systemd and journalctl cheatsheet

systemd and journalctl: System info and boot analysis

5 common systemd and journalctl tasks.

See what slows boot

List units by how long they took to start.

systemd-analyze blame

Show the boot critical path

Show the chain of units that determined boot time.

systemd-analyze critical-chain

Show or set the hostname

Show the hostname and OS details. Set one with hostnamectl set-hostname.

hostnamectl

Show the date, time and timezone

Show time settings and whether the clock is synchronized.

timedatectl

Set the timezone

Change the system timezone.

sudo timedatectl set-timezone Europe/London

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