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title: "Spirion Sensitive Data Platform for Linux: Tips and Tricks"
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# Spirion Sensitive Data Platform for Linux: Tips and Tricks

This article provides a compilation of relevant paths and standard cleanup steps that are useful for maintaining and troubleshooting your Spirion Linux Agents.

Note the following Linux Agent paths/locations:

| Purpose | Path |
| --- | --- |
| Agent install staging | `/tmp/SpirionPkg` |
| Gather Data output | `/tmp/Gatherdata/` (or any path you specify via `--gatherdatapath`) |
| EPS logs | `/var/lib/.identityfinder/Application/{04964656e-7469-7479-2046-696e6465720}/Logs/EPS` |
| Client/scan logs | `/var/lib/.identityfinder/Application/{04964656e-7469-7479-2046-696e6465720}/Logs/SystemSearch` |
| Settings/config | `/var/lib/identityfinder/` |
| Binaries/license | `/usr/local/bin/spirion/` |

**Standard cleanup steps (based on documented practices)**

1.  **Confirm no scan is running** before touching any temp files:
    
    ```powershell
    ps aux | grep IdentityFinderCmd | grep -v grep
    ```
    
    If this returns output, a scan is still active — wait for it to finish or stop EPS first.
2.  **Stop EPS** (if needed before cleanup):
    
    ```powershell
    sudo /etc/init.d/eps stop
    ```
    
3.  **Clear the install staging folder** (safe to remove after install is complete):
    
    ```powershell
    sudo rm -rf /tmp/SpirionPkg
    ```
    
4.  **Clear Gather Data output** (if you ran a gather data collection):
    
    ```powershell
    sudo rm -rf /tmp/Gatherdata/
    ```
    
5.  **Rotate/clear old scan logs** (if disk space is the concern):
    
    ```powershell
    sudo rm -f /var/lib/.identityfinder/Application/{04964656e-7469-7479-2046-696e6465720}/Logs/SystemSearch/*.log
    ```
    
    ⚠️ Run this command **ONLY if you have already collected/archived the logs** you need for troubleshooting.
6.  **Restart EPS** after cleanup:
    
    ```powershell
    sudo /etc/init.d/eps restart
    ```
    

## Important Caveat for v13.6

In 13.6, the Spirion Agent writes the PostgreSQL queue state (`` `search_queue_<scanId> `` and `shipper_queue`) to the local PG instance (PostgreSQL).

-   These are **NOT** in the temp directory (`/tmp`) — they live in the PG data directory managed by pgBouncer.
-   **DO NOT** manually delete these files; use the normal scan completion/cancellation flow to clean up queue tables.