/var/log/journal is very large

jimlongo

• April 04, 2022 09:23

Ran out of disk space doing a backup. Unusual. First thing I find is that /var/log/journal has grown to 3.2GB. (also 3.8G ./apache2) Checked WHM and rotation size is 300MB. Also notice that "journal" is not available as a choice in the Log Rotation Configuration. I can manually delete the files of course, but figure there must be an underlying reason why.

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • April 04, 2022 16:49

  Hey there! There is a SystemMaxUse parameter inside /etc/systemd/journald.conf - can you adjust that value? By default, on the systems I checked just now, it is blank. Some more details on this configuration here:

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  jimlongo

  • April 04, 2022 17:47

  Thanks. I was able to set it to SystemMaxUse=400MB Haven't seen the effect yet. Can I kick that cron (not sure which one is responsible)?

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  quietFinn

  • April 04, 2022 19:39

  Maybe this helps:

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • April 04, 2022 21:00

  That's a great link from @quietFinn that talks more about how the journal gets handled.

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  jimlongo

  • April 05, 2022 01:42

  Maybe this helps:

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