Clean up expired client bundles

Available as of MKE 3.9.5 You can remove expired client bundles from MKE. This can be done manually, or you can set a schedule for automatic cleanup.

Manual cleanup of expired bundles

1. Log in to the MKE web UI as an administrator.

2. In the left-side navigation panel, navigate to and click Tuning. The Tuning page will display.

3. Scroll down to the Client Bundle Management section.

4. Ensure that the Client Bundle Generation control is toggled on.

5. Optional. Under the Dry Run sub-heading, click Start a dry run to view the expired client bundles that will be removed.

6. Under the Run Cleanup, click Run cleanup now.

7. Click Save.

Schedule expired bundle cleanup

You can configure MKE to automatically clean up client bundles that have expired, either by applying a parameter setting in the MKE configuration file or through the MKE web UI.

To configure the MKE configuration file for automatic cleanup of expired client bundles:

1. Obtain the current MKE configuration file for the cluster.

2. Set the value of expired_client_bundle_cleanup_schedule to the desired cron schedule. Refer to cluster_config table (required) for more information.

   The following example schedules client bundle cleanup for every day at midnight:

   [cluster_config]
   
       expired_client_bundle_cleanup_schedule = "0 0 0 * * *"
   

3. Upload the new MKE configuration file.

To configure the MKE web UI for automatic cleanup of expired client bundles:

1. Log in to the MKE web UI as an administrator.

2. In the left-side navigation panel, navigate to and click Tuning. The Tuning page will display.

3. Scroll down to the Client Bundle Management section.

4. Ensure that the Client Bundle Generation control is toggled on.

5. Optional. Under the Dry Run sub-heading, click Start a dry run to view the expired client bundles that will be removed.

6. Under the Schedule sub-heading, enter a valid cron expression into the Cleanup Schedule field.

7. Click Save.