From 42bfb9f22f6c08033dde18939c325f61adf53396 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: missytake <missytake@systemli.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:27:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] journald: remove old logs from disk. (#490)

fix #486
---
 CHANGELOG.md                      | 3 +++
 cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/__init__.py | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f38c8992..697558e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 - cmdeploy dns: offer alternative DKIM record format for some web interfaces
   ([#470](https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/pull/470))
 
+- journald: remove old logs from disk
+  ([#490](https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/pull/490))
+
 - migration guide: let opendkim own the DKIM keys directory
   ([#468](https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/pull/468))
 
diff --git a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/__init__.py b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/__init__.py
index f89f169f..783a5405 100644
--- a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/__init__.py
+++ b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/__init__.py
@@ -705,6 +705,11 @@ def deploy_chatmail(config_path: Path, disable_mail: bool) -> None:
         enabled=True,
         restarted=journald_conf.changed,
     )
+    files.directory(
+        name="Ensure old logs on disk are deleted",
+        path="/var/log/journal/",
+        present=False,
+    )
 
     apt.packages(
         name="Ensure cron is installed",