CPanel and storage space

[VapourMike]

Hi,

Im running Cpanel/WHM on a server with a mere 5gb mount and a 50gb mount for /home. Now my main mount is down to 140mb free space and Im really wondering if and what I can clean/flush out of cpanel/whm on a regular basis?

Ive done a few easyapache builds, do these keep logs? are there stats I can rotate or archive off? logs that can be archived? features I can uninstall/remove etc etc

Any ideas on how I can free up a bit of disk space and hopefully streamline my server a bit more.

Thank you in advanced

[Infopro]

In cPanel for that main account, find the icon titled Disk Space Usage. Using that you might find some things on the account itself to remove. If logging is enabled on the account you can free up some real space by turning that off.

cPanel > Raw Access Logs icon > make your selection there.

EA3 logs are found at /usr/local/cpanel/logs/easy/apache/ Not sure that'll help much though. EA3 also renames and backs up the apache directory. You'd find that/those located here: /usr/local/
you may find apache.backup and apache.backup archive there. If alls well with your server's Apache setup, these could be killed.

You might login as root and check space with something like this:

this one displays free dsk space
df -h

this one displays disk usage
du -h

Maybe something useful in there somewhere.

[cPanelDavidG]

Since this is a discussion about disk space optimization, I have moved this to the optimization forum.

[Infopro]

Good point.

I'll add some docs to the mix.
DiskSpaceUsage < AllDocumentation/CpanelDocs < TWiki

[cPanelDon]

I would also consider using "du" to check what directories within the root partition are consuming the most disk space (assuming the root partition is what is being asked about); a command such as the following may be a good start:

# du -ahx --max-depth=1 /

To search deeper, simply change or append to the existing path, such as the following:

# du -ahx --max-depth=1 /test

For additional options and CLI switches I recommend checking the man page:

# man du

[pacifich]

In cPanel for that main account, find the icon titled Disk Space Usage. Using that you might find some things on the account itself to remove. If logging is enabled on the account you can free up some real space by turning that off.

cPanel > Raw Access Logs icon > make your selection there.

EA3 logs are found at /usr/local/cpanel/logs/easy/apache/ Not sure that'll help much though. EA3 also renames and backs up the apache directory. You'd find that/those located here: /usr/local/
you may find apache.backup and apache.backup archive there. If alls well with your server's Apache setup, these could be killed.

You might login as root and check space with something like this:

this one displays free dsk space
df -h

this one displays disk usage
du -h

Maybe something useful in there somewhere.

Nice tips, thanks for sharing your thoughts ... well done!