# Is it normal for /var/lib and /var/log to each take over 5G space?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-normal-for-var-lib-and-var-log-to-each-take-over-5g-space/55403
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [9 januari 2017 om 13:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-normal-for-var-lib-and-var-log-to-each-take-over-5g-space/55403 "2017-01-09T13:01:20Z")
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### Author:  [@snakeninny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/snakeninny)
#### Post date: [9 januari 2017 om 13:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-normal-for-var-lib-and-var-log-to-each-take-over-5g-space/55403/1 "2017-01-09T13:01:20Z")
After running:
```plaintext
cd /var/discourse
git pull
./launcher rebuild app
```
`ncdu` returns:
```plaintext
ncdu 1.10 ~ Use the arrow keys to navigate, press ? for help
--- /var -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7.8GiB [##########] /lib
5.5GiB [######] /log
3.4GiB [####] /discourse
449.0MiB [] /cache
8.7MiB [] /backups
28.0KiB [] /spool
24.0KiB [] /www
8.0KiB [] /mail
4.0KiB [] /tmp
e 4.0KiB [] /opt
e 4.0KiB [] /local
@ 0.0 B [] lock
@ 0.0 B [] run
```
```plaintext
ncdu 1.10 ~ Use the arrow keys to navigate, press ? for help
--- /var/lib/docker/aufs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/..
5.1GiB [##########] /diff
1.8GiB [###] /mnt
48.0KiB [] /layers
```
```plaintext
ncdu 1.10 ~ Use the arrow keys to navigate, press ? for help
--- /var/log/nginx -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/..
4.5GiB [##########] access.log.1
870.1MiB [#] access.log.2.gz
10.6MiB [] error.log.1
6.8MiB [] error.log.4.gz
5.7MiB [] error.log.5.gz
5.2MiB [] error.log.8.gz
...
```
Seems to me that the diff and log are taking too much space. Is that normal?
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [9 januari 2017 om 13:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-normal-for-var-lib-and-var-log-to-each-take-over-5g-space/55403/2 "2017-01-09T13:48:00Z")
> [@snakeninny](#):
>
> Seems to me that the diff and log are taking too much space. Is that normal?
`/var/lib/docker/aufs` holds the disk of your docker image, so yes, that is normal, there is an entire linux there.
`/var/log/nginx` hold every request that hits your forum, so it will be bigger the more access you have. However it rotates for you.
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### Author:  [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)
#### Post date: [9 januari 2017 om 21:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-normal-for-var-lib-and-var-log-to-each-take-over-5g-space/55403/3 "2017-01-09T21:39:42Z")
That’s `/var/log/nginx` on the host (I presume), that isn’t a standard setup, so it’s outside the scope of what we can offer suggestions on.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [9 januari 2017 om 21:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-normal-for-var-lib-and-var-log-to-each-take-over-5g-space/55403/4 "2017-01-09T21:57:01Z")
> [@mpalmer](#):
>
> That’s /var/log/nginx on the host (I presume), that isn’t a standard setup, so it’s outside the scope of what we can offer suggestions on.
We are mounting nginx log to `/var/log` now:
>
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### Author:  [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)
#### Post date: [9 januari 2017 om 22:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-normal-for-var-lib-and-var-log-to-each-take-over-5g-space/55403/5 "2017-01-09T22:03:33Z")
That’s `/var/log` in the guest, and it gets mounted to `/var/discourse/shared/standalone/log/var-log` in the host, so the Discourse nginx logs are part of the 3.4GiB shown for `/var/discourse`. Some other site is on the machine that’s generating so many logs.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [9 januari 2017 om 22:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-normal-for-var-lib-and-var-log-to-each-take-over-5g-space/55403/6 "2017-01-09T22:08:29Z")
Oh, true, it’s the inverse 😄
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [8 juni 2024 om 12:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-normal-for-var-lib-and-var-log-to-each-take-over-5g-space/55403/7 "2024-06-08T12:45:01Z")
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