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help: var folder on ubuntu won't stop filling up
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If you suspect that the issue is
journald, you can use the following command to check how much space it is using:Rather than periodically running
journalctl --vacuum-size=500to free up space, you can just limit the journal by adding the following to a new file such as/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/size.conf:This will limit the journal from using more than
512MB. That said, ifjournaldis filling up fast, then something is spamming your logs and you could runjournalctl -a -fto get a sense of what is being written to your logs.