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9  <refentryinfo>
10    <title>repart.d</title>
11    <productname>systemd</productname>
12  </refentryinfo>
13
14  <refmeta>
15    <refentrytitle>repart.d</refentrytitle>
16    <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
17  </refmeta>
18
19  <refnamediv>
20    <refname>repart.d</refname>
21    <refpurpose>Partition Definition Files for Automatic Boot-Time Repartitioning</refpurpose>
22  </refnamediv>
23
24  <refsynopsisdiv>
25    <para><literallayout><filename>/etc/repart.d/*.conf</filename>
26<filename>/run/repart.d/*.conf</filename>
27<filename>/usr/lib/repart.d/*.conf</filename>
28    </literallayout></para>
29  </refsynopsisdiv>
30
31  <refsect1>
32    <title>Description</title>
33
34    <para><filename>repart.d/*.conf</filename> files describe basic properties of partitions of block
35    devices of the local system. They may be used to declare types, names and sizes of partitions that shall
36    exist. The
37    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-repart</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
38    service reads these files and attempts to add new partitions currently missing and enlarge existing
39    partitions according to these definitions. Operation is generally incremental, i.e. when applied, what
40    exists already is left intact, and partitions are never shrunk, moved or deleted.</para>
41
42    <para>These definition files are useful for implementing operating system images that are prepared and
43    delivered with minimally sized images (for example lacking any state or swap partitions), and which on
44    first boot automatically take possession of any remaining disk space following a few basic rules.</para>
45
46    <para>Currently, support for partition definition files is only implemented for GPT partitition
47    tables.</para>
48
49    <para>Partition files are generally matched against any partitions already existing on disk in a simple
50    algorithm: the partition files are sorted by their filename (ignoring the directory prefix), and then
51    compared in order against existing partitions matching the same partition type UUID. Specifically, the
52    first existing partition with a specific partition type UUID is assigned the first definition file with
53    the same partition type UUID, and the second existing partition with a specific type UUID the second
54    partition file with the same type UUID, and so on. Any left-over partition files that have no matching
55    existing partition are assumed to define new partition that shall be created. Such partitions are
56    appended to the end of the partition table, in the order defined by their names utilizing the first
57    partition slot greater than the highest slot number currently in use. Any existing partitions that have
58    no matching partition file are left as they are.</para>
59
60    <para>Note that these definitions may only be used to create and initialize new partitions or to grow
61    existing ones. In the latter case it will not grow the contained files systems however; separate
62    mechanisms, such as
63    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-growfs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> may be
64    used to grow the file systems inside of these partitions. Partitions may also be marked for automatic
65    growing via the <varname>GrowFileSystem=</varname> setting, in which case the file system is grown on
66    first mount by tools that respect this flag. See below for details.</para>
67  </refsect1>
68
69  <refsect1>
70    <title>[Partition] Section Options</title>
71
72    <variablelist>
73      <varlistentry>
74        <term><varname>Type=</varname></term>
75
76        <listitem><para>The GPT partition type UUID to match. This may be a GPT partition type UUID such as
77        <constant>4f68bce3-e8cd-4db1-96e7-fbcaf984b709</constant>, or one of the following special
78        identifiers:</para>
79
80        <table>
81          <title>GPT partition type identifiers</title>
82
83          <tgroup cols='2' align='left' colsep='1' rowsep='1'>
84            <colspec colname="name" />
85            <colspec colname="explanation" />
86
87            <thead>
88              <row>
89                <entry>Identifier</entry>
90                <entry>Explanation</entry>
91              </row>
92            </thead>
93
94            <tbody>
95              <row>
96                <entry><constant>esp</constant></entry>
97                <entry>EFI System Partition</entry>
98              </row>
99
100              <row>
101                <entry><constant>xbootldr</constant></entry>
102                <entry>Extended Boot Loader Partition</entry>
103              </row>
104
105              <row>
106                <entry><constant>swap</constant></entry>
107                <entry>Swap partition</entry>
108              </row>
109
110              <row>
111                <entry><constant>home</constant></entry>
112                <entry>Home (<filename>/home/</filename>) partition</entry>
113              </row>
114
115              <row>
116                <entry><constant>srv</constant></entry>
117                <entry>Server data (<filename>/srv/</filename>) partition</entry>
118              </row>
119
120              <row>
