autosuspend.conf

NAME

autosuspend.conf - autosuspend config file Documentation

GENERAL CONFIGURATION

Configures the autosuspend daemon.

Syntax

The autosuspend configuration file uses INI syntax and needs to be processable by the Python configparser <https://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html> module.

A simple configuration file could look like:

[general]
interval = 30
idle_time = 900
suspend_cmd = /usr/bin/systemctl suspend
wakeup_cmd = echo {timestamp:.0f} > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm
notify_cmd_wakeup = su myuser -c notify-send -a autosuspend 'Suspending the system. Wake up at {iso}'
notify_cmd_no_wakeup = su myuser -c notify-send -a autosuspend 'Suspending the system.'
lock_file = /var/lock/autosuspend.lock
lock_timeout = 30

[check.Ping]
enabled = false
hosts = 192.168.0.7

[check.RemoteUsers]
class = Users
enabled = true
name = .*
terminal = .*
host = [0-9].*

[wakeup.File]
enabled = True
path = /var/run/autosuspend/wakeup

The configuration file consists of a [general] section, which specifies general processing options, and multiple sections of the format [check.*] and [wakeup.*]. These sections describe the activity and wake up checks to execute.

General configuration

The [general] section contains options controlling the overall behavior of the autosuspend daemon. These are:

interval: The time to wait after executing all checks in seconds.

idle_time: The required amount of time in seconds with no detected activity before the host will be suspended. Default: 300 seconds

min_sleep_time: The minimal amount of time in seconds the system has to sleep for actually triggering suspension. If a scheduled wake up results in an effective time below this value, the system will not sleep. Default: 1200 seconds

wakeup_delta: Wake up the system this amount of seconds earlier than the time that was determined for an event that requires the system to be up. This value adds a safety margin for the time a the wake up effectively takes. Default: 30 seconds

suspend_cmd: The command to execute in case the host shall be suspended. This line can contain additional command line arguments to the command to execute.

wakeup_cmd: The command to execute for scheduling a wake up of the system. The given string is processed using Python's str.format() and a format argument called timestamp encodes the UTC timestamp of the planned wake up time (float). Additionally iso can be used to acquire the timestamp in ISO 8601 format.

notify_cmd_wakeup: A command to execute before the system is going to suspend for the purpose of notifying interested clients. This command is only called in case a wake up is scheduled. The given string is processed using Python's str.format() and a format argument called timestamp encodes the UTC timestamp of the planned wake up time (float). Additionally iso can be used to acquire the timestamp in ISO 8601 format. If empty or not specified, no command will be called.

notify_cmd_no_wakeup: A command to execute before the system is going to suspend for the purpose of notifying interested clients. This command is only called in case NO wake up is scheduled. Hence, no string formatting options are available. If empty or not specified, no command will be called.

woke_up_file: Location of a file that indicates to autosuspend that the computer has suspended since the last time checks were executed. This file is usually created by a systemd <https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/> service. Thus, changing the location also requires adapting the respective service. Refer to systemd integration for further details.

lock_file: Location of a file that is used to synchronize the continuously running daemon and the systemd callback.

lock_timeout: Timeout in seconds used when trying to acquire the lock. This should be longer than the maximum run time of all configured checks. In the worst cases, suspending the system is delayed by this amount of time because presuspend hook has to wait before all checks have passed.

Activity check configuration

For each activity check to execute, a section with the name format [check.*] needs to be created. Each check has a name and an executing class which implements the behavior. The fraction of the section name check. determines the name, and in case no class option is given inside the section, also the class which implements the check. In case the class option is specified, the name is completely user-defined and the same check can even be instantiated multiple times with differing names.

For each check, these generic options can be specified:

class: Name of the class implementing the check. If the name does not contain a dot ( .), this is assumed to be one of the checks provided by autosuspend internally. Otherwise, this can be used to pull in third-party checks. If this option is not specified, the section name must represent a valid internal check class.

enabled: Needs to be true for a check to actually execute. false is assumed if not specified.

Furthermore, each check might have custom options.

Wake up check configuration

Wake up checks uses the same configuration logic as the previously described activity checks. However, the configuration file sections start with wakeup. instead of check..

For options of individual checks, please refer to Available activity checks and Available wake up checks.

AVAILABLE ACTIVITY CHECK

Available activity checks

The following checks for activity are currently implemented. Each of the is described with its available configuration options and required optional dependencies.

ActiveCalendarEvent

Checks an online iCalendar <https://icalendar.readthedocs.io> file for events that are currently running. If so, this indicates activity and prevents suspending the system. Thus, a calendar can be provided with times at which the system should not go to sleep. If this calendar resides on an online service like a groupware it might even be possible to invite the system.

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