if you are wondering how to see the output of multiple systemd unit files launched via template units then you have come to the right place. On CoreOS i created multiple instances of a service file using template files. Systemd Unit files are of this format:
foo@.service
You can then start instances of this service like so:
fleetctl start foo\@1234.service to launch on external port 1234. Now if you follow this there would be many unit files and you would like to watch the output of all these units.
Just run this command to see the logs for all such units:
foo@.service
[Unit] Description=Preview Application service After=etcd.service After=docker.service After=docker-connect.service Requires=docker.service [Service] TimeoutStartSec=0 EnvironmentFile=/etc/environment User=core ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker kill hg-doc-preview-%i ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker rm hg-doc-preview-%i ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/docker pull localhost:5000/hg-doc-preview Restart=always ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run --name hg-doc-preview-%i -m 500m \ -e COREOS_PRIVATE_IPV4=${COREOS_PRIVATE_IPV4} \ -e "HG_CACHE_BACKEND=MultilevelCache" \ -e "SERVICE_%i_NAME=hg-doc-preview" \ -e 'SERVICE_%i_ROUTE=Host("mock-server.test-easywebats.com")' \ -p ${COREOS_PRIVATE_IPV4}:%i:7090 \ --add-host backends:${COREOS_PRIVATE_IPV4} \ localhost:5000/hg-doc-preview ExecStop=/usr/bin/docker stop hg-doc-preview-%i [X-Fleet] Conflicts=hg-doc-preview@%i.service
You can then start instances of this service like so:
fleetctl start foo\@1234.service to launch on external port 1234. Now if you follow this there would be many unit files and you would like to watch the output of all these units.
Just run this command to see the logs for all such units:
fleetctl list-units | grep foo | awk '{ printf " -u %s ", $1 }' | xargs journalctl -f