Devstack systemd journal ======================== The devstack.journal file is a copy of the systemd journal during the devstack run. To use it, you will need to convert it so journalctl can read it locally. After downloading the file: $ /lib/systemd/systemd-journal-remote <(xzcat ./devstack.journal.xz) -o output.journal Note this binary is not in the regular path. On Debian/Ubuntu platforms, you will need to have the "systemd-journal-remote" package installed. It should result in something like: Finishing after writing entries You can then use journalctl to examine this file. For example, to see all devstack services try: $ journalctl --file ./output.journal -u 'devstack@*' To see just cinder API server logs restrict the match with $ journalctl --file ./output.journal -u 'devstack@c-api' There may be many types of logs available in the journal, a command like $ journalctl --file ./output.journal --output=json-pretty | grep "_SYSTEMD_UNIT" | sort -u can help you find interesting things to filter on.