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Altostratus

Jun 25, 2019

Is it safe to delete rewrite* files in /var/log?

Hello, I'm having huge amount of rewrite* files in the /var/log and I would like to know if it's safe to delete them? I have old one (3 weeks) different from current ones like rewrite3.1, rewrite5.1...

application delivery

BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

Dario_Garrido

Noctilucent

Jun 25, 2019

Hello njseq

"The BIG-IP® system publishes logs for portal access traffic and for connections to virtual desktops (VDI) to the /var/log/rewrite* files. APM® cannot publish these logs to remote destinations."

REF - https://techdocs.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_apm/manuals/product/apm-network-access-12-0-0/11.html

>> Those log files are local, so you can remove them or move them to a different log server.

/var/log/rewrite<x>.log

"The rewrite log contains events from the rewrite profile. The <x> indicates the CPU instance that logged the rewrite info."

REF - https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K13595

>> Regarding the high volume of logging, I suspect that you are logging with a 'debug' level. I would check if vdi is in debug mode.