[kwlug-disc] Server reboot time ...

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM Chris Irwin via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

> Have you actually put eyes on the server's console while it's booting?
>

Not yet, because the hosting providers requires a VPN setup for this
feature, using OpenVPN, which is not what I use (WireGuard).

I have a server that takes about 5 minutes from power-on until it actually
> starts grub.
>

That could well account for all (or most) of the delay here:

Oct 06 16:27:48 foo systemd[1]: Shutting down.
Oct 06 16:27:48 foo systemd-shutdown[1]: Syncing filesystems and block
devices.
Oct 06 16:27:48 foo systemd-shutdown[1]: Sending SIGTERM to remaining
processes...
Oct 06 16:27:48 foo systemd-journald[1694]: Journal stopped

-- Boot 67974696049a495c86f01b56d2a150dd --

Oct 06 16:32:09 foo kernel: Linux version 6.8.0-85-generic (...)
(x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-13 ...
Oct 06 16:32:09 foo kernel: Command line:
BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.8.0-85-generic root=UUID=foo ro
Will try to setup the VPN and watch the console ...
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