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<a href="../libudev/index.html">gudev </a><span style="float:right">systemd 219</span><hr><div class="refentry"><a name="machine-info"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>machine-info — Local machine information file</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><p><code class="filename">/etc/machine-info</code></p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm140152381440448"></a><h2 id="Description">Description<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Description">¶</a></h2><p>The <code class="filename">/etc/machine-info</code> file contains
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machine metadata.</p><p>The basic file format of <code class="filename">machine-info</code>
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is a newline-separated list of environment-like shell-compatible
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variable assignments. It is possible to source the configuration
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from shell scripts, however, beyond mere variable assignments no
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shell features are supported, allowing applications to read the
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file without implementing a shell compatible execution
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engine.</p><p><code class="filename">/etc/machine-info</code> contains metadata
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about the machine that is set by the user or administrator.</p><p>Depending on the operating system other configuration files
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might be checked for machine information as well, however only as
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fallback.</p><p>You may use
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<a href="hostnamectl.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">hostnamectl</span>(1)</span></a>
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to change the settings of this file from the command line.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm140152383583856"></a><h2 id="Options">Options<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Options">¶</a></h2><p>The following machine metadata parameters may be set using
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<code class="filename">/etc/machine-info</code>:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="PRETTY_HOSTNAME="><span class="term"><code class="varname">PRETTY_HOSTNAME=</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#PRETTY_HOSTNAME=">¶</a></dt><dd><p>A pretty human-readable UTF-8 machine
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identifier string. This should contain a name like
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"<code class="literal">Lennart's Laptop</code>" which is useful to present
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to the user and does not suffer by the syntax limitations of
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internet domain names. If possible, the internet hostname as
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configured in <code class="filename">/etc/hostname</code> should be
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kept similar to this one. Example: if this value is
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"<code class="literal">Lennart's Computer</code>" an Internet hostname of
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"<code class="literal">lennarts-computer</code>" might be a good choice.
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If this parameter is not set, an application should fall back
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to the Internet host name for presentation
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purposes.</p></dd><dt id="ICON_NAME="><span class="term"><code class="varname">ICON_NAME=</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#ICON_NAME=">¶</a></dt><dd><p>An icon identifying this machine according to
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the <a class="ulink" href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html" target="_top">XDG
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Icon Naming Specification</a>. If this parameter is not
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set, an application should fall back to
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"<code class="literal">computer</code>" or a similar icon
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name.</p></dd><dt id="CHASSIS="><span class="term"><code class="varname">CHASSIS=</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#CHASSIS=">¶</a></dt><dd><p>The chassis type. Currently, the following
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chassis types are defined:
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"<code class="literal">desktop</code>",
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"<code class="literal">laptop</code>",
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"<code class="literal">server</code>",
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"<code class="literal">tablet</code>",
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"<code class="literal">handset</code>",
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"<code class="literal">watch</code>", and
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"<code class="literal">embedded</code>"
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as well as the special chassis types
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"<code class="literal">vm</code>" and
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"<code class="literal">container</code>" for
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virtualized systems that lack an immediate physical chassis.
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Note that many systems allow detection of the chassis type
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automatically (based on firmware information or suchlike).
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This setting (if set) shall take precedence over automatically
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detected information and is useful to override misdetected
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configuration or to manually configure the chassis type where
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automatic detection is not available.</p></dd><dt id="DEPLOYMENT="><span class="term"><code class="varname">DEPLOYMENT=</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#DEPLOYMENT=">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Describes the system deployment environment.
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One of the following is suggested:
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"<code class="literal">development</code>",
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"<code class="literal">integration</code>",
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"<code class="literal">staging</code>",
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"<code class="literal">production</code>".
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</p></dd><dt id="LOCATION="><span class="term"><code class="varname">LOCATION=</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#LOCATION=">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Describes the system location if applicable
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and known. Takes a human-friendly, free-form string. This may
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be as generic as "<code class="literal">Berlin, Germany</code>" or as
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specific as "<code class="literal">Left Rack, 2nd Shelf</code>".
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</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm140152383676480"></a><h2 id="Example">Example<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Example">¶</a></h2><pre class="programlisting">PRETTY_HOSTNAME="Lennart's Tablet"
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ICON_NAME=computer-tablet
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CHASSIS=tablet
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DEPLOYMENT=production</pre></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm140152383674912"></a><h2 id="See Also">See Also<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#See%20Also">¶</a></h2><p>
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<a href="systemd.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd</span>(1)</span></a>,
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<a href="os-release.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">os-release</span>(5)</span></a>,
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<a href="hostname.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">hostname</span>(5)</span></a>,
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<a href="machine-id.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">machine-id</span>(5)</span></a>,
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<a href="hostnamectl.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">hostnamectl</span>(1)</span></a>,
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<a href="systemd-hostnamed.service.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-hostnamed.service</span>(8)</span></a>
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