121                <entry><constant>var</constant></entry>
122                <entry>Variable data (<filename>/var/</filename>) partition</entry>
123              </row>
124
125              <row>
126                <entry><constant>tmp</constant></entry>
127                <entry>Temporary data (<filename>/var/tmp/</filename>) partition</entry>
128              </row>
129
130              <row>
131                <entry><constant>linux-generic</constant></entry>
132                <entry>Generic Linux file system partition</entry>
133              </row>
134
135              <row>
136                <entry><constant>root</constant></entry>
137                <entry>Root file system partition type appropriate for the local architecture (an alias for an architecture root file system partition type listed below, e.g. <constant>root-x86-64</constant>)</entry>
138              </row>
139
140              <row>
141                <entry><constant>root-verity</constant></entry>
142                <entry>Verity data for the root file system partition for the local architecture</entry>
143              </row>
144
145              <row>
146                <entry><constant>root-secondary</constant></entry>
147                <entry>Root file system partition of the secondary architecture of the local architecture (usually the matching 32bit architecture for the local 64bit architecture)</entry>
148              </row>
149
150              <row>
151                <entry><constant>root-secondary-verity</constant></entry>
152                <entry>Verity data for the root file system partition of the secondary architecture</entry>
153              </row>
154
155              <row>
156                <entry><constant>root-x86</constant></entry>
157                <entry>Root file system partition for the x86 (32bit, aka i386) architecture</entry>
158              </row>
159
160              <row>
161                <entry><constant>root-x86-verity</constant></entry>
162                <entry>Verity data for the x86 (32bit) root file system partition</entry>
163              </row>
164
165              <row>
166                <entry><constant>root-x86-64</constant></entry>
167                <entry>Root file system partition for the x86_64 (64bit, aka amd64) architecture</entry>
168              </row>
169
170              <row>
171                <entry><constant>root-x86-64-verity</constant></entry>
172                <entry>Verity data for the x86_64 (64bit) root file system partition</entry>
173              </row>
174
175              <row>
176                <entry><constant>root-arm</constant></entry>
177                <entry>Root file system partition for the ARM (32bit) architecture</entry>
178              </row>
179
180              <row>
181                <entry><constant>root-arm-verity</constant></entry>
182                <entry>Verity data for the ARM (32bit) root file system partition</entry>
183              </row>
184
185              <row>
186                <entry><constant>root-arm64</constant></entry>
187                <entry>Root file system partition for the ARM (64bit, aka aarch64) architecture</entry>
188              </row>
189
190              <row>
191                <entry><constant>root-arm64-verity</constant></entry>
192                <entry>Verity data for the ARM (64bit, aka aarch64) root file system partition</entry>
193              </row>
194
195              <row>
196                <entry><constant>root-ia64</constant></entry>
197                <entry>Root file system partition for the ia64 architecture</entry>
198              </row>
199
200              <row>
201                <entry><constant>root-ia64-verity</constant></entry>
202                <entry>Verity data for the ia64 root file system partition</entry>
203              </row>
204
205              <row>
206                <entry><constant>root-loongarch64</constant></entry>
207                <entry>Root file system partition for the LoongArch 64-bit architecture</entry>
208              </row>
209
210              <row>
211                <entry><constant>root-loongarch64-verity</constant></entry>
212                <entry>Verity data for the LoongArch 64-bit root file system partition</entry>
213              </row>
214
215              <row>
216                <entry><constant>root-riscv32</constant></entry>
217                <entry>Root file system partition for the RISC-V 32-bit architecture</entry>
218              </row>
219
220              <row>
221                <entry><constant>root-riscv32-verity</constant></entry>
222                <entry>Verity data for the RISC-V 32-bit root file system partition</entry>
223              </row>
224
225              <row>
226                <entry><constant>root-riscv64</constant></entry>
227                <entry>Root file system partition for the RISC-V 64-bit architecture</entry>
228              </row>
229
230              <row>
231                <entry><constant>root-riscv64-verity</constant></entry>
232                <entry>Verity data for the RISC-V 64-bit root file system partition</entry>
233              </row>
234
235              <row>
236                <entry><constant>usr</constant></entry>
