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Mastering Linux Server Boot Diagnostics with Systemd
In this episode of Linux Server Admin with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into the world of systemd boot diagnostics. With systemd now the default init system on almost every major Linux distribution, understanding how to debug slow or failed boots is a vital skill for any sysadmin. Lucas shares a real-world story of a server that took over 10 minutes to boot, and how a combination of systemd-analyze critical-chain, bootchart, and journalctl -b -1 helped pinpoint the culprit: a network-mounted filesystem stuck in a retry loop. They also discuss how to use systemd's boot logging features to…
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