Ubuntu Server /var/log crazy disk usage

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I had small system in my VPS, which only had 10GB disk usage. Now as I check /var/log directory used 6GB to only write log!!! which it sound very crazy to me.

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I have tried cleanup the log following this suggestion, but still not much help. Is there any reason why the log take so much disk usage? How to fix it? I don't want to have log file that big.

/var/log is a folder, not one log file. Inside that folder, there are many log files. You need to go into that folder and specifically find the log files that're eating up the space, and remove them or trim them, and delete old logfiles that logrotate left behind. — Thomas Ward, Jan 09 '14 at 04:13
@ThomasW. So basically it safe to just delete all the log file? — GusDeCooL, Jan 09 '14 at 04:23
@GusDeCooL no, you should never just delete all the log files. There's probably certain log files you can safely remove, but I don't know what they are offhand. — Thomas Ward, Jan 09 '14 at 04:24
I would add the ls -l /var/log/ output to know what files are clogging the stuff. — Braiam, Jan 09 '14 at 04:26
read the large log files and see what is filling them. 6gb is huge, fix the underlying problem — Panther, Jan 09 '14 at 04:29
@Braiam The once make much space is apache2. it seems there is some error in my apps and it have much visitor. so the logs write each visit. — GusDeCooL, Jan 09 '14 at 04:32
@Braiam i have deleted the logs for temporary fix. It's bloated because i put log for every warn in apache. how stupid I'am @_@ — GusDeCooL, Jan 09 '14 at 04:40
@Braiam Yes yes, i understand i need to fix that error so it would not happen again @_@ — GusDeCooL, Jan 09 '14 at 04:48

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 09 '14 at 09:07

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Install logrotate to manage your log files:

How to manage log files

answered Jan 09 '14 at 09:07

kingmilo

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