237                <entry><filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition type appropriate for the local architecture (an alias for an architecture <filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition type listed below, e.g. <constant>usr-x86-64</constant>)</entry>
238              </row>
239
240              <row>
241                <entry><constant>usr-verity</constant></entry>
242                <entry>Verity data for the <filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition for the local architecture</entry>
243              </row>
244
245              <row>
246                <entry><constant>usr-secondary</constant></entry>
247                <entry><filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition of the secondary architecture of the local architecture (usually the matching 32bit architecture for the local 64bit architecture)</entry>
248              </row>
249
250              <row>
251                <entry><constant>usr-secondary-verity</constant></entry>
252                <entry>Verity data for the <filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition of the secondary architecture</entry>
253              </row>
254
255              <row>
256                <entry><constant>usr-x86</constant></entry>
257                <entry><filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition for the x86 (32bit, aka i386) architecture</entry>
258              </row>
259
260              <row>
261                <entry><constant>usr-x86-verity</constant></entry>
262                <entry>Verity data for the x86 (32bit) <filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition</entry>
263              </row>
264
265              <row>
266                <entry><constant>usr-x86-64</constant></entry>
267                <entry><filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition for the x86_64 (64bit, aka amd64) architecture</entry>
268              </row>
269
270              <row>
271                <entry><constant>usr-x86-64-verity</constant></entry>
272                <entry>Verity data for the x86_64 (64bit) <filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition</entry>
273              </row>
274
275              <row>
276                <entry><constant>usr-arm</constant></entry>
277                <entry><filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition for the ARM (32bit) architecture</entry>
278              </row>
279
280              <row>
281                <entry><constant>usr-arm-verity</constant></entry>
282                <entry>Verity data for the ARM (32bit) <filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition</entry>
283              </row>
284
285              <row>
286                <entry><constant>usr-arm64</constant></entry>
287                <entry><filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition for the ARM (64bit, aka aarch64) architecture</entry>
288              </row>
289
290              <row>
291                <entry><constant>usr-arm64-verity</constant></entry>
292                <entry>Verity data for the ARM (64bit, aka aarch64) <filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition</entry>
293              </row>
294
295              <row>
296                <entry><constant>usr-ia64</constant></entry>
297                <entry><filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition for the ia64 architecture</entry>
298              </row>
299
300              <row>
301                <entry><constant>usr-ia64-verity</constant></entry>
302                <entry>Verity data for the ia64 <filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition</entry>
303              </row>
304
305              <row>
306                <entry><constant>usr-loongarch64</constant></entry>
307                <entry><filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition for the LoongArch 64-bit architecture</entry>
308              </row>
309
310              <row>
311                <entry><constant>usr-loongarch64-verity</constant></entry>
312                <entry>Verity data for the LoongArch 64-bit <filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition</entry>
313              </row>
314
315              <row>
316                <entry><constant>usr-riscv32</constant></entry>
317                <entry><filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition for the RISC-V 32-bit architecture</entry>
318              </row>
319
320              <row>
321                <entry><constant>usr-riscv32-verity</constant></entry>
322                <entry>Verity data for the RISC-V 32-bit <filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition</entry>
323              </row>
324
325              <row>
326                <entry><constant>usr-riscv64</constant></entry>
327                <entry><filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition for the RISC-V 64-bit architecture</entry>
328              </row>
329
330              <row>
331                <entry><constant>usr-riscv64-verity</constant></entry>
332                <entry>Verity data for the RISC-V 64-bit <filename>/usr/</filename> file system partition</entry>
333              </row>
334            </tbody>
335          </tgroup>
336        </table>
337
338        <para>This setting defaults to <constant>linux-generic</constant>.</para>
339
340        <para>Most of the partition type UUIDs listed above are defined in the <ulink
