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Published Sep. 10, 2025

Old auditing data taking up database space

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Phil Chapman

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Issue

  • Are there any alternative methods to manage audit data?

Environment

  • DXP 7.3   DXP 7.2

Resolution

  • As an alternative to saving all of the logging data into the database, instead, we may choose to save it to a JSON or CSV file. The same disk space requirements remain, but it can potentially make the data more manageable, especially when preparing for an upgrade. Configuration is outlined in our Configuring Audits documentation, see section: Reporting Audit Events in Liferay’s Logs and Console. 
  • To give Administrators greater control over audit data, this feature request - Ability to limit or clear existing audit logging has been raised to our Product Team for review. 

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