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mrtg.log is too big!

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 5:52 am
by dimsum
Hi There,

Can I purge a mrtg.log file in /var/log? it about 78GB. is it normal or something might wrong?

Thank you.

Re: mrtg.log is too big!

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 1:16 pm
by tgriep
Sure, you can purge the mrtg.log file so free up space on the drive.

Typically, the MRTG configurations do not enable the logging for the MRTG application so you can either disable the log from being generated or setup the file to get rotated by logrotate.

Re: mrtg.log is too big!

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2019 3:54 pm
by benjaminsmith
Hello @dimsum,

Just following up with you on this the post, did you have any other questions about the mrtg logs or may we mark this thread as resolved? When you have a moment, please let us know. Thanks.