title: InfluxDB keeps appending to /var/log/syslog
body: <p><strong>Problem</strong></p>
  
  <p>I am running influxDB version: 1.7.8 on Ubuntu machine (18.04.3 LTS).
  Currently the <code>/var/log/syslog</code> file is growing at very high rate (about 5-10BG per 24h).
  I looked into what is being appending and it looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>my_server:/var/log$ sudo tail /var/log/syslog
  Feb 17 19:24:28 my_server_name influxd[12946]: [httpd] 127.0.0.1 - root [17/Feb/2020:19:24:28 +0000] "POST /write?db=db_name HTTP/1.1" 204 0 "-" "python-requests/2.21.0" 1dd1516f-51bb-11ea-98f7-3a83c7c53dec 1192
  Feb 17 19:24:28 my_server_name influxd[12946]: [httpd] 127.0.0.1 - root [17/Feb/2020:19:24:28 +0000] "POST /write?db=db_name HTTP/1.1" 204 0 "-" "python-requests/2.21.0" 1dd1d454-51bb-11ea-98f8-3a83c7c53dec 1092
  Feb 17 19:24:28 my_server_name influxd[12946]: [httpd] 127.0.0.1 - root [17/Feb/2020:19:24:28 +0000] "POST /write?db=db_name HTTP/1.1" 204 0 "-" "python-requests/2.21.0" 1dd20d47-51bb-11ea-98f9-3a83c7c53dec 1077
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I recognize the <code>python-requests</code> as it's downloading data via API.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Attempted solution</strong></p>
  
  <p>I read <a href="https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/8319" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> and <a href="https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.7/administration/config#logging-settings" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> that the default logging level of InfluxDB is <code>info</code>, so changing to <code>error</code> should fix the issue.</p>
  
  <p>I changed it to <code>error</code> and then reloaded the service by:</p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo systemctl daemon-reload
  sudo systemctl restart influxdb.service
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However the syslog keeps increasing every second...</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone help me get to the bottom of this?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update 1</strong></p>
  
  <p>I wonder whether it has something to do with the HTTP logs in the documentation <a href="https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.7/administration/config#log-enabled-true" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>? But I don't see any log level there.
  Ideally I'd like warning and error to be logged (ofc).</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update 2</strong></p>
  
  <p>In <code>/etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf</code> under <code>[http]</code> I also tried changing <code>log-enabled = false</code> and <code>suppress-write-log = true</code>, but the writing to the <code>syslog</code> does not stop...</p>