[root@godba ~]# systemctl start mariadb
Job for mariadb.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status mariadb.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
[root@godba ~]# systemctl status mariadb.service
● mariadb.service - MariaDB database server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2021-12-15 09:31:10 CST; 18s ago
Process: 12065 ExecStartPre=/usr/libexec/mariadb-prepare-db-dir %n (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Dec 15 09:31:10 godba systemd[1]: Starting MariaDB database server...
Dec 15 09:31:10 godba mariadb-prepare-db-dir[12065]: The directory /var/log/mariadb does not exist.
Dec 15 09:31:10 godba systemd[1]: mariadb.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Dec 15 09:31:10 godba systemd[1]: Failed to start MariaDB database server.
Dec 15 09:31:10 godba systemd[1]: Unit mariadb.service entered failed state.
Dec 15 09:31:10 godba systemd[1]: mariadb.service failed.