Free System space from massive log files

free-system-space.md

Free System Space from Massive Logs

1. Remove compressed log files from /var/log

$ sudo find /var/log -type f -name "*.gz" -delete

2. Truncate Log files

$ cd /var/log

$ sudo truncate -s 0 mail.log
$ sudo truncate -s 0 mail.log.1

$ sudo truncate -s 0 syslog
$ sudo truncate -s 0 syslog.1

3. Truncate Nginx error/access logs

$ cd to_nginx_log_dir
$ sudo truncate -s 0 error.log access.log