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urldiag.txt is filling up space
SA-11079
Summary
User wants to know what is "urldiag.txt" and where is this setting that is collecting so much data every other day that this file increases up to 15-16 GB filling up the file system and hence crashing the app. They are in a clustered environment and this file is getting created on both the servers and getting to a huge size. This file is not there in prod and or dev which is good,
this is only happening in stage but so frequently that it takes down the app which "No Space left on the device".
Error Messages
No Space left on the device
Steps to Reproduce
not sure how
Root Cause
The root cause of this problem is defect/misconfiguration in the operating environment. Debugging DSS settings were put in place but never removed by the developer.
Resolution
Look for the following settings in the prconfig.xml or as DSS setting and remove them. Restart the server.
<env name="initialization/urldebug" value="both"/>
<env name="initialization/urlrrwriter" value="urldiag.txt"/>
Published July 7, 2015 - Updated October 8, 2020
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