Delete all logs greater than 2 days

[Greg_Pagan]

Is there a way to do an on demand delete all the log files for all tasks on a RHEL 8 Replicate server that are older than X days?  The end result would be to save some space quickly in the event of an issue with space on the drive.  I know that the log files are not very large but when you have hundreds of tasks with the save timeframe set at 45 days, it does add up.   I can do it with Linux commands and put it into a shell script but I was hoping there was some way to do it in Replicate or QEM that would be easier to construct.  

Thanks

[john_wang]

Hello @Greg_Pagan ,

Thanks for reaching out to Qlik Community!

Yes, we may set the Replicate Server to clean up the log files automatically. Please goto Server --> Logging --> Log File Management and set the cleanup days. A Sample:

Hope this helps.

John.

[Greg_Pagan]

Thanks for the suggestion, sounds promising.. 

If I change the value, when does the clean up of the files run?  I am wondering how long after the change is made until the extra files are removed from the hard drive?

[john_wang]

Hello @Greg_Pagan ,

If you want to purge the files immediate, you may trigger the delete operation manually by step 1-4:

Regards,

John.

[john_wang · Accepted solution]

Hello @Greg_Pagan ,

Regarding the cleanup interval, you may check the "repsrv.log" to verify if the scheduled job was initiated or not, as I remember it will be triggered every 5 minutes.

Regards,

John.

[SushilKumar]

Hello @Greg_Pagan 

IF you would like to use Linux then you can achieve the same by using below command.

find /path/to/directory/ -mindepth 1 -mtime +2 -delete

Thanks & Regards,

Sushil Kumar