temp directory

Purpose

In certain scenarios, tomcat temp directory located in <AE_HOME>/tomcat/apache-tomcat/temp can consume a lot of disk. This directory contains temporary documents which application generated during it's execution. The application server sometimes fails to delete these documents even after the program execution is finished. This article highlights how to address this issue.

Instructions

It is safe to delete all the content in <AE_HOME>/tomcat/apache-tomcat/temp directory. The following command when executed as appian user will clear the content in that directory:

rm -R /usr/local/appian/ae/tomcat/apache-tomcat/temp/*

Note: Site restart will also clear that directory.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian.

Last reviewed: June 2019