Help needed with: /var/log is getting full (currently 70 % used) (SOLVED)

[dubbledown]

I hope that I am doing this right and don't upset support.

I have an issue where my /var/log keeps getting filled up and I'm not sure what to do other than reboot.

 

I have attached my Diagnostics.

 

whitenerunraid-diagnostics-20191121-0540.zip

Edited November 24, 2019 by dubbledown
Solved

[itimpi]

It is not clear what is taking up the space as your syslog is not that large.

 

It might be worth posting the output of the following commands to see if we can spot what is taking up the space:

ls -l /var/log
du -h /var/log/*

 

[dubbledown]

ls -l /var/log
total 1008
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root  97487 Nov  2 19:38 Xorg.0.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root   root    160 Nov 21 04:45 atop/
-rw------- 1 root   root      0 Jun 25 11:16 btmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root      0 Mar  6  2019 cron
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root      0 Mar  6  2019 debug
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root   root   7653 Nov 20 20:45 diskinfo.log
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root   root  69586 Nov  2 00:52 dmesg
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root   root   3187 Nov 20 20:53 docker.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root      0 Apr  2  2019 faillog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root    292 Nov 21 17:01 lastlog
drwxr-xr-x 3 root   root    120 Nov  2 00:53 libvirt/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root      0 Mar  6  2019 maillog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root      0 Mar  6  2019 messages
drwxr-xr-x 2 root   root     40 May 15  2001 nfsd/
drwxr-x--- 2 nobody root     60 Nov  2 00:53 nginx/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     24 Jun 25 11:15 packages -> ../lib/pkgtools/packages/
drwxr-xr-x 4 root   root     80 Sep  6  2018 pkgtools/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root   root    640 Nov 16 04:17 plugins/
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root   root  19729 Nov 20 20:55 preclear.disk.log
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     25 Jun 25 11:17 removed_packages -> pkgtools/removed_packages/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     24 Jun 25 11:17 removed_scripts -> pkgtools/removed_scripts/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root   root    180 Nov  2 00:54 samba/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root     33 Oct 20 20:08 scan
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     23 Jun 25 11:15 scripts -> ../lib/pkgtools/scripts/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root      0 Mar  6  2019 secure
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     21 Jun 25 11:15 setup -> ../lib/pkgtools/setup/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root      0 Mar  6  2019 spooler
drwxr-xr-x 3 root   root     60 Mar  6  2019 swtpm/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root 814461 Nov 21 17:01 syslog
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root   utmp   8064 Nov 21 17:01 wtmp

 

du -h /var/log/*
96K     /var/log/Xorg.0.log
94M     /var/log/atop
0       /var/log/btmp
0       /var/log/cron
0       /var/log/debug
8.0K    /var/log/diskinfo.log
68K     /var/log/dmesg
4.0K    /var/log/docker.log
0       /var/log/faillog
4.0K    /var/log/lastlog
12K     /var/log/libvirt/qemu
16K     /var/log/libvirt
0       /var/log/maillog
0       /var/log/messages
0       /var/log/nfsd
12K     /var/log/nginx
0       /var/log/packages
16K     /var/log/pkgtools/removed_scripts
92K     /var/log/pkgtools/removed_packages
108K    /var/log/pkgtools
0       /var/log/plugins
20K     /var/log/preclear.disk.log
0       /var/log/removed_packages
0       /var/log/removed_scripts
0       /var/log/samba/cores/winbindd
0       /var/log/samba/cores/smbd
0       /var/log/samba/cores/nmbd
0       /var/log/samba/cores
0       /var/log/samba
4.0K    /var/log/scan
0       /var/log/scripts
0       /var/log/secure
0       /var/log/setup
0       /var/log/spooler
0       /var/log/swtpm/libvirt/qemu
0       /var/log/swtpm/libvirt
0       /var/log/swtpm
796K    /var/log/syslog
8.0K    /var/log/wtmp

/var/log/atop# ls -hal
total 94M
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 160 Nov 21 04:45 ./
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 640 Nov  2 00:53 ../
-rw-rw-rw-  1 root utmp 94M Nov 21 16:56 atop_20191103
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   0 Nov  3 04:46 daily.log
-rw-------  1 root root   0 Nov 21 04:45 dummy_after
-rw-------  1 root root   0 Nov 20 04:46 dummy_after.1
-rw-------  1 root root   0 Nov 21 04:45 dummy_before
-rw-------  1 root root   0 Nov 20 04:46 dummy_before.1

 

Edited November 22, 2019 by dubbledown

[Squid]

2 hours ago, dubbledown said:

drwxr-xr-x 2 root   root    160 Nov 21 04:45 atop/

Switch nerd pack to not install atop

[dubbledown]

Ok, I have done that and will keep and eye out, thanks for the help!

[dubbledown]

I also don't know how to mark the thread as (SOLVED)...

[Squid]

31 minutes ago, dubbledown said:

I also don't know how to mark the thread as (SOLVED)...

If you edit the OP you can change the title of the thread 

[dubbledown]

Thx