System configuration /etc/config/system

The system UCI subsystem configuration file is located in /etc/config/system. The default settings are:

config system
	option hostname 'OpenWrt'
	option timezone 'UTC'
	option ttylogin '0'
	option log_size '64'
	option urandom_seed '0'
 
config timeserver 'ntp'
	option enabled '1'
	option enable_server '0'
	list server '0.openwrt.pool.ntp.org'
	list server '1.openwrt.pool.ntp.org'
	list server '2.openwrt.pool.ntp.org'
	list server '3.openwrt.pool.ntp.org'

The system section contains settings that apply to the most basic operation of the system, such as the hostname, the time zone, and how and where to write logging information to. These options can be set in the system section:

Name Type Required Default Description
hostname string no OpenWrt The hostname for this system. Avoid points, even if they are within quotes. For example ' my.hostname ' will show only the ' my ' part
description string no (none) A short, single-line description for this system. It should be suitable for human consumption in user interfaces, such as LuCI, selector UIs in remote administration applications, or remote UCI (over ubus RPC).
notes string no (none) A multi-line, free-form text field about this system that can be used in any way the user wishes, e.g. to hold installation notes, or unit serial number and inventory number, location, etc.
buffersize integer no kernel specific Size of the kernel message buffer.
conloglevel integer no 7 Number between 1-8. The maximum log level for kernel messages to be logged to the console. Only messages with a level lower than this will be printed to the console. Higher level messages have lower log level number. Highest level messages are ones with log level 0. If you want more verbose messages in console put conloglevel to 8 if you want less messages lower conloglevel to 4 or even less. This option and similar parameters may not be effective since 17.x and later.
cronloglevel integer no 5 The minimum level for cron messages to be logged to syslog. 0 will print all debug messages, 8 will log command executions, and 9 or higher will only log error messages.
klogconloglevel integer no 7 The maximum log level for kernel messages to be logged to the console. Only messages with a level lower than this will be printed to the console. Identical to conloglevel and will override it.
log_buffer_size integer no (none) Size of the log buffer of the procd based system log, that is accessible via the logread command. Defaults to the value of log_size if unset.
log_file string no no log file File to write log messages to (type file). The default is to not write a log in a file. The most often used location for a system log file is /var/log/messages.
log_hostname string no (none) Hostname to send to remote syslog. If none is provided, the actual hostname is send. This feature is only present in 17.xx and later versions
log_ip IP address no (none) IP address of a syslog server to which the log messages should be sent in addition to the local destination.
log_port integer no 514 Port number of the remote syslog server specified with log_ip.
log_prefix string no (none) Adds a prefix to all log messages send over network.
log_proto string no udp Sets the protocol to use for the connection, either tcp or udp.
log_remote bool no 1 Enables remote logging.
log_size integer no 64 Size of the file based log buffer in KiB (see log_file). This value is used as the fallback value for log_buffer_size if the latter is not specified.
log_trailer_null bool no 0 Use \0 instead of \n as trailer when using TCP.
log_type string no circular Either circular or file. The circular option is a fixed size queue in memory, while the file is a dynamically sized file, that can be in memory, or written to disk. Note: If log_type is set to file, then at some point when the log fills, the device may encounter an out-of-space condition. This is especially an issue for devices with limited onboard storage: in memory, or on flash.
ttylogin bool no 0 Require authentication for local users to log in the system. Disabled by default. It applies to the access methods listed in /etc/inittab, such as keyboard and serial.
urandom_seed string no 0 Path of the seed. Enables saving a new seed on each boot.
timezone string no UTC POSIX.1 time zone string corresponding to the time zone in which date and time should be displayed by default. See timezone database for a mapping between IANA/Olson and POSIX.1 formats. (For London this corresponds to GMT0BST,M3.5.0/1,M10.5.0)
zonename string no UTC IANA/Olson time zone string. If zoneinfo-* packages are present, possible values can be found by running find /usr/share/zoneinfo. See timezone database for a mapping between IANA/Olson and POSIX.1 formats. (For London this corresponds to Europe/London)
zram_comp_algo string no lzo Compression algorithm to use for ZRAM, can be one of lzo, lzo-rle, lz4, zstd
zram_size_mb integer no Ramsize in kB divided by 2048 Size of ZRAM in MB

Reload kernel timezone to properly apply DST.

cat << "EOF" >> /etc/crontabs/root
0 0 * * * service system restart
EOF
uci set system.@system[0].cronloglevel="9"
uci commit system
service cron restart
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  • Last modified: 2023/12/10 08:41
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