Could you please see if it's possible to truncate/compress/archive the following large file? It's currently occupying 68GB of disk space. Please also see if you can also cleanup any other unnecessary files if possible.
# ls -lh/srv/tools/shared/tools/project/wikiedudashboard/access.log -rw-r--r-- 1 52389 52389 68G Sep 19 16:34 access.log
Thank you for your help with this matter.
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | • Phamhi | T233120 2019-09-17: tools share cleanup (high usage) | |||
| Resolved | awight | T233330 Reducing wikiedudashboard/access.log size (68GB) |
That log file is not needed at all. It looks like that logging is part of the automatic configuration for a web tool with lighttpd, but I can't find any documentation on how to disable it or automatically truncate it when it gets big. All I found is: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Toolforge/Web/Lighttpd#Web_logs
I tried to truncate it, but it does not seem to be taking. I ran truncate -s 0 access.log and it went to 0, but then shortly after it shows as 68G again.
I wonder if the "real" fix for access.log would be to remove it from the default lighttpd config and let folks add it back in via $HOME/.lighttpd.conf if they really want/need it? I should start a task and some discussion about that. I have a hunch that for the majority of webservices running on Toolforge nobody every looks at the access.log data.
Hi @Ragesoss, from https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T152235#3521216, you need to stop the webserver before you can truncate the access.log file