Startup script logs location

Question

In Google Cloud Platform's Ubuntu 16.04.1 instance, the output of my startup script was written to /var/log/startupscript.log.

Since they upgraded to 16.04.02 I can't find the logs anymore.

Any idea?

score 31 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 25 '21 at 17:06

The correct answer (by now) is to use journalctl:

sudo journalctl -u google-startup-scripts.service

You can re-run a startup script like this:

sudo google_metadata_script_runner startup

score 29 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 30 '19 at 14:32

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UPDATE from the official documentation:

Startup script output is written to the following log files:

edited Jun 30 '19 at 14:32

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answered Feb 01 '18 at 12:50

GalloCedrone

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do you know how to send these logs to Google Cloud Logging? – howMuchCheeseIsTooMuchCheese Apr 04 '19 at 20:42
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I have never tried it, but for sure you can configuring the stackdriver agent https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/agent/configuration – GalloCedrone Apr 04 '19 at 21:22
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https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/agent/configuration#streaming_logs_from_additional_inputs – GalloCedrone Apr 04 '19 at 21:22
Thanks, that worked, I just had to add `curl -sSO https://dl.google.com/cloudagents/install-logging-agent.sh sudo bash install-logging-agent.sh` to the top of the start up script. – howMuchCheeseIsTooMuchCheese Apr 05 '19 at 11:43

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 14 '17 at 13:04

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There are two ways to search for the log file probably a lot more but i know the below.

locate -i startupscript.log - you may need to update your indexes periodically for this option to be optimal.
From root find / -iname startupscript.log -print .

answered Mar 14 '17 at 13:04

Govna

I actually tried this, but there is no script with that name anymore and I have checked all files showing up through `find / -iname *.log -print` – Christian Daguerre Mar 14 '17 at 13:19
I read this post about some users missing their /var/log/journal directory after they upgraded which is where their boot log information should be going. Granted they didnt state that they were on a Google Cloud platform so it could be different. [Link to Ask Ubuntu Form post](http://askubuntu.com/questions/765315/how-to-find-previous-boot-log-after-ubuntu-16-04-restarts) – Govna Mar 14 '17 at 15:46

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