(In reply to aa bb from comment #54) > > That change, systemd.log_level= debug -> info, is sufficient for sshd to > come up after boot. > > Change it back, systemd.log_level= info -> debug, and sshd fails on boot as > reported above. Still struggeling to reproduce the issue. Not sure wheter it is relevant, but I'm looking into all directions now. How exactly are you starting your vm? I do it via virt-manager, are you using virsh or xl instead?