# machine-info

## NAME



           machine-info - Local machine information file
    


## SYNOPSIS



           /etc/machine-info
    


## DESCRIPTION



           The /etc/machine-info file contains machine metadata.
    
           The format of machine-info is a newline-separated list of
           environment-like shell-compatible variable assignments, ignoring
           comments and empty lines. It is possible to source the
           configuration from shell scripts, however, beyond mere variable
           assignments no shell features are supported, allowing applications
           to read the file without implementing a shell compatible execution
           engine. See os-release(5) for a detailed description of the
           format.
    
           /etc/machine-info contains metadata about the machine that is set
           by the user or administrator. The settings configured here have
           the highest precedence. When not set, appropriate values may be
           determined automatically, based on the information about the
           hardware or other configuration files. It is thus completely fine
           for this file to not be present.
    
           You may use hostnamectl(1) to change the settings of this file
           from the command line.
    


## OPTIONS



           The following machine metadata parameters may be set using
           /etc/machine-info:
    
           _PRETTY_HOSTNAME=_
               A pretty human-readable UTF-8 machine identifier string. This
               should contain a name like "Lennart's Laptop" which is useful
               to present to the user and does not suffer by the syntax
               limitations of internet domain names. If possible, the
               internet hostname as configured in /etc/hostname should be
               kept similar to this one. Example: if this value is "Lennart's
               Computer" an Internet hostname of "lennarts-computer" might be
               a good choice. If this parameter is not set, an application
               should fall back to the Internet hostname for presentation
               purposes.
    
           _ICON_NAME=_
               An icon identifying this machine according to the **XDG Icon**
               **Naming Specification******[1]. If this parameter is not set, an
               application should fall back to "computer" or a similar icon
               name._CHASSIS=_
               The chassis type. Currently, the following chassis types are
               defined: "desktop", "laptop", "convertible", "server",
               "tablet", "handset", "watch", and "embedded", as well as the
               special chassis types "vm" and "container" for virtualized
               systems that lack an immediate physical chassis.
    
               Note that most systems allow detection of the chassis type
               automatically (based on firmware information or suchlike).
               This setting should only be used to override a misdetection or
               to manually configure the chassis type where automatic
               detection is not available.
    
               Added in version 197.
    
           _DEPLOYMENT=_
               Describes the system deployment environment. One of the
               following is suggested: "development", "integration",
               "staging", "production".
    
               Added in version 216.
    
           _LOCATION=_
               Describes the system location if applicable and known. Takes a
               human-friendly, free-form string. This may be as generic as
               "Berlin, Germany" or as specific as "Left Rack, 2nd Shelf".
    
               Added in version 216.
    
           _HARDWARE_VENDOR=_
               Specifies the hardware vendor. If unspecified, the hardware
               vendor set in DMI or hwdb(7) will be used.
    
               Added in version 251.
    
           _HARDWARE_MODEL=_
               Specifies the hardware model. If unspecified, the hardware
               model set in DMI or hwdb(7) will be used.
    
               Added in version 251.
    
           _HARDWARE_SKU=_
               Specifies the hardware SKU (Stock-Keeping Unit). If
               unspecified, the hardware SKU set in DMI will be used.
    
               Added in version 258.
    
           _HARDWARE_VERSION=_
               Specifies the hardware version. If unspecified, the hardware
               version set in DMI will be used.
    
               Added in version 258.
    


## EXAMPLE



               PRETTY_HOSTNAME="Lennart's Tablet"
               ICON_NAME=computer-tablet
               CHASSIS=tablet
               DEPLOYMENT=production
    


## NOTES



            1. XDG Icon Naming Specification
               https://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html
    


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