Deleting Checkpoint Logs

cleaning up checkpoint logs

13 January 2018   1 min read

The directories that need to be emptied to delete all the logs on the Checkpoint managers.

Stop the Checkpoint service

cpstop

Remove all the log files in the $CPDIR/log/ directory

rm $CPDIR/log/*
rm $FWDIR/log/*

To also delete the Application Control logs the indexes also need deleting

cd /var/log/opt/CPrt-R80/log_indexes
rm -r audit*
rm -r other*
rm -r firewall*
rm -r smart*

cd /var/log/opt/CPrt-R80/log_indexer/log
rm *

Restart Check Point service

cpstart