sshd service fails to start : ssh.service failed because the control process exited with error code

Question

I'm not sure why it isn't starting or why its preventing me from connecting, i get this error:

root@vmi: "# sudo service ssh status
ssh.service OpenBSD Secure Shell server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ssh.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2022-11-27 09:47:47 CST; 4min 58s ago
Docs: man: sshd (8) man: sshd_config(5)
Process: 446 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/sshd -t (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)

Nov 27 09:47:47 vmi.contaboserver.net systemd[1]: ssh.service: Scheduled restart job, restart>
Nov 27 09:47:47 vmi.contaboserver.net systemd[1]: Stopped OpenBSD Secure Shell server.
Nov 27 09:47:47 vmi.contaboserver.net systemd[1]: ssh.service: Start request repeated too qui>
Nov 27 09:47:47 vmi.contaboserver.net systemd[1]: ssh.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Nov 27 09:47:47 vmi.contaboserver.net systemd[1]: Failed to start OpenBSD Secure Shell server. lines 1-12/12 (END)

Answer 1

Please provide more precise log information, just restart sshd service then use journalctl -xe or vim /var/log/secure (if The storage location of the sshd logs has not been changed)