Disable MATLABConnector on Linux Cluster

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Andrew Lewis
Andrew Lewis 2024-5-21
回答： Conor Burgess 2025-7-24
I run a Linux Cluster and my users run hundereds of jobs, and for each job Matlab R2024a creates ~/.MathWorks/ServiceHost/<hostname>/v2024.2.0.3 as well as ~/.MathWorks/ServiceHost/<hostname>/logs
This is wasting space and also causing about 20% of jobs to hang indefintely with the follwing in the logs:
00015945 2024-05-21 16:23:20 0x00007fb526ab3640 ddux D logging JSON: MSH_INSTALL_ERROR
{"logDDUXData":{"keyValues":{"error_message":"Extract task invalid argument error: Package cannot be read or empty.","install_timestamp":"2024-05-21 14:17:13.666","post_background_update_code":"","post_install_code":"","pre_uninstall_code":"","start_msh_code":"","stop_msh_code":"","triggered_by":"TRIPWIRE_DESKTOP_SERVICES","update_version":"2024.2.0.3"},"product":""}}
00015946 2024-05-21 16:23:20 0x00007fb526ab3640 ddux D Added to event stats, eventkey [ MSH_INSTALL_ERROR ], bytes [ 370 ], count [ 1 ]
00015947 2024-05-21 16:23:20 0x00007fb526ab3640 ddux D logging JSON: MSH_INSTALL_ERROR
{"logDDUXData":{"keyValues":{"error_message":"Extract task invalid argument error: Package cannot be read or empty.","install_timestamp":"2024-05-21 14:17:13.668","post_background_update_code":"","post_install_code":"","pre_uninstall_code":"","start_msh_code":"","stop_msh_code":"","triggered_by":"TRIPWIRE_DESKTOP_SERVICES","update_version":"2024.2.0.3"},"product":""}}
Matlab as a package is available from a central folder, I don't want or need the above to happen. How do I disable this? On our older cluster this did not happen with R2022 etc.
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Marcel Zwiers
Marcel Zwiers 2025-6-12
In our center, we run into a similar situation, in that our HPC users are facing a ridiculous amount of servicehost logs files in their home directories. We are already using a centrally managed servicehost, to mitigate the problem, but the log files remain to be an issue. It seems to me that these log files are of no interest to users, and that they should never be pushed into production (or at least Mathworks should provide a config option to disable logging).
Feng
Feng 2025-7-19
We're encountering the same issue on our HPC cluster with MATLAB R2025a. If MATLAB is not launched using the -batch option, for example, when a user starts MATLAB with:
matlab -nodisplay -nosplash -r "ver; exit"
instead of:
matlab -batch "ver"
it generates approximately 5MB of log files under ~/.MathWorks/ServiceHost/logs/ each time.
On a shared system, it's common for users to run such commands in automated scripts or loops. If a user runs this 1000 times, which is not unusual, it can quickly result in around 5GB of unnecessary log files in their home directory.
Is there any update or recommended approach from MathWorks to either disable this logging behavior or at least redirect the logs to a more appropriate location?

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UDAYA PEDDIRAJU
UDAYA PEDDIRAJU 2024-6-14
Hi Andrew,
To prevent directory creation and job stalls caused by MATLABConnector (R2024a Linux cluster), disable it using one of these methods:
  • Before starting MATLAB, set "MATLAB_DISABLE_SERVICEHOST=true" (e.g., export MATLAB_DISABLE_SERVICEHOST=true; matlab).
  • Edit your shell startup script (e.g., .bashrc) and add export "MATLAB_DISABLE_SERVICEHOST=true".
Apart from this I found following related query in the community: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/2050132-how-can-i-permanently-disable-matlab-drive-in-linux and https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/452867-how-can-i-log-out-of-matlab-drive-connector
Caution: Disabling ServiceHost might affect features like cloud connectivity. The solutions should give an idea on how to proceed.
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Feng
Feng 2025-7-19
Hi, UDAYA,
Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately, I encountered the same issue with MATLAB R2025a. I tried adding the following environment variable as recommended:
export MATLAB_DISABLE_SERVICEHOST=true
However, this did not prevent the logs from being generated. I also attempted:
export MATHWORKS_DISABLE_SERVICE_HOST=true
But that didn’t help either. I’m wondering if there might be any other solutions to suppress these logs?

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Conor Burgess
Conor Burgess 2025-7-24
Please use matlab -batch in HPC and CI/CD workflows - for R2024a Update 6 and later, this will avoid the creation of the log files in user home directories. The environment variables mentioned in other answers are not ones we use and will not work.

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