modified: docs/journald.md

docs/journald.md

@@ -5,3 +5,27 @@
 ```bash
 journalctl -b -1 -p err
 ```
+
+## error: systemd-journald fails to start or restart
+
+*unexpected error while following the journal -24.*
+
+check current values.
+
+Example of default debian.
+
+``` bash
+cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances
+90800
+128
+```
+
+Increase kernel inotify limits to values appropriate for Kubernetes nodes:
+
+```bash
+
+echo "fs.inotify.max_user_watches=1048576" | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
+echo "fs.inotify.max_user_instances=1024" | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
+sudo sysctl -p
+sudo systemctl restart systemd-journald
+```