[Swan] Log file issues?

[Nick Howitt]

On 27/06/2021 23:14, Tom Robinson wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have recurring issue with libreswan hogging disk space until I restart 
> the daemon.
> 
> Notice below that /dev/vda3 (the root volume) is 92% capacity. A simple 
> restart of the daemon brings that back to 29%.
> 
> I suspect that perhaps a log file handle is not being released. Is there 
> a fix for this? How can I confirm the actual cause for this issue?
> 
> # df -h
> Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> devtmpfs        3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /dev
> tmpfs           3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /dev/shm
> tmpfs           3.9G  201M  3.7G   6% /run
> tmpfs           3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
> /dev/vda3       8.6G  7.9G  710M  92% /
> /dev/vda1       497M  120M  378M  25% /boot
> tmpfs           783M     0  783M   0% /run/user/0
> # systemctl restart ipsec
> # df -h
> Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> devtmpfs        3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /dev
> tmpfs           3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /dev/shm
> tmpfs           3.9G  201M  3.7G   6% /run
> tmpfs           3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
> /dev/vda3       8.6G  2.5G  6.1G  29% /
> /dev/vda1       497M  120M  378M  25% /boot
> tmpfs           783M     0  783M   0% /run/user/0
> [root at apex ~]#
> 
> /Kind regards,/
> 
> *Tom Robinson
> **IT Manager/System Administrator
Have you configured the logging or is it logging to syslog? If you 
configure loggong yourself you will also have to set up some sort of 
logrotate configlet. If you ahve not set up logging, it should log to 
syslog (/var/log/secure, mainly, in my case) and logrotate looks after 
the log rotation.