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journalctl prints the entire system log when following

[root@utility ~]# uname -rv 2.6.32-042stab093.5 #1 SMP Wed Sep 10 17:39:49 MSK 2014 [root@utility ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS Linux release 7.1.1503 (Core) [root@utility ~]# journalctl --version systemd 208 +PAM +LIBWRAP +AUDIT +SELINUX…
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How can I ask journalctl to show records for all units except one?

journalctl -u ssh prints all records associated with the ssh unit. But how can I get all records not associated with the ssh unit? Things that don't work: journalctl -u '!ssh'; journalctl '!_SYSTEMD_UNIT=ssh'; journalctl '_SYSTEMD_UNIT!=ssh'.…
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Windows 10 KVM guests cause Ubuntu 20.04 host to crash (revised)

I got extremely confused and decided to re-write the question from scratch, so if some of the comments do not make sense, that is why. Apoplogies to anyone whose time I wasted. I am having a problem with my entire system freezing when using KVM…
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How does SystemMaxUse on journalctl work?

I'm using journalctl for system logging. I want to have a log file to check what is happening with the process I'm running at anytime. So I'm configuring the journald.conf file like this: [Journal] Storage=persistent As I don't want the log file to…
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Change logging priority of UFW

As far as I can tell (through journalctl -p 4) UFW logs all blocked connections as warnings. I'd really like to be able to use that log level for things I actually might want to respond to. Is there any way (short of turning off UFW logging…
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Why there is no journalctl in my centos 6.6 box and how to install/enable it?

I have various environment on CentOS, the hosts on CentOS7+ all come with journalctl command so if I need to view system log I can do so. However on another box it is CentOS6.6, I get error of the command is not found. Can anyone enlighten on how to…
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Arch Linux journalctl: how to increase logging size?

I have a web and email server based on Arch Linux. I have been trying for a long time to keep enough log entries in journal, but unfortunately it doesn't work. I have no problem with other servers. Of course, I set up Storage = persistent and…
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Journalctl seems to be ignoring since and until

I'm trying to get the logs of a problem that's been happening for over a week by this point. I'm trying to use journalctl to print the logs but it doesn't seem to give me anything more or less than the past 5 days. I've tried using since/until but…
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journalctl only refreshing after restarting systemd service?

I have a systemd service with gunicorn. I have a print statement in a function.Problem is that, journalctl does not show the print output when i call the function but it shows the output after refresing the systemd service unit. Should it behave…
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Truncated/missing logs with systemd on Ubuntu 16.04

I am using Ubuntu 16.04 server, have created a basic nodejs script and packaged it in a simple systemd service. Content of api.service at…
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combined local and remote journald logs

I am using journald forwarding using systemd-journal-remote (local site) and systemd-journal-upload (remote site) on centos7 with systemd-219 on both machines. Local journals are stored in /var/log/journal//*.journal whereas remote…
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journalctl does not provide colored output

I'm on Ubuntu 20.04, and journalctl will not provide colored output for my logs. I verified, and those logs do have colored output if not piped through journalctl. I configured my terminal as xterm-256color. I have tried the following: I tried…
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Service not logging to journalctl

I have a user service which is placed under /home//.config/systemd/user/.service When I perform systemctl --user status I have the desired output, for example: @:~$ systemctl --user status ●…
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journalctl --list-boots is not listing all boots

I have a Raspberry Pi running a custom Yocto image and it's using systemd-journald for logging. I'm wondering why there is a difference between: root@raspberrypi4:~# journalctl -o verbose | grep -e '_MACHINE_ID\|_BOOT_ID' | sort -u …
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Finding out why service being terminated

Using journalctl -u docker I noticed May 30 10:01:43 xxx systemd[1]: Stopping Docker Application Container Engine... ... docker specific error log in between ... May 30 10:01:51 xxx systemd[1]: Stopped Docker Application Container Engine... I saw…
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