systemd journal using too much disc space

[Tom H]

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 9:26 AM, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> since ubuntu does not set journald to logging to disc by default, there
> are no size options set (for ram logging the builtin defaults are
> fine).
>
> if you enable logging to disc you should likely also adjust the file
> size values in /etc/systemd/journald.conf

IIRC, by default, the journald files don't grow to more than 10% of
the filesystem where "/var/log/journal/" is and they have to leave at
least 15% of that filesystem free.