How can i check individual domains and disk usage?

Question

I need to check how much space a website hosted on our server is taking.

codebauss · Answer

If you would like to check on the individual website, you first need to determine a) the root directory of the site and b) if there is any data outside of that directory the site uses. If it is for instance a WordPress site, the size of the website is the sum total of the files in its root directory, associated directories [like when content is linked outside of the default directory] and the database the site uses.

If the site is composed of just static files and does not use a database. Then you can SSH into your droplet, cd to the directory where the site’s files are, and run du -h --max-depth=1

This will return the size of the current directory and sub-directories from within.

alexdo · Answer

Hello, @1a07bcc79f21590b3ed2622d5807bd You can check which folders are using the most space on the Droplet by using the disk utilization command, du: du -h --max-depth=1 / You can check our tutorial on How do I fix disk space issues on my Droplet here: https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/how-do-i-fix-disk-space-issues-on-my-droplet/ Regards

alexdo · Answer

Heya, There is also an ncurses interface for du, appropriately called ncdu, that you can install: sudo apt install ncdu This will graphically represent your disk usage: ncdu Output--- /root ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.0KiB [##########] /.ssh 4.0KiB [##### ] /.cache 4.0KiB [##### ] .bashrc 4.0KiB [##### ] .profile 4.0KiB [##### ] .bash_history You can step through the filesystem by using the up and down arrows and pressing Enter on any directory entry. Hope that this helps!

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