How to Delete all logs in a cpanel server - SSH

The command below will delete/empty all files in '/path/to/the/logdirectory' directory.

for i in $(find /path/to/the/logdirectory -type f); do echo > $i; done

You can empty the logs files via SSH as user root using the 'echo' command

echo > /path/to/the/logfile

You should be aware of the list of different log files on a cPanel server.

BTW, why are you looking to delete the log files from your server? If the problem is with the limited disk space, you can always use Log Rotation to rotate the log files in timely manner and delete old logs.

The  path to various logs files on a cPanel server for different services is listed below:

Apache Web Server Logs:

/usr/local/apache/logs/access_log
/usr/local/apache/logs/error_log

Exim (Email) Logs:

/var/log/exim_mainlog
/var/log/exim_paniclog
/var/log/exim_rejectlog

Ftp Logs:

/var/log/messages

Mysql Logs:

/var/lib/mysql/server.hostname.err

Cronjob Logs:

/var/log/cron

Server Logs:

/var/log/messages

SSH Logs:

/var/log/secure

cPanel Installation Logs:

/var/log/cpanel-install-thread0.log

ChkServd (cPanel Monitoring Daemon) Logs:

/var/log/chkservd.log

Named (Bind) Logs:

/var/log/messages

Last successful login attempts to the server:

/var/log/wtmp (but to view the details, execute the command “last”)

Last unsuccessful login attempts to the server:

/var/log/utmp (To view the logs, execute “lastb” command)

Domlogs of an Account:

/usr/local/apache/domlogs/domainname.tld

Mod Security Logs:

/usr/local/apache/logs/modsec_audit.log
/usr/local/apache/logs/modsec_debug_log

Apache SUEXEC Logs:

/usr/local/apache/logs/suexec_log

cPanel Access and Error Logs:

/usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log

Stats Execution Logs:

/usr/local/cpanel/logs/stats_log

cPanel License Logs:

/usr/local/cpanel/logs/license_log

cPanel Backup Logs:

/usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup/*.log

Tomcat Logs:

/usr/local/jakarta/tomcat/logs/catalina.err
/usr/local/jakarta/tomcat/logs/catalina.out

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