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delete docker logs
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delete_docker_logs.sh
find /var/lib/docker/containers/ -type f -name "*.log" -delete
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jongio commented Nov 14, 2017

I had to run this first

sudo -i

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RobertHeim commented Jan 26, 2023 •
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an alternative may be activating log rotation for the docker daemon by creating/updating /etc/docker/daemon.json:

{
  "log-driver": "json-file",
  "log-opts": {
    "max-size": "15m",
    "max-file": "5",
  }
}

Note that you will need to restart docker (e.g. systemctl restart docker) and the config only affects containers created after modifying the daemon configuration (e.g. recreate the container of a specific service in docker-compose: docker-compose up --force-recreate --no-deps -d <service-name>).

For more information see: https://docs.docker.com/config/containers/logging/json-file/

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