{"id":2290,"date":"2018-05-05T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T06:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pheonixsolutions.com\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2018-05-05T12:00:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T06:30:24","slug":"clear-journal-logs-on-linux-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/clear-journal-logs-on-linux-host\/","title":{"rendered":"Clear Journal logs on Linux host"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clear Journal logs on Linux host<\/h3>\n

Date Posted: 29-04-2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

We ran out of disk space on our server and \/var consumes more disk space. On checking further,\u00a0\u00a0\/var\/log\/journal\u00a0<\/em>consumes more disk space.<\/p>\n

The safest way to remove unnecessary entries via journalctl<\/p>\n

journalctl --vacuum-size=128M<\/code><\/p>\n

Now, verify journalctl.<\/p>\n

journalctl --verify<\/code><\/p>\n

Edit\u00a0SystemMaxuse\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0\/etc\/systemd\/journald.conf<\/em><\/p>\n

vi\u00a0\/etc\/systemd\/journald.conf<\/code><\/p>\n

SystemMaxUse=128M<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Clear Journal logs on Linux host Date Posted: 29-04-2018 We ran out of disk space on our server and \/var consumes more disk space. On checking further,\u00a0\u00a0\/var\/log\/journal\u00a0consumes more disk space. 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