[Satellite 6] Purging Puppet reports stored on a Satellite 6.x server

Solution Verified - Updated

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.x

Issue

The /opt/puppetlabs/server/data/puppetserver/reports/ directory has grown rapidly on our Satellite server in the last few weeks, and is eating up a lot of disk space. How to cleanly purge Puppet reports stored under /opt/puppetlabs/server/data/puppetserver/reports/ on our Satellite server?

Resolution

To cleanly purge Puppet reports stored under /opt/puppetlabs/server/data/puppetserver/reports/ on the Satellite server, the following command can be used:

# find /opt/puppetlabs/server/data/puppetserver/reports/ -mmin +90 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -r rm > /dev/null 2>&1

Based on your needs, you may want to change the time period.

For more KB articles/solutions related to Red Hat Satellite 6.x Puppet Issues, please refer to the Red Hat Satellite Consolidated Troubleshooting Article for Red Hat Satellite 6.x Puppet Issues

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