341        url="https://systemd.io/DISCOVERABLE_PARTITIONS">Discoverable Partitions
342        Specification</ulink>.</para></listitem>
343      </varlistentry>
344
345      <varlistentry>
346        <term><varname>Label=</varname></term>
347
348        <listitem><para>The textual label to assign to the partition if none is assigned yet. Note that this
349        setting is not used for matching. It is also not used when a label is already set for an existing
350        partition. It is thus only used when a partition is newly created or when an existing one had a no
351        label set (that is: an empty label). If not specified a label derived from the partition type is
352        automatically used. Simple specifier expansion is supported, see below.</para></listitem>
353      </varlistentry>
354
355      <varlistentry>
356        <term><varname>UUID=</varname></term>
357
358        <listitem><para>The UUID to assign to the partition if none is assigned yet. Note that this
359        setting is not used for matching. It is also not used when a UUID is already set for an existing
360        partition. It is thus only used when a partition is newly created or when an existing one had a
361        all-zero UUID set. If not specified a UUID derived from the partition type is automatically
362        used.</para></listitem>
363      </varlistentry>
364
365      <varlistentry>
366        <term><varname>Priority=</varname></term>
367
368        <listitem><para>A numeric priority to assign to this partition, in the range -2147483648…2147483647,
369        with smaller values indicating higher priority, and higher values indicating smaller priority. This
370        priority is used in case the configured size constraints on the defined partitions do not permit
371        fitting all partitions onto the available disk space. If the partitions do not fit, the highest
372        numeric partition priority of all defined partitions is determined, and all defined partitions with
373        this priority are removed from the list of new partitions to create (which may be multiple, if the
374        same priority is used for multiple partitions). The fitting algorithm is then tried again. If the
375        partitions still do not fit, the now highest numeric partition priority is determined, and the
376        matching partitions removed too, and so on. Partitions of a priority of 0 or lower are never
377        removed. If all partitions with a priority above 0 are removed and the partitions still do not fit on
378        the device the operation fails. Note that this priority has no effect on ordering partitions, for
379        that use the alphabetical order of the filenames of the partition definition files. Defaults to
380        0.</para></listitem>
381      </varlistentry>
382
383      <varlistentry>
384        <term><varname>Weight=</varname></term>
385
386        <listitem><para>A numeric weight to assign to this partition in the range 0…1000000. Available disk
387        space is assigned the defined partitions according to their relative weights (subject to the size
388        constraints configured with <varname>SizeMinBytes=</varname>, <varname>SizeMaxBytes=</varname>), so
389        that a partition with weight 2000 gets double the space as one with weight 1000, and a partition with
390        weight 333 a third of that. Defaults to 1000.</para>
391
392        <para>The <varname>Weight=</varname> setting is used to distribute available disk space in an
393        "elastic" fashion, based on the disk size and existing partitions. If a partition shall have a fixed
394        size use both <varname>SizeMinBytes=</varname> and <varname>SizeMaxBytes=</varname> with the same
395        value in order to fixate the size to one value, in which case the weight has no
396        effect.</para></listitem>
397      </varlistentry>
398
399      <varlistentry>
400        <term><varname>PaddingWeight=</varname></term>
401
402        <listitem><para>Similar to <varname>Weight=</varname> but sets a weight for the free space after the
403        partition (the "padding"). When distributing available space the weights of all partitions and all
404        defined padding is summed, and then each partition and padding gets the fraction defined by its
405        weight. Defaults to 0, i.e. by default no padding is applied.</para>
406
407        <para>Padding is useful if empty space shall be left for later additions or a safety margin at the
408        end of the device or between partitions.</para></listitem>
409      </varlistentry>
410
411      <varlistentry>
412        <term><varname>SizeMinBytes=</varname></term>
413        <term><varname>SizeMaxBytes=</varname></term>
414
415        <listitem><para>Specifies minimum and maximum size constraints in bytes. Takes the usual K, M, G, T,
416        …  suffixes (to the base of 1024). If <varname>SizeMinBytes=</varname> is specified the partition is
417        created at or grown to at least the specified size. If <varname>SizeMaxBytes=</varname> is specified
418        the partition is created at or grown to at most the specified size. The precise size is determined
419        through the weight value configured with <varname>Weight=</varname>, see above. When
420        <varname>SizeMinBytes=</varname> is set equal to <varname>SizeMaxBytes=</varname> the configured
