sudo journalctl -xe

Category: Self-Hosting

sudo journalctl -xe

Show the last journal entries with explanations — the best starting point when a service fails to

Shows the end of the system journal with extra explanatory messages. The -x flag adds contextual help text for error messages — start here when a service fails.
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