Free up space in mongo db

Support Setting up Tyk
#1

Hello

I would like to know how to free up space in mongo db.

We use the log browser, and we delete the registers manually using the command:
db.tyk_analytics.remove({})

but this is not changing the mongo database size:
show dbs ----> tyk_analytics 5.951GB

The api policies use the month as the time unit.
Is it possible to delete old data after one month?

Thanks!

#2

The simplest thing to do is to turn the tyk_analytics collection into a capped collection.
How you do that, will depend on your mongo setup, but they have guides that should help:

https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/command/convertToCapped/

#3

Hi

Thanks for your reply I will use it.

Do I need to turn into capped other collections like?
tyk_analytics_aggregates
tyk_analytics_users

Thanks

#4

tyk_analytics will be the collection that grows fastest, sonwpuld start there.

#5