html), and only
honoured if no root password has been configured before.
Added in version 252.
_passwd.shell.root_
The path to the shell program (e.g. "/bin/bash") for the root
user. Read by both [systemd-firstboot(1)](../man1/systemd-firstboot.1.html) and
[systemd-sysusers(8)](../man8/systemd-sysusers.8.html), and only honoured if no root shell has
been configured before.
Added in version 252.
_ssh.authorizedkeys.root_
The data of this credential is written to
/root/.ssh/authorized_keys, if the file does not exist yet.
This allows provisioning SSH access for the system's root
user.
Consumed by /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/provision.conf, see
[tmpfiles.d(5)](../man5/tmpfiles.d.5.html).
Added in version 252.
_ssh.listen_
May be used to configure SSH sockets the system shall be
reachable on. See [systemd-ssh-generator(8)](../man8/systemd-ssh-generator.8.html) for details.
Added in version 256.
_sysusers.extra_
Additional [sysusers.d(5)](../man5/sysusers.d.5.html) lines to process during boot.
Added in version 252.
_sysctl.extra_
Additional [sysctl.d(5)](../man5/sysctl.d.5.html) lines to process during boot.
Added in version 252.
_tmpfiles.extra_
Additional [tmpfiles.d(5)](../man5/tmpfiles.d.5.html) lines to process during boot.
Added in version 252.
_fstab.extra_
Additional mounts to establish at boot. For details, see
[systemd-fstab-generator(8)](../man8/systemd-fstab-generator.8.html).
Added in version 254.
_vconsole.keymap_, _vconsole.keymaptoggle_, _vconsole.font_,
_vconsole.fontmap_, _vconsole.fontunimap_
Console settings to apply, see
[systemd-vconsole-setup.service(8)](../man8/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.8.html) for details.
Added in version 253.
_getty.ttys.serial_, _getty.ttys.container_
Used for spawning additional login prompts, see
[systemd-getty-generator(8)](../man8/systemd-getty-generator.8.html) for details.
Added in version 254.
_journal.forwardtosocket_
Used by [systemd-journald(8)](../man8/systemd-journald.8.html) to determine where to forward log
messages for socket forwarding, see [journald.conf(5)](../man5/journald.conf.5.html) for
details.
Added in version 256.
_journal.storage_
Used by [systemd-journald(8)](../man8/systemd-journald.8.html) to determine where to store
journal files, see [journald.conf(5)](../man5/journald.conf.5.html) for details.
Added in version 256.
_vmm.notifysocket_
Configures an [sd_notify(3)](../man3/sd%5Fnotify.3.html) compatible **AF_VSOCK** socket the
service manager will report status information, ready
notification and exit status on. For details see [systemd(1)](../man1/systemd.1.html).
Added in version 253.
_shell.prompt.prefix_, _shell.prompt.suffix_
Defines strings to prefix and suffix any interactive UNIX
shell prompt with. For details see [pam_systemd(8)](../man8/pam%5Fsystemd.8.html).
Added in version 257.
_shell.welcome_
Define a string to print when an interactive UNIX shell
initializes. For details see [pam_systemd(8)](../man8/pam%5Fsystemd.8.html).
Added in version 257.
_system.machineid_
Takes a 128bit ID to initialize the machine ID from (if it is
not set yet). Interpreted by the service manager (PID 1). For
details see [systemd(1)](../man1/systemd.1.html).
Added in version 254.
_system.hostname_
Accepts a (transient) hostname to configure during early boot.
The static hostname specified in /etc/hostname, if configured,
takes precedence over this setting. Interpreted by the service
manager (PID 1). For details see [systemd(1)](../man1/systemd.1.html).
Added in version 254.
_home.create.*_
Creates a home area for the specified user with the user
record data passed in. For details see [homectl(1)](../man1/homectl.1.html).
Added in version 256.
_cryptsetup.passphrase_, _cryptsetup.tpm2-pin_, _cryptsetup.fido2-pin_,
_cryptsetup.pkcs11-pin_, _cryptsetup.luks2-pin_
Specifies the passphrase/PINs to use for unlock encrypted
storage volumes. For details see [systemd-cryptsetup(8)](../man8/systemd-cryptsetup.8.html).
Added in version 256.
_systemd.extra-unit.*_, _systemd.unit-dropin.*_
These credentials specify extra units and drop-ins to add to
the system. For details see [systemd-debug-generator(8)](../man8/systemd-debug-generator.8.html).
Added in version 256.
_udev.conf.*_, _udev.rules.*_
Configures udev configuration file and udev rules. Read by
systemd-udev-load-credentials.service, which invokes **udevadm**
**control --load-credentials**. These credentials directly
translate to a matching [udev.conf(5)](../man5/udev.conf.5.html) or [udev(7)](../man7/udev.7.html) rules file.
Example: the contents of a credential udev.conf.50-foobar will
be copied into a file /run/udev/udev.conf.d/50-foobar.conf,
and udev.rules.50-foobar will be copied into a file
/run/udev/rules.d/50-foobar.rules. See [udev(7)](../man7/udev.7.html), [udev.conf(5)](../man5/udev.conf.5.html),
and [udevadm(8)](../man8/udevadm.8.html) for details.
Added in version 256.
_import.pull_
Specified disk images (tarballs and DDIs) to automatically
download and install at boot. For details see
[systemd-import-generator(8)](../man8/systemd-import-generator.8.html).
Added in version 257.SEE ALSO top
[systemd(1)](../man1/systemd.1.html), [kernel-command-line(7)](../man7/kernel-command-line.7.html), [smbios-type-11(7)](../man7/smbios-type-11.7.html)NOTES top
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