Issue Server writes itself full

[stefan-franz]

Plesk Obsidian and all actual Ubuntu 18.04 Updates are installed.

Hello,
since yesterday, at my V-Server at Strato the file var/log/syslog increases itself to 416 GB at the moment a warning from plesk comes.

2 days before i had increased the virtual harddisc at strato from 1.2 TB to 1.5 TB - all hat run fine - but since yesterday i noticed, that the server fill it self full with this file.

Could anyone help me to stop this - and what the reason is?

 

[IgorG]

First, you need to determine the cause of this and then eliminate it. For this, it would be good to know what kind of messages the log file is filled with?

 

[stefan-franz]

Can i view it on plesk?

 

[IgorG]

No. System log file /var/log/syslog can be viewed from the console of your server.

 

[stefan-franz]

ok - what command do i have to use to view this? I'm logged in with putty

 

[IgorG]

ok - what command do i have to use to view this? I'm logged in with putty

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