421        weight has no effect as the partition is explicitly sized to the specified fixed value. Note that
422        partitions are never created smaller than 4096 bytes, and since partitions are never shrunk the
423        previous size of the partition (in case the partition already exists) is also enforced as lower bound
424        for the new size. The values should be specified as multiples of 4096 bytes, and are rounded upwards
425        (in case of <varname>SizeMinBytes=</varname>) or downwards (in case of
426        <varname>SizeMaxBytes=</varname>) otherwise. If the backing device does not provide enough space to
427        fulfill the constraints placing the partition will fail. For partitions that shall be created,
428        depending on the setting of <varname>Priority=</varname> (see above) the partition might be dropped
429        and the placing algorithm restarted. By default a minimum size constraint of 10M and no maximum size
430        constraint is set.</para></listitem>
431      </varlistentry>
432
433      <varlistentry>
434        <term><varname>PaddingMinBytes=</varname></term>
435        <term><varname>PaddingMaxBytes=</varname></term>
436
437        <listitem><para>Specifies minimum and maximum size constraints in bytes for the free space after the
438        partition (the "padding"). Semantics are similar to <varname>SizeMinBytes=</varname> and
439        <varname>SizeMaxBytes=</varname>, except that unlike partition sizes free space can be shrunk and can
440        be as small as zero. By default no size constraints on padding are set, so that only
441        <varname>PaddingWeight=</varname> determines the size of the padding applied.</para></listitem>
442      </varlistentry>
443
444      <varlistentry>
445        <term><varname>CopyBlocks=</varname></term>
446
447        <listitem><para>Takes a path to a regular file, block device node or directory, or the special value
448        <literal>auto</literal>. If specified and the partition is newly created, the data from the specified
449        path is written to the newly created partition, on the block level. If a directory is specified, the
450        backing block device of the file system the directory is on is determined, and the data read directly
451        from that. This option is useful to efficiently replicate existing file systems onto new partitions
452        on the block level — for example to build a simple OS installer or an OS image builder.</para>
453
454        <para>If the special value <literal>auto</literal> is specified, the source to copy from is
455        automatically picked up from the running system (or the image specified with
456        <option>--image=</option> — if used). A partition that matches both the configured partition type (as
457        declared with <varname>Type=</varname> described above), and the currently mounted directory
458        appropriate for that partition type is determined. For example, if the partition type is set to
459        <literal>root</literal> the partition backing the root directory (<filename>/</filename>) is used as
460        source to copy from — if its partition type is set to <literal>root</literal> as well. If the
461        declared type is <literal>usr</literal> the partition backing <filename>/usr/</filename> is used as
462        source to copy blocks from — if its partition type is set to <literal>usr</literal> too. The logic is
463        capable of automatically tracking down the backing partitions for encrypted and Verity-enabled
464        volumes. <literal>CopyBlocks=auto</literal> is useful for implementing "self-replicating" systems,
465        i.e. systems that are their own installer.</para>
466
467        <para>The file specified here must have a size that is a multiple of the basic block size 512 and not
468        be empty. If this option is used, the size allocation algorithm is slightly altered: the partition is
469        created as least as big as required to fit the data in, i.e. the data size is an additional minimum
470        size value taken into consideration for the allocation algorithm, similar to and in addition to the
471        <varname>SizeMin=</varname> value configured above.</para>
472
473        <para>This option has no effect if the partition it is declared for already exists, i.e. existing
474        data is never overwritten. Note that the data is copied in before the partition table is updated,
475        i.e. before the partition actually is persistently created. This provides robustness: it is
476        guaranteed that the partition either doesn't exist or exists fully populated; it is not possible that
477        the partition exists but is not or only partially populated.</para>
478
479        <para>This option cannot be combined with <varname>Format=</varname> or
480        <varname>CopyFiles=</varname>.</para></listitem>
481      </varlistentry>
482
483      <varlistentry>
484        <term><varname>Format=</varname></term>
485
486        <listitem><para>Takes a file system name, such as <literal>ext4</literal>, <literal>btrfs</literal>,
487        <literal>xfs</literal> or <literal>vfat</literal>, or the special value <literal>swap</literal>. If
488        specified and the partition is newly created it is formatted with the specified file system (or as
