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NAME
autosuspend.conf - autosuspend config file Documentation
SYNOPSIS
/etc/autosuspend.conf
DESCRIPTION
Configures the autosuspend daemon.
Syntax
The autosuspend configuration file uses INI syntax and needs to be processable by the Python configparser
module.
A simple configuration file could look like:
[general]
interval = 30
idle_time = 900
suspend_cmd = /usr/bin/systemctl suspend
[check.Ping]
enabled = false
hosts = 192.168.0.7
[check.RemoteUsers]
class = Users
enabled = true
name = .*
terminal = .*
host = [0-9].*
The configuration file consists of a [general] section, which specifies general processing options, and
multiple options of the format [check.*]. These sections describe the checks to execute to determine
inactivity.
General Configuration
The [general] section contains options controlling the overall behavior of the autosuspend daemon. These
are:
interval
The time to wait after executing all checks in seconds.
idle_time
The required amount of time in seconds with no detected activity before the host will be
suspended.
suspend_cmd
The command to execute in case the host shall be suspended. This line can contain additional
command line arguments to the command to execute.
Check Configuration
For each check to execute, a section with the name format [check.*] needs to be created. Each check has
a name and an executing class which implements the behavior. The fraction of the section name check.
determines the name, and in case no class option is given inside the section, also the class which
implements the check. In case the option:`class option is specified, the name is completely user-defined
and the same check can even be instantiated multiple times with differing names.
For each check, these generic options can be specified:
class Name of the class implementing the check. If this is not specified, the section name must
represent a valid check class (see list below).
enabled
Needs to be true for a check to actually execute. false is assumed if not specified.
Furthermore, each check might have custom options.
AVAILABLE CHECKS
The following checks for activity are currently implemented. Each of the is described with its available
configuration options and required optional dependencies.
Ping
Checks whether one or more hosts answer to ICMP requests.
Options
hosts Comma-separated list of host names or IPs.
Requirements
Mpd
Checks whether an instance of MPD is currently playing music.
Options
host Host containing the MPD daemon, default: localhost
port Port to connect to the MPD daemon, default: 6600
timeout
Request timeout in seconds, default: 5
Requirements
• python-mpd2
Kodi
Checks whether an instance of Kodi is currently playing.
Options
url Base URL of the JSON RPC API of the Kodi instance, default: http://localhost:8080/jsonrpc
timeout
Request timeout in seconds, default: 5
Requirements
• requests
Users
Checks whether a user currently logged in at the system matches several criteria. All provided criteria
must match to indicate activity on the host.
Options
All regular expressions are applied against the full string. Capturing substrings needs to be explicitly
enabled using wildcard matching.
name A regular expression specifying which users to capture, default: .*.
terminal
A regular expression specifying the terminal on which the user needs to be logged in, default: .*.
host A regular expression specifying the host from which a user needs to be logged in, default: .*.
Requirements
Smb
Any active Samba connection will block suspend.
Options
Requirements
smbstatus
executable needs to be present.
Processes
If currently running processes match an expression, the suspend will be blocked. You might use this to
hinder the system from suspending when for example your rsync runs.
Options
processes
list of comma-separated process names to check for
Requirements
ActiveConnection
Checks whether there is currently a client connected to a TCP server at certain ports. Can be used to
e.g. block suspending the system in case SSH users are connected or a web server is used by clients.
Options
ports list of comma-separated port numbers
Requirements
Load
Checks whether the system load 5 is below a certain value.
Options
threshold
a float for the maximum allowed load value, default: 2.5
Requirements
XIdleTime
Checks whether all active local X displays have been idle for a sufficiently long time. This assumes a
recent operating system where the X server is started with user permissions (i.e. not as root).
Options
timeout
required idle time in seconds
ignore_if_process
a regular expression to match against the process names executed by each X session owner. In case
the use has a process running, which matches against this expression, the X idle time is ignore
and the check continues as if there was no activity. This can be useful in case of processes
which inevitabl
The options of individual checks are outlined below.
AUTHOR
Johannes Wienke
COPYRIGHT
2017, Johannes Wienke
1.0 Dec 17, 2017 AUTOSUSPEND.CONF(5)