Difference between revisions of "Limit the size of .log files & the journal"
Limit the size of .log files & the journal (view source)
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Use your favourite text editor with root priviliges, (starting it with '''sudo''' will do the job). | Use your favourite text editor with root priviliges, (starting it with '''sudo''' will do the job). | ||
A simple edit of the '''/etc/systemd/journald | A simple edit of the '''/etc/systemd/journald.conf''' allows you to set the maximum size limit of the '''/var/log/journal''' . | ||
* Uncomment (remove the # from the beginning of the line) the following line & add the size limit that you want. I set mine to 50MB like this: | * Uncomment (remove the # from the beginning of the line) the following line & add the size limit that you want. I set mine to 50MB like this: | ||
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SystemMaxFileSize=50M | SystemMaxFileSize=50M | ||
You can also help to limit the size of the journal by specifying the level of the data to be added to the journal. This is done by editing '''/etc/systemd/journald | You can also help to limit the size of the journal by specifying the level of the data to be added to the journal. This is done by editing '''/etc/systemd/journald.conf''' | ||
[Journal] | [Journal] | ||