489        swap device). The file system UUID and label are automatically derived from the partition UUID and
490        label. If this option is used, the size allocation algorithm is slightly altered: the partition is
491        created as least as big as required for the minimal file system of the specified type (or 4KiB if the
492        minimal size is not known).</para>
493
494        <para>This option has no effect if the partition already exists.</para>
495
496        <para>Similar to the behaviour of <varname>CopyBlocks=</varname> the file system is formatted before
497        the partition is created, ensuring that the partition only ever exists with a fully initialized
498        file system.</para>
499
500        <para>This option cannot be combined with <varname>CopyBlocks=</varname>.</para></listitem>
501      </varlistentry>
502
503      <varlistentry>
504        <term><varname>CopyFiles=</varname></term>
505
506        <listitem><para>Takes a pair of colon separated absolute file system paths. The first path refers to
507        a source file or directory on the host, the second path refers to a target in the file system of the
508        newly created partition and formatted file system. This setting may be used to copy files or
509        directories from the host into the file system that is created due to the <varname>Format=</varname>
510        option. If <varname>CopyFiles=</varname> is used without <varname>Format=</varname> specified
511        explicitly, <literal>Format=</literal> with a suitable default is implied (currently
512        <literal>ext4</literal>, but this may change in the future). This option may be used multiple times
513        to copy multiple files or directories from host into the newly formatted file system. The colon and
514        second path may be omitted in which case the source path is also used as the target path (relative to
515        the root of the newly created file system). If the source path refers to a directory it is copied
516        recursively.</para>
517
518        <para>This option has no effect if the partition already exists: it cannot be used to copy additional
519        files into an existing partition, it may only be used to populate a file system created anew.</para>
520
521        <para>The copy operation is executed before the file system is registered in the partition table,
522        thus ensuring that a file system populated this way only ever exists fully initialized.</para>
523
524        <para>This option cannot be combined with <varname>CopyBlocks=</varname>.</para>
525
526        <para>When <command>systemd-repart</command> is invoked with the <option>--image=</option> or
527        <option>--root=</option> command line switches the source paths specified are taken relative to the
528        specified root directory or disk image root.</para></listitem>
529      </varlistentry>
530
531      <varlistentry>
532        <term><varname>MakeDirectories=</varname></term>
533
534        <listitem><para>Takes one or more absolute paths, separated by whitespace, each declaring a directory
535        to create within the new file system. Behaviour is similar to <varname>CopyFiles=</varname>, but
536        instead of copying in a set of files this just creates the specified directories with the default
537        mode of 0755 owned by the root user and group, plus all their parent directories (with the same
538        ownership and access mode). To configure directories with different ownership or access mode, use
539        <varname>CopyFiles=</varname> and specify a source tree to copy containing appropriately
540        owned/configured directories. This option may be used more than once to create multiple
541        directories. When <varname>CopyFiles=</varname> and <varname>MakeDirectories=</varname> are used
542        together the former is applied first. If a directory listed already exists no operation is executed
543        (in particular, the ownership/access mode of the directories is left as is).</para>
544
545        <para>The primary usecase for this option is to create a minimal set of directories that may be
546        mounted over by other partitions contained in the same disk image. For example, a disk image where
547        the root file system is formatted at first boot might want to automatically pre-create
548        <filename>/usr/</filename> in it this way, so that the <literal>usr</literal> partition may
549        over-mount it.</para>
550
551        <para>Consider using
552        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-tmpfiles</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
553        with its <option>--image=</option> option to pre-create other, more complex directory hierarchies (as
554        well as other inodes) with fine-grained control of ownership, access modes and other file
555        attributes.</para></listitem>
556      </varlistentry>
557
558      <varlistentry>
559        <term><varname>Encrypt=</varname></term>
560
561        <listitem><para>Takes one of <literal>off</literal>, <literal>key-file</literal>,
562        <literal>tpm2</literal> and <literal>key-file+tpm2</literal> (alternatively, also accepts a boolean
563        value, which is mapped to <literal>off</literal> when false, and <literal>key-file</literal> when
