Free Up Pi-Hole Disk Space Usage

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Cleaning Log Files
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   01. Log into the Pi-Hole server
   02. Run the following commands in a terminal window
         # output current pihole db size
         sudo du /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db -h
         # flush pihole logs
         pihole flush
         # stop pihole FTL service
         sudo systemctl stop pihole-FTL
         # delete the FTL database file
         sudo rm /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db
         # stop pihole FTL service
         sudo systemctl start pihole-FTL
         # output reduced pihole db size
         sudo du /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db -h
 
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Reduce Long Term Log Lifespan
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By default, Pi-hole keeps long term DNS logs for 365 days. This lifespan can be changed by altering the MAXDBDAYS variable in /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.conf
 
   01. To reduce the log lifespan, run the following commands in a terminal window
         # edit pihole-FTD.conf
         sudo nano /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.conf
   02. Add or edit MAXDBDAYS value in the configuration file as needed
   03. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes
   04. Continue with the following command
         # restart pihole-FTL server
         sudo systemctl restart pihole-FTL
   05. After restarting the service the new logs lifespan will be active
 
Pi-hole Documentation:  https://docs.pi-hole.net/ftldns/configfile/
 


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