NAME

       systemd.slice - Slice unit configuration

SYNOPSIS

       slice.slice

DESCRIPTION

       A unit configuration file whose name ends in ".slice" encodes information about a slice
       which is a concept for hierarchically managing resources of a group of processes. This
       management is performed by creating a node in the Linux Control Group (cgroup) tree. Units
       that manage processes (primarily scope and service units) may be assigned to a specific
       slice. For each slice, certain resource limits may be set that apply to all processes of
       all units contained in that slice. Slices are organized hierarchically in a tree. The name
       of the slice encodes the location in the tree. The name consists of a dash-separated
       series of names, which describes the path to the slice from the root slice. The root slice
       is named, -.slice. Example: foo-bar.slice is a slice that is located within foo.slice,
       which in turn is located in the root slice -.slice.

       By default, service and scope units are placed in system.slice, virtual machines and
       containers registered with systemd-machined(1) are found in machine.slice, and user
       sessions handled by systemd-logind(1) in user.slice. See systemd.special(5) for more
       information.

       See systemd.unit(5) for the common options of all unit configuration files. The common
       configuration items are configured in the generic [Unit] and [Install] sections. The slice
       specific configuration options are configured in the [Slice] section. Currently, only
       generic resource control settings as described in systemd.resource-control(5) are allowed.

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

AUTOMATIC DEPENDENCIES

       Slice units automatically gain dependencies of type After= and Requires= on their
       immediate parent slice unit.

       Unless DefaultDependencies=false is used, slice units will implicitly have dependencies of
       type Conflicts= and Before= on shutdown.target. These ensure that slice units are removed
       prior to system shutdown. Only slice units involved with early boot or late system
       shutdown should disable this option.

SEE ALSO

       systemd(1), systemd.unit(5), systemd.resource-control(5), systemd.service(5),
       systemd.scope(5), systemd.special(7), systemd.directives(7)

NOTES

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