Linux Logging Explained: journalctl, /var/log & OpenRC

Linux has been logging everything your services do — you just need to know where to look. I follow the same darkhttpd web server from my services video and show how logs really work on both Alpine (OpenRC, /var/log) and Fedora (systemd, journald) — then walk through the exact debugging workflow for when something breaks: journalctl filters, boot logs, and reading the classic log files. ~11 minutes.

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