Re: Restart systemd service based on memory usage

[Ed Greshko]

On 23/07/2021 04:22, Richard Shaw wrote:
>  On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 2:41 PM Ed Greshko <ed.greshko(a)greshko.com
> <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>
>      On 23/07/2021 03:00, Richard Shaw wrote:
>      > I have a Kiosk I'm trying out using Chromium, unfortunately it seems to have
> a memory leak and crashes in less than 24 hours of usage.
>      >
>      > I see systemD has an option for "MemoryMax" but was wondering if
> anyone has actually used it?
>      >
>      > Is it as simple as
>      > MemoryMax=512M
>      > OnFailure=Restart
>      >
>      > or something like that?
>      >
>
>      Is Chromium started by a systemd unit/service?
>
>
>  Not yet, but it will be :)
>
>  I'm loosely following this:
>
>  https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-kiosk/
> <https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-kiosk/> 
Check out https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.resource-control...
and both MemoryMax MemoryHigh.

FWIW, all of my limited knowledge of systemd comes from
systemd-devel(a)lists.freedesktop.org.

They have been nothing but helpful in sorting out my questions.


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