564        true). Defaults to <literal>off</literal>. If not <literal>off</literal> the partition will be
565        formatted with a LUKS2 superblock, before the blocks configured with <varname>CopyBlocks=</varname>
566        are copied in or the file system configured with <varname>Format=</varname> is created.</para>
567
568        <para>The LUKS2 UUID is automatically derived from the partition UUID in a stable fashion. If
569        <literal>key-file</literal> or <literal>key-file+tpm2</literal> is used, a key is added to the LUKS2
570        superblock, configurable with the <option>--key-file=</option> option to
571        <command>systemd-repart</command>. If <literal>tpm2</literal> or <literal>key-file+tpm2</literal> is
572        used, a key is added to the LUKS2 superblock that is enrolled to the local TPM2 chip, as configured
573        with the <option>--tpm2-device=</option> and <option>--tpm2-pcrs=</option> options to
574        <command>systemd-repart</command>.</para>
575
576        <para>When used this slightly alters the size allocation logic as the implicit, minimal size limits
577        of <varname>Format=</varname> and <varname>CopyBlocks=</varname> are increased by the space necessary
578        for the LUKS2 superblock (see above).</para>
579
580        <para>This option has no effect if the partition already exists.</para></listitem>
581      </varlistentry>
582
583      <varlistentry>
584        <term><varname>FactoryReset=</varname></term>
585
586        <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If specified the partition is marked for removal during a
587        factory reset operation. This functionality is useful to implement schemes where images can be reset
588        into their original state by removing partitions and creating them anew. Defaults to off.</para></listitem>
589      </varlistentry>
590
591      <varlistentry>
592        <term><varname>Flags=</varname></term>
593
594        <listitem><para>Configures the 64bit GPT partition flags field to set for the partition when creating
595        it. This option has no effect if the partition already exists. If not specified the flags values is
596        set to all zeroes, except for the three bits that can also be configured via
597        <varname>NoAuto=</varname>, <varname>ReadOnly=</varname> and <varname>GrowFileSystem=</varname>; see
598        below for details on the defaults for these three flags. Specify the flags value in hexadecimal (by
599        prefixing it with <literal>0x</literal>), binary (prefix <literal>0b</literal>) or decimal (no
600        prefix).</para></listitem>
601      </varlistentry>
602
603      <varlistentry>
604        <term><varname>NoAuto=</varname></term>
605        <term><varname>ReadOnly=</varname></term>
606        <term><varname>GrowFileSystem=</varname></term>
607
608        <listitem><para>Configures the No-Auto, Read-Only and Grow-File-System partition flags (bit 63, 60
609        and 59) of the partition table entry, as defined by the <ulink
610        url="https://systemd.io/DISCOVERABLE_PARTITIONS">Discoverable Partitions Specification</ulink>. Only
611        available for partition types supported by the specification. This option is a friendly way to set
612        bits 63, 60 and 59 of the partition flags value without setting any of the other bits, and may be set
613        via <varname>Flags=</varname> too, see above.</para>
614
615        <para>If <varname>Flags=</varname> is used in conjunction with one or more of
616        <varname>NoAuto=</varname>/<varname>ReadOnly=</varname>/<varname>GrowFileSystem=</varname> the latter
617        control the value of the relevant flags, i.e. the high-level settings
618        <varname>NoAuto=</varname>/<varname>ReadOnly=</varname>/<varname>GrowFileSystem=</varname> override
619        the relevant bits of the low-level setting <varname>Flags=</varname>.</para>
620
621        <para>Note that the three flags affect only automatic partition mounting, as implemented by
622        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
623        or the <option>--image=</option> option of various commands (such as
624        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>). It
625        has no effect on explicit mounts, such as those done via <citerefentry
626        project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> or
627        <citerefentry
628        project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
629
630        <para>If both bit 50 and 59 are set for a partition (i.e. the partition is marked both read-only and
631        marked for file system growing) the latter is typically without effect: the read-only flag takes
632        precedence in most tools reading these flags, and since growing the file system involves writing to
633        the partition it is consequently ignored.</para>
634
635        <para><varname>NoAuto=</varname> defaults to off. <varname>ReadOnly=</varname> defaults to on for
636        Verity partition types, and off for all others. <varname>GrowFileSystem=</varname> defaults to on for
637        all partition types that support it, except if the partition is marked read-only (and thus
638        effectively, defaults to off for Verity partitions).</para></listitem>
