The ordinary log rotation should do.
These are the default settings (therefore commented with a # in
postgresql.conf):
#log_rotation_age = 1d # Automatic rotation of logfiles
will
# happen after that time. 0
disables.
#log_rotation_size = 10MB # Automatic rotation of logfiles
will
# happen after that much log
output.
# 0 disables.
So your log files will not exceed 10 MB.
Of course, you can to this manually as well. Just rename the current
logfile, a new one will be created.
Then gzip or bzip2 or xz the old one.
Am 26.11.20 um 14:40 schrieb Yambu:
> Hi
>
> How can I safely remove the log file that is being used currently and
> zip it without interfering with the postgres server?
>
> We are running out of space on the server and the logs are eating a
> lot of space, we need to zip them without first stopping the server.
>
> regards
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