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    • KOMK
      KOM
      last edited by

      Connect to the console. Run item 8 (Shell). Run this command and see where all the files are:

      du -Pshx /*
      
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      • RicoR
        Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
        last edited by

        1. Take a full Backup in the WebGUI
        2. Reinstall 2.4.4-p1 with some more space
        3. Online Update to 2.4.4-p2
        4. Restore your Backup

        -Rico

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          FroLien @Rico
          last edited by

          Thank you for your reply @Rico
          If i reinstall, Can I use my backup of WebGUI completely without any changed? Because I am afraid that If I restore backup of WebGUI, i want to get back my all settings all rules without any error.

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            FroLien @KOM
            last edited by

            Than you for your reply @KOM
            I run your command in pfSense command prompt, output was ..

            8.0K /COPYRIGHT
            1.1M /bin
            58M /boot
            0B /boot.config
            3.1M /cf
            0B /conf
            12K /conf.default
            3.0K /dev
            7.3M /etc
            20K /home
            9.3M /lib
            168K /libexec
            4.0K /media
            4.0K /mnt
            4.0K /proc
            7.6M /rescue
            44K /root
            4.7M /sbin
            0B /sys
            476K /tmp
            601M /usr
            4.6G /var

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            • provelsP
              provels
              last edited by provels

              It looks like everything is in /var where the logfiles are stored. I run a VM with a 4GB disk and only have 56MB there. Take a look at Status/System Logs/Settings and see if you are logging all traffic that is allowed to pass. That would fill things pretty quick. If so, clear this check box and reset the logs to get the space back.

              Screenshot_1.png

              After that, I would check your rules and see if you have some excessive logging turned on there. Maybe someone created or was testing a rule and forgot to turn logging off. Hope this helps.

              Peder

              MAIN - pfSense+ 24.11-RELEASE - Adlink MXE-5401, i7, 16 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD. 500 GB HDD for SyslogNG
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              • GrimsonG
                Grimson Banned @provels
                last edited by Grimson

                @provels said in Disk usage ( / ) is 100%:

                It looks like everything is in /var where the logfiles are stored. I run a VM with a 4GB disk and only have 56MB there. Take a look at Status/System Logs/Settings and see if you are logging all traffic that is allowed to pass. That would fill things pretty quick.

                pfSense uses circular logs, so unless he has increased the log file size setting considerably none of the logs from the base system will fill up the disk. This is more likely, and like @teamits suggested, a package going rampant.

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                • provelsP
                  provels
                  last edited by

                  So

                  du -Pshx /var/*
                  
                   du -Pshx /var/log/*
                  

                  to track it down.

                  Peder

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                    FroLien @provels
                    last edited by

                    Thank you for your reply @teamits
                    My system is not running Suricata?

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                      FroLien @provels
                      last edited by

                      @provels
                      I clear that check box and reset the logs files. But still 100%.

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                        FroLien @provels
                        last edited by

                        @provels said in Disk usage ( / ) is 100%:

                        du -Pshx /var/log/*

                        I use above command in Command Prompt. But still 100%.

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                        • provelsP
                          provels @FroLien
                          last edited by

                          @FroLien Can you post the output results?

                          Peder

                          MAIN - pfSense+ 24.11-RELEASE - Adlink MXE-5401, i7, 16 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD. 500 GB HDD for SyslogNG
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                            FroLien @provels
                            last edited by

                            Hi @provels
                            Thank you for your quick reply. May I show you my output results.

                            du -Pshx /var/* output

                            du -Pshx /var/log/* output

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                              FroLien @SteveITS
                              last edited by

                              Dear @teamits
                              I am not running Suricata on my system.

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                              • provelsP
                                provels @FroLien
                                last edited by

                                @FroLien Looks like it's your Squid cache (I think so anyway, I don't run Squid). I think you just need a larger disk. Can you expand it? Maybe to 20GB?
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                                Peder

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                                  FroLien @provels
                                  last edited by

                                  @provels said in Disk usage ( / ) is 100%:

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                                  Can I delete logs folder from squid?

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                                    FroLien @provels
                                    last edited by

                                    @provels
                                    Opps

                                    I deleted logs folder from /var/squid
                                    After I deleted it, i got over half of free space.

                                    alt text

                                    I deleted it with this command.
                                    rm -r /var/squid/logs in shell (8)

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                                    • provelsP
                                      provels @FroLien
                                      last edited by provels

                                      @FroLien It's not the logs, it's the cached info that Squid serves (images, etc, etc) so they don't have to be retrieved again from the Internet. How much disk space do you have allocated for Squid in settings?

                                      EDIT - Well OK then... :) It was the logs... I don't have Squid installed, so I don't know what the file structure is at that level. I still think I'd make your disk about 10-20GB...

                                      Peder

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                                        FroLien @provels
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi @provels
                                        How can I check disk space of Squid?

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                                          FroLien @provels
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi @provels
                                          I think this is it? Please educate me how much space should I assign.

                                          Squid Cache General Settings.PNG

                                          Squid Hard Disk Cache Settings.PNG

                                          Squid Memory Cache Settings.PNG

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                                          • provelsP
                                            provels @FroLien
                                            last edited by provels

                                            @FroLien Those look like the defaults. But look on the Squid General /Logging Settings. You can either A) Disable logging or B) Set a period to rotate the logs (maybe a day? a week?). By default rotation is disabled, so the logs will keep growing until you run out of disk. If you are logging in Squidguard, too, you should also turn on rotation on first settings page.
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                                            Peder

                                            MAIN - pfSense+ 24.11-RELEASE - Adlink MXE-5401, i7, 16 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD. 500 GB HDD for SyslogNG
                                            BACKUP - pfSense+ 23.01-RELEASE - Hyper-V Virtual Machine, Gen 1, 2 v-CPUs, 3 GB RAM, 8GB VHDX (Dynamic)

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