How do I clear space on my PfSense box?

Noraa

I have 90% usage on my pfsense box and can't figure out why.. Any help would be greatly appreciated I've checked in the /var directory and can't find anything out of the ordinary. Maybe I am missing something. Thanks

Gertjan

Hi,

Open console or SSH.
When you see the menu, chose option 8.

Goto the root directory :

cd /

Execute

du -h -d 1

From the list shown, take the biggest directory and 'cd' into it :
Example : you find that the /var directory is the biggest one :

cd /var

and repeat the 'du -h -d 1' command, cd into the biggest etc.

Report what you have found.

To list a directory, type

ls -al

to see all the files and details.
Example :

[2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.brit-hotel-fumel.net]/var/log: ls -al
total 108324
drwxr-xr-x   9 root        wheel           1024 Nov 12 09:51 .
drwxr-xr-x  32 root        wheel            512 Nov 12 09:51 ..
-rw-------   1 root        wheel         511488 Nov 23 08:41 dhcpd.log
-rw-r--r--   1 root        wheel           9832 Nov 12 10:47 dmesg.boot
-rw-------   1 root        wheel         511488 Nov  2 11:09 filter.log
-rw-------   1 root        wheel         511488 Nov 20 11:53 gateways.log
-rw-------   1 root        wheel         511488 Nov 25  2018 ipsec.log
-rw-------   1 root        wheel         511488 May  9  2016 l2tps.log
-rw-r--r--   1 root        wheel              0 Jan 29  2015 lastlog
drwx------   2 www         www              512 Jan 13  2020 lighttpd
drwxr-xr-x   2 munin       munin            512 Jul 13 12:11 munin
drwxr-xr-x   2 root        wheel            512 Apr  6  2020 nginx
-rw-------   1 root        wheel        1000000 Nov 23 08:35 nginx.log
drwxr-xr-x   2 root        wheel            512 Jan 29  2015 ntp
-rw-------   1 root        wheel         511488 Nov 23 04:51 ntpd.log
drwxr-xr-x   2 uucp        uucp             512 Mar 19  2020 nut
-rw-------   1 root        wheel         511488 Nov 23 05:34 openvpn.log
-rw-------   1 root        wheel            232 Nov 23 08:43 openvpn.status
drwxr-xr-x   2 root        wheel            512 Nov 23 06:00 pfblockerng
-rw-------   1 root        wheel         511488 May  9  2016 poes.log
-rw-------   1 root        wheel         511488 Nov 23 06:44 portalauth.log
-rw-------   1 root        wheel         511488 Jun  4 08:40 ppp.log
-rw-------   1 root        wheel         511488 May  9  2016 pptps.log
drwx------   5 root        wheel            512 Apr 19  2018 radacct
-rw-------   1 root        wheel        8634282 Nov 23 08:40 radius.log
-rw-------   1 freeradius  freeradius     12320 Nov 23 06:44 radutmp
-rw-------   1 freeradius  freeradius         0 Apr 17  2018 radwtmp
-rw-------   1 root        wheel         511488 Jul 27  2016 relayd.log
-rw-------   1 root        wheel         511488 Nov 22 21:33 resolver.log
-rw-------   1 root        wheel         511488 Nov 20 11:53 routing.log
-rw-r-----   1 root        wheel       89196103 Nov 23 06:44 sqltrace.sql
-rw-------   1 root        wheel         511488 Nov 23 08:03 system.log
-rw-------   1 root        wheel        2158303 Nov 12 10:47 userlog
-rw-r--r--   1 root        wheel            591 Nov 23 07:23 utx.lastlogin
-rw-------   1 root        wheel         192348 Nov 23 07:23 utx.log
-rw-------   1 root        wheel         511488 May  9  2016 vpn.log
-rw-------   1 root        wheel         511488 Oct 25  2017 wireless.log