journalctl cheat sheet (Ubuntu)

View systemd journal logs.

Basics

journalctl -b
journalctl -f
journalctl --since "1 hour ago"

Unit & priority

journalctl -u nginx.service
journalctl -u nginx.service -f
journalctl -p err..alert

Disk usage

journalctl --disk-usage
sudo journalctl --vacuum-time=7d