---
name: "drbd-promote@.service"
section: "7"
platform: "linux"
package: "drbd-utils"
version: "9.22.0-1.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/drbd-promote@.service"
---

# drbd-promote@.service(7)

System unit to promote a specific DRBD resource

## NAME

drbd-promote@.service - System unit to promote a specific DRBD resource

## SYNOPSIS

**drbd-promote@***RESNAME***.service**

## DESCRIPTION

Usually you do not want to "hardcode" an unconditional promotion attempt of DRBD resources, because you usually cannot know a-priory whether this instance of DRBD will have access to good data (yet).

So this is intended to be used for conditional promotion, for example using **drbd-reactor** to monitor DRBD internal states and react on specific state changes to try and bring up the **drbd-services@***RESNAME***.target**, starting with this unit and following the dependency chain of services as specified in the corresponding **drbd-reactor** **promoter** plugin configuration.

You typically should not use this unit directly.

## SEE ALSO

**drbd-reactor**(1) **drbd-reactor.promoter**(5)

## AUTHORS

**LINBIT HA Solutions GmbH https://linbit.com**