Analyze Boot Performance with systemd-analyze

systemd comes with a tool for analyzing boot times, called systemd-analyze.

Read more: plocate(1), plocate-build(8), updatedb(8), updatedb.conf(5)

Update database

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updatedb

Check current boot time

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systemd-analyze time

systemd will show the boot time for the kernel, all of the user space processes and the total boot time.

List initialize time for all systemd units

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systemd-analyze blame

Show start times for all processes. This helps you find bottlenecks in your boot process.

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