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Document how to modify kargs via rpm-ostree
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jlebon committed Oct 26, 2020
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*** xref:hostname.adoc[Setting a Hostname]
*** xref:customize-nic.adoc[How to Customize a NIC Name]
*** xref:sysconfig-configure-swaponzram.adoc[Configuring SwapOnZRAM]
*** xref:kernel-args.adoc[Modifying Kernel Arguments]
** OS updates
*** xref:update-streams.adoc[Update Streams]
*** xref:auto-updates.adoc[Auto-Updates]
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= Modifying Kernel Arguments

Currently to change kernel arguments, you must script a systemd service which runs `rpm-ostree kargs --reboot`. The command supports appending kernel arguments (via `--append KEY[=VAL]`), deleting them (via `--delete KEY[=VAL]`), and replacing them (via `--replace KEY[=VALUE]`).

NOTE: In the future, we will have a more Ignition-friendly method of doing this with stronger guarantees. See https://github.com/coreos/ignition/issues/1051[this upstream issue] for more information.

Here's an example which drops the default `systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=0` kernel argument so that the machine uses cgroups v2:

[source,yaml]
----
variant: fcos
version: 1.1.0
passwd:
users:
- name: core
ssh_authorized_keys:
- $pubkey
systemd:
units:
- name: cgroups-v2-karg.service
enabled: true
contents: |
[Unit]
Description=Switch To cgroups v2
# We run after `systemd-machine-id-commit.service` to ensure that
# `ConditionFirstBoot=true` services won't rerun on the next boot.
After=systemd-machine-id-commit.service
ConditionKernelCommandLine=systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy
ConditionPathExists=!/var/lib/cgroups-v2-karg.stamp
[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
ExecStart=/bin/rpm-ostree kargs --delete=systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy
ExecStart=/bin/touch /var/lib/cgroups-v2-karg.stamp
ExecStart=/bin/systemctl --no-block reboot
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
----

NOTE: The `After=systemd-machine-id-commit.service` directive is important to avoid some subtle issues. Similarly, any `ConditionFirstBoot=true` services should use `Before=first-boot-complete.target systemd-machine-id-commit.service`. See https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/3045c416e1cbbd8ab40577790522217fd1b9cb3b/man/systemd.unit.xml#L1315[the systemd documentation] for more details.

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