# Jenkins installing in VM of ubuntu **URL:** \ **Category:** Using Jenkins\ **Tags:** question\ **Created:** [October 5, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/jenkins-installing-in-vm-of-ubuntu/10008 "2023-10-05T17:39:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![MarkEWaite](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/markewaite/32/20_2.png) [@MarkEWaite](https://community.jenkins.io/u/MarkEWaite)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/jenkins-installing-in-vm-of-ubuntu/10008/2 "2023-10-05T18:11:47Z")
Welcome to the Jenkins community! As a kindness to others, please post text with the messages rather than posting a picture of the messages. When you post a picture of the messages you make it very difficult for others to copy those messages for more explanation and you make it more difficult for others to find the message since it is hidden inside a picture. You may find good guidance for your question in one of the following previous answers: > [@Job for jenkins.service failed because a timeout was exceeded](https://community.jenkins.io/t/job-for-jenkins-service-failed-because-a-timeout-was-exceeded/2443/8): > > The systemd service unit option that controls the timeout is TimeoutStartSec: # Configures the time to wait for start-up. If Jenkins does not signal start-up # completion within the configured time, the service will be considered failed # and will be shut down again. Takes a unit-less value in seconds, or a time span # value such as "5min 20s". Pass "infinity" to disable the timeout logic. #TimeoutStartSec=90 > [@Newly installed Jenkins 2.387 with java-11, jenkins service failed to start](https://community.jenkins.io/t/newly-installed-jenkins-2-387-with-java-11-jenkins-service-failed-to-start/7357/16): > > I would recommend doing journalctl -u jenkins.service -e -n 100 to get the last 100 lines (-e) and goto the end of the log (e) of the jenkins service (-u) since you have lots of other noise in what you posted. > [@Job for jenkins.service failed because a timeout was exceeded](https://community.jenkins.io/t/job-for-jenkins-service-failed-because-a-timeout-was-exceeded/2443/4): > > Please refer to the instructions in this blog post that describe how to report an issue with the Linux installers. Much more information is needed than you have provided. The necessary information is listed in the blog post along with the location to report the issue. I just confirmed that the instructions from work as expected on Ubuntu 20.04 as installed on Google Cloud Platform. The steps I took were: Install Ubuntu Linux 20.04 on Google Cloud Platform with 8 GB RAM Run the curl co… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.jenkins.io/t/jenkins-installing-in-vm-of-ubuntu/10008)._