SYSTEMD-STORAGE-BLOCK@.SERVICE(8)               systemd-storage-block@.service

NAME
       systemd-storage-block@.service, systemd-storage-block.socket, systemd-
       storage-block - Storage provider exposing local block devices as
       storage volumes

SYNOPSIS
       systemd-storage-block@.service

       systemd-storage-block.socket

DESCRIPTION
       systemd-storage-block@.service is a system service that implements the
       io.systemd.StorageProvider Varlink[1] interface, exposing the system's
       block devices (such as disks, partitions, and device-mapper nodes) as
       storage volumes that may be acquired by other programs as file
       descriptors.

       The service is socket-activated via systemd-storage-block.socket, which
       listens on the AF_UNIX socket
       /run/systemd/io.systemd.StorageProvider/block. The socket directory
       /run/systemd/io.systemd.StorageProvider/ is the well-known location
       where storage providers register, see storagectl(1) for an enumeration
       tool.

       See also systemd-storage-fs@.service(8) for a complementary
       implementation that exposes regular files and directories from a
       backing file system.

VOLUMES
       The volumes exposed via the provider are identified by an absolute path
       (which must begin with /dev/), i.e. as a kernel block device node such
       as /dev/sda or /dev/disk/by-id/.... Volume names that are not
       normalized or that do not begin with /dev/ are not accepted.

OPTIONS
       The following options are understood:

       -h, --help
           Print a short help text and exit.

       --version
           Print a short version string and exit.

FILES
       /run/systemd/io.systemd.StorageProvider/block
           AF_UNIX socket the service listens on. This is the canonical
           location for the "block" storage provider, and is enumerated by
           storagectl providers.

           Added in version 261.

SEE ALSO
       systemd(1), storagectl(1), systemd-storage-fs@.service(8)

NOTES
        1. Varlink
           https://varlink.org/

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