---
name: "stappaths"
section: "7"
platform: "linux"
package: "systemtap"
version: "5.6-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/stappaths"
---

# stappaths(7)

systemtap configurable file paths

## NAME

stappaths - systemtap configurable file paths

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page was generated for systemtap 5.6. The following section will list the main paths in systemtap that are  important to know and may be required to reference.

- /usr/share/systemtap/tapset/

  The directory for the standard probe-alias / function tapset library, unless overridden by the *SYSTEMTAP\_TAPSET* environment variable or the *XDG\_DATA\_DIRS* environment variable. These are described in the [*stapprobes*(3stap)](/stapprobes/3stap.md), *probe::\**(3stap), and *function::\**(3stap) manual pages.

- /usr/share/systemtap/runtime/

  The runtime sources, unless overridden by the *SYSTEMTAP\_RUNTIME* environment variable.

- /usr/bin/staprun

  The auxiliary program supervising module loading, interaction, and unloading.

- /etc/stap-exporter

  The default directory to search for **\*.stp** files, for exporting to HTTP.

- /usr/lib/systemtap/systemtap/stapio

  The auxiliary program for module input and output handling.

- /usr/include/sys/sdt.h

  Location of the \<sys/sdt.h\> headers.

- Kernel debuginfo Path: /usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/

  The location of kernel debugging information when packaged into the *kernel-debuginfo* RPM, unless overridden by the *SYSTEMTAP\_DEBUGINFO\_PATH* environment variable.  The default value for this variable is *+:.debug:/usr/lib/debug:build*. elfutils searches vmlinux in this path and it interprets the path as a base directory of which various subdirectories will be searched for finding debuginfo for the kernel, kernel modules, and user-space binaries. By default, systemtap will also look for vmlinux in these locations:

  ```
  /boot/vmlinux-`uname -r`
  /lib/modules/`uname -r`/vmlinux
  /lib/modules/`uname -r`/vmlinux.debug
  /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/vmlinux
  /lib/modules/`uname -r`/.debug/vmlinux.debug
  /usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/`uname -r`/vmlinux.debug
  /var/cache/abrt-di/usr/debug/lib/modules/`uname -r`/
  /var/cache/abrt-di/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/`uname -r`/vmlinux.debug
  ```

-

  Corresponding source files are usually located under /usr/src/debug/. Further file information on user-space applications can be determined per-basis using rpm -ql \<package\>-debuginfo. For supported user-space applications information please  visit the systemtap wiki.

  With elfutils version \>0.178, systemtap can automatically download debugging information from debuginfod servers.  You can try it by setting an environment variable or two:\

  ```
  export DEBUGINFOD_URLS=https://debuginfod.elfutils.org/
  export DEBUGINFOD_PROGRESS=1
  ```

- $HOME/.systemtap

  Systemtap data directory for cached systemtap files, unless overridden by the *SYSTEMTAP\_DIR* environment variable.

- /tmp/stapXXXXXX

  Temporary directory for systemtap files, including translated C code and kernel object.

- /lib/modules/VERSION/build

  The location of kernel module building infrastructure.

- /usr/share/doc/systemtap\*/examples

  Examples with greater detail can be found here. Each example comes with a .txt or .meta file explaining what the example, sample or demo does and how it is ordinarily run.  See also online at: *https://sourceware.org/systemtap/examples/*

- $SYSTEMTAP\_DIR/ssl/server

  User's server-side SSL certificate database. If SYSTEMTAP\_DIR is not set, the default is $HOME/.systemtap.

- $SYSTEMTAP\_DIR/ssl/client

  User's private client-side SSL certificate database. If SYSTEMTAP\_DIR is not set, the default is $HOME/.systemtap.

- /etc/systemtap/ssl/client

  Global client-side SSL certificate database.

- /etc/systemtap/staprun/

  *staprun*'s trusted signer certificate database.

- /etc/sysconfig/stap-server

  stap-server service global configuration file.

- /etc/sysconfig/stap-exporter

  stap-exporter service global configuration file.

- /var/run/stap-server/

  stap-server service default location of status files for running servers.

- /var/log/stap-server/log

  stap-server service default log file.

## SEE ALSO

```
stapprobes(3stap),
staprun(8),
stapvars(3stap),
stapex(3stap),
stap-server(8),
awk(1),
gdb(1)
http://sourceware.org/elfutils/Debuginfod.html
```

## BUGS

Use the Bugzilla link of the project web page or our mailing list. **http://sourceware.org/systemtap/**,**\<systemtap@sourceware.org\>**.