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SFSMETALOGGER.CFG(5)   SFSMETALOGGER.CFG(5)

NAME

sfsmetalogger.cfg - configuration file for sfsmetalogger

DESCRIPTION

The file sfsmetalogger.cfg contains configuration of SaunaFS metalogger process.

SYNTAX

Syntax is:

OPTION = VALUE

Lines starting with # character are ignored.

OPTIONS

Configuration options:

DATA_PATH

where to store metadata files

WORKING_USER

user to run daemon as

WORKING_GROUP

group to run daemon as (optional - if empty then default user group will be used)

SYSLOG_IDENT

name of process to place in syslog messages (default is sfsmetalogger)

LOCK_MEMORY

whether to perform mlockall() to avoid swapping out sfsmetalogger process (default is 0, i.e. no)

LIMIT_GLIBC_MALLOC_ARENAS

Linux only: limit glibc malloc arenas to given value - prevents from using huge amount of virtual memory. This can influence performance by reducing memory fragmentation and improving cache locality, but it may also lead to contention and reduced parallelism in multi-threaded applications. Use it in constrained memory environments, recommended values are 4 or 8. (default is 0: disabled or let glibc decide)

NICE_LEVEL

nice level to run daemon with (default is -19 if possible; note: process must be started as root to increase priority)

BACK_LOGS

number of metadata change log files (default is 50)

BACK_META_KEEP_PREVIOUS

number of previous metadata files to be kept (default is 3)

META_DOWNLOAD_FREQ

metadata download frequency in hours (default is 24, at most BACK_LOGS/2)

MASTER_HOST

address of SaunaFS master host to connect with (default is sfsmaster)

MASTER_PORT

number of SaunaFS master port to connect with (default is 9419)

MASTER_RECONNECTION_DELAY

delay in seconds before trying to reconnect to master after disconnection (default is 30)

MASTER_TIMEOUT

timeout (in seconds) for master connections (default is 60)

LOG_LEVEL

Setup logging. Uses the environment variable SAUNAFS_LOG_LEVEL or config value LOG_LEVEL to determine logging level. Valid log levels are

trace

debug

info

warn or warning

err or error

crit or critical

off

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to the Github repository https://github.com/leil/saunafs as an issue.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2008-2009 Gemius SA

Copyright 2013-2019 Skytechnology sp. z o.o.

Copyright 2023-2024 Leil Storage OÜ

SaunaFS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3.

SaunaFS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with SaunaFS. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

SEE ALSO

sfsmetalogger(8)

08/28/2025