639      </varlistentry>
640    </variablelist>
641  </refsect1>
642
643  <refsect1>
644    <title>Specifiers</title>
645
646    <para>Specifiers may be used in the <varname>Label=</varname>, <varname>CopyBlocks=</varname>,
647    <varname>CopyFiles=</varname>, <varname>MakeDirectories=</varname> settings. The following expansions are
648    understood:</para>
649      <table class='specifiers'>
650        <title>Specifiers available</title>
651        <tgroup cols='3' align='left' colsep='1' rowsep='1'>
652          <colspec colname="spec" />
653          <colspec colname="mean" />
654          <colspec colname="detail" />
655          <thead>
656            <row>
657              <entry>Specifier</entry>
658              <entry>Meaning</entry>
659              <entry>Details</entry>
660            </row>
661          </thead>
662          <tbody>
663            <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="a"/>
664            <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="A"/>
665            <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="b"/>
666            <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="B"/>
667            <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="H"/>
668            <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="l"/>
669            <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="m"/>
670            <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="M"/>
671            <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="o"/>
672            <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="v"/>
673            <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="w"/>
674            <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="W"/>
675            <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="T"/>
676            <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="V"/>
677            <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="percent"/>
678          </tbody>
679        </tgroup>
680      </table>
681  </refsect1>
682
683  <refsect1>
684    <title>Examples</title>
685
686    <example>
687      <title>Grow the root partition to the full disk size at first boot</title>
688
689      <para>With the following file the root partition is automatically grown to the full disk if possible during boot.</para>
690
691      <para><programlisting># /usr/lib/repart.d/50-root.conf
692[Partition]
693Type=root
694</programlisting></para>
695    </example>
696
697    <example>
698      <title>Create a swap and home partition automatically on boot, if missing</title>
699
700      <para>The home partition gets all available disk space while the swap partition gets 1G at most and 64M
701      at least. We set a priority > 0 on the swap partition to ensure the swap partition is not used if not
702      enough space is available. For every three bytes assigned to the home partition the swap partition gets
703      assigned one.</para>
704
705      <para><programlisting># /usr/lib/repart.d/60-home.conf
706[Partition]
707Type=home
708</programlisting></para>
709
710      <para><programlisting># /usr/lib/repart.d/70-swap.conf
711[Partition]
712Type=swap
713SizeMinBytes=64M
714SizeMaxBytes=1G
715Priority=1
716Weight=333
717</programlisting></para>
718    </example>
719
720    <example>
721      <title>Create B partitions in an A/B Verity setup, if missing</title>
722
723      <para>Let's say the vendor intends to update OS images in an A/B setup, i.e. with two root partitions
724      (and two matching Verity partitions) that shall be used alternatingly during upgrades. To minimize
725      image sizes the original image is shipped only with one root and one Verity partition (the "A" set),
726      and the second root and Verity partitions (the "B" set) shall be created on first boot on the free
727      space on the medium.</para>
728
729      <para><programlisting># /usr/lib/repart.d/50-root.conf
730[Partition]
731Type=root
732SizeMinBytes=512M
733SizeMaxBytes=512M
734</programlisting></para>
735
736      <para><programlisting># /usr/lib/repart.d/60-root-verity.conf
737[Partition]
738Type=root-verity
739SizeMinBytes=64M
740SizeMaxBytes=64M
741</programlisting></para>
742
743      <para>The definitions above cover the "A" set of root partition (of a fixed 512M size) and Verity
744      partition for the root partition (of a fixed 64M size). Let's use symlinks to create the "B" set of
745      partitions, since after all they shall have the same properties and sizes as the "A" set.</para>
746
747<para><programlisting># ln -s 50-root.conf /usr/lib/repart.d/70-root-b.conf
748# ln -s 60-root-verity.conf /usr/lib/repart.d/80-root-verity-b.conf
749</programlisting></para>
750    </example>
751
752  </refsect1>
753
754  <refsect1>
755    <title>See Also</title>
756    <para>
757      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
758      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-repart</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
759      <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sfdisk</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
760      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptenroll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
761    </para>
762  </refsect1>
763
764</refentry>
765