hdfs-audit.log disk space consumption

[#1]

Been using CDH 5.3.1 and have been running into an issue where HDFS audit logging is consuming over 5GB an hour.  This level of logging is unsustainable.  How do I go about either turning off audit logging OR update the system so that it only retains say 3 or so audit logs?  

[#2 · Accepted solution]

login to cloudera manager => select Hdfs => Configuration => click on log menu option (left bottom)

Here are the properties you may need to update :

 1)  Maximum Audit Log File Size => check the size you want to set

 2)  Number of Audit Logs to Retain  => Number of backup file you want to retain.

Thanks,

Khirod

[#3]

Requires Cloudera Enterprise Licenses - kind of silly to require a paid subscription to be able to better manage the audit logs.  Sounds like I'll just have to set up a cron job that prunes these logs every 15 minutes.