Reconfigure Automatic Log File Deletion asked:
"Is it possible under Logging & Reporting > Log Settings > Local Logging to get the system to automatically delete log files after a period of time that does NOT appear as an option in the drop-down list?
The available options are: Never, after 1 day, after 3 days etc. up to 1 year. I need only to retain the logs for a period of 6 months to meet legal requirements. Is there any way this can be achieved?"
Unfortunately, this forum is not very helpful and locks old threads, so I have to answer in this new thread.
Yes, it's possible!
With some HTML-hacking, you can configure any number of days as retention period. I just set mine to 999 days, so that I can keep a decent amount of logs, but I don't have to suffer from a UTM design flaw that doesn't allow us to delete old logfiles automatically without sending useless warning mails when a disk usage threshold is reached.
Steps:
- Right-click the drop-down and select "Inspect"
- In your browser's developer tools, expand the <select> node
- Edit the value in one of the options, e.g. change
<option value="365">Delete logs after a year</option>to
<option value="999">Delete logs after a year</option> - click Apply
From now on, log files are deleted according to your choice. Caveat: The UI will show "Never delete log files", although the value you configured before is stored and stays active.
Hope that helps,
Markus
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