[systemd-devel] Enforcing journald diskspace limit.

[Frédéric HILPERT]

Hi,

Doesn't anybody experienced the same issue with systemd-journald ?

Best regards,

Frédéric HILPERT

On 20/08/18 14:08, Frédéric HILPERT wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a question about systemd. Not wanting to create an issue on 
> githbub because there are already plenty and this may not be a bug.
>
> I have a 1GB /var/log/ partition (on a stock Centos 7) and set 
> SystemMaxUse=150M in journald configuration. When I restart journald I 
> have this message :
>
> /systemd-journal[53564]: Permanent journal is using 8.0M (max allowed 
> 101.4M, trying to leave 152.1M free of 501.0M available → current 
> limit 101.4M).//
> /
> Everything looks fine here, but a few days later :
> /
> //MyServer# journalctl --disk-usage //
> //Archived and active journals take up 232.8M on disk.//
> //MyServer# du -sh /var/log/journal///
> //185M    /var/log/journal//
>
> --> Am I missing something in order to enforce journal not use more 
> than 150 (or 101.4)MB ?
>
> Regards,
> Frédéric HILPERT
>
>
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