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Automate 2 retention should be limited by default

The following full config should be active upon installation of an Automate 2 system, but with all `older_than_days` values set to 14 days or less. https://automate.chef.io/docs/data-lifecycle/

This restriction will help prevent regular out of disk space failures a week or a month after a customer installs the system.

If a customer would like to increase the retention period, they can do so, noting the space available for elasticsearch storage.

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  • Jan 27 2020
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  • Jeff Dean commented
    18 Mar, 2021 02:13pm

    I wish this had already been done. Not knowing that there were not built-in limits caused us significant downtime

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  • Richard Nixon commented
    5 Mar, 2020 12:45am

    I also like the evasive manouvers that we had in A1 which kicked in on low disk space

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  • Richard Nixon commented
    5 Mar, 2020 12:44am

    This would save so many people.

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  • Brian Schwegmann commented
    25 Feb, 2020 12:48am

    We had another customer today that was surprised that unlimited data retention is the default.  It caused a sev1 outage and they assembled a team to mitigate the issue over the course of a couple hours.  People expect conservative defaults and they'll be happier with the product if it doesn't fail unexpectedly due to easily-preventable issues.

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  • Shaun Mouton commented
    4 Feb, 2020 05:55pm

    In my interactions, customers have been surprised that we don't limit retention by default. We should do so, and use a notification banner to remind admins to check their retention settings. Notification banners are tight.

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  • Chris Lavery commented
    4 Feb, 2020 05:53pm

    This is smart, like setting limits on other resources - men,  processes/connections. makes sense.

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