NAME

       systemd-volatile-root.service, systemd-volatile-root - Make the root file system volatile

SYNOPSIS

       systemd-volatile-root.service

       /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-volatile-root

DESCRIPTION

       systemd-volatile-root.service is a service that replaces the root directory with a volatile memory file
       system ("tmpfs"), mounting the original (non-volatile) /usr/ inside it read-only. This way, vendor data
       from /usr/ is available as usual, but all configuration data in /etc/, all state data in /var/ and all
       other resources stored directly under the root directory are reset on boot and lost at shutdown, enabling
       fully stateless systems.

       This service is only enabled if full volatile mode is selected, for example by specifying
       "systemd.volatile=yes" on the kernel command line. This service runs only in the initrd, before the
       system transitions to the host's root directory. Note that this service is not used if
       "systemd.volatile=state" is used, as in that mode the root directory is non-volatile.

SEE ALSO

       systemd(1), systemd-fstab-generator(8), kernel-command-line(7)