Kafka spool log files

[#1]

Hi,

I found following log files in /var/log/log_hadoop/log/kafka/audit/hdfs/spool/archive path and these are taking lot of space. What are these files? Can I delete these files? How to control it?

11G spool_kafka_20171022-0406.23.log

11G spool_kafka_20171023-0406.30.log

11G spool_kafka_20171024-0406.30.log

11G spool_kafka_20171025-0406.31.log

11G spool_kafka_20171026-0406.32.log

[#2]

That's the Ranger Kafka Plugin logging HDFS auditing. https://github.com/apache/ranger/blob/master/plugin-kafka/scripts/install.properties#L65

Log into Ranger Admin UI if you want to disable it.

[#3]

Can we delete these files?

[#4]

Do you need auditing in your system, then no.

If not, then yes, and why did you have it enabled?