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kumarunix8
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We can see splunk logs in /opt/splunk/var/log/splunk...we see logs are divided in 5 parts with 25mb of size.ex: audit.log.5.My q? is are the oldest logs are deleted automatically.we can see recent logs in audit.log. And it gets updated every day.Are the old logs in audit.log.5 are being erased forever?

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ftk
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The events in the log file are being erased forever, yes. However, that data is also accessible in the _audit index. Any user with the admin role can search that index as follows:

index=_audit *

kumarunix8
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1)are the logs(index=_audit *) can be deleted??Will it acquire a large space.
2)how can i check in CLI.,delete logs if needed because all dat stores in /opt/splunk/....which is in root directory and requires lot of space.

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