diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 344101d..0000000
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "cSpell.words": [
-        "appender",
-        "asctime",
-        "basedirt",
-        "cachedir",
-        "Changeme",
-        "devel",
-        "fastapi",
-        "getenv",
-        "Gitea",
-        "hashlib",
-        "hmac",
-        "httpx",
-        "isoformat",
-        "kahadb",
-        "levelname",
-        "logappender",
-        "NOFILE",
-        "operatingsystemrelease",
-        "pptd",
-        "pptdb",
-        "Puppetfile",
-        "pydantic",
-        "pylint",
-        "pytest",
-        "refreshonly",
-        "repolist",
-        "requestlogging",
-        "rubygems",
-        "springframework",
-        "startswith",
-        "Supress",
-        "sysconfig",
-        "trapperkeeper",
-        "utcnow",
-        "uvicorn",
-        "webrick"
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c35973..0000000
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-pipeline {
-    agent {
-      label 'puppet'
-    }
-
-    post {
-        always {
-            deleteDir() /* clean up our workspace */
-        }
-        success {
-            updateGitlabCommitStatus state: 'success'
-        }
-        failure {
-            updateGitlabCommitStatus state: 'failed'
-            step([$class: 'Mailer', notifyEveryUnstableBuild: true, recipients: 'support@confdroid.com', sendToIndividuals: true])
-        }
-    }
-
-    options {
-          gitLabConnection('gitlab.confdroid.com')
-    }
-
-    stages {
-
-      stage('pull master') {
-        steps {
-          sshagent(['edd05eb6-26b5-4c7b-a5cc-ea2ab899f4fa']) {
-            sh '''
-                git config user.name "Jenkins Server"
-                git config user.email jenkins@confdroid.com
-                # Ensure we're on the development branch (triggered by push)
-                git checkout development
-                # Create jenkins branch from development
-                git checkout -b jenkins-build-$BUILD_NUMBER
-                # Optionally merge master into jenkins to ensure compatibility
-                git merge origin/master --no-ff || { echo "Merge conflict detected"; exit 1; }
-            '''
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-      stage('puppet parser') {
-        steps {
-          sh '''for file in $(find . -iname \'*.pp\'); do
-            /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet parser validate --color false --render-as s --modulepath=modules $file || exit 1;
-            done;'''
-          }
-        }
-
-      stage('check templates') {
-        steps{
-          sh '''for file in $(find . -iname \'*.erb\');
-            do erb -P -x -T "-" $file | ruby -c || exit 1;
-            done;'''
-        }
-      }
-
-      stage('puppet-lint') {
-        steps {
-          sh '''/usr/local/bin/puppet-lint . \\
-                --no-variable_scope-check \\
-                || { echo "Puppet lint failed"; exit 1; }
-            '''
-          }
-        }
-
-      stage('SonarScan') {
-         steps {
-            withCredentials([string(credentialsId: 'sonar-token', variable: 'SONAR_TOKEN')]) {
-              sh '''
-              /opt/sonar-scanner/bin/sonar-scanner \
-                -Dsonar.projectKey=confdroid_puppet \
-                -Dsonar.sources=. \
-                -Dsonar.host.url=https://sonarqube.confdroid.com \
-                -Dsonar.token=$SONAR_TOKEN
-                '''
-              }
-            }
-          }
-
-      stage('create Puppet documentation') {
-        steps {
-          sh '/opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet strings'
-        }
-      }
-
-      stage('update repo') {
-        steps {
-          sshagent(['edd05eb6-26b5-4c7b-a5cc-ea2ab899f4fa']) {
-            sh '''
-                git config user.name "Jenkins Server"
-                git config user.email jenkins@confdroid.com
-                git rm -r --cached .vscode || echo "No .vscode to remove from git"
-                git add -A && git commit -am "Recommit for updates in build $BUILD_NUMBER" || echo "No changes to commit"
-                git push origin HEAD:master
-
-            '''
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    stage('Mirror to Gitea') {
-          steps {
-            withCredentials([usernamePassword(
-              credentialsId: 'Jenkins-gitea',
-              usernameVariable: 'GITEA_USER',
-              passwordVariable: 'GITEA_TOKEN')]) {
-              script {
-                  // Checkout from GitLab (already done implicitly)
-                  sh '''
-                    git checkout master
-                    git pull origin master
-                    git branch -D development
-                    git branch -D jenkins-build-$BUILD_NUMBER
-                    git rm -f Jenkinsfile
-                    git rm -r --cached .vscode || echo "No .vscode to remove from git"
-                    git commit --amend --no-edit --allow-empty
-                    git remote add master https://gitea.confdroid.com/confdroid/confdroid_puppet.git
-                    git -c credential.helper="!f() { echo username=${GITEA_USER}; echo password=${GITEA_TOKEN}; }; f" \
-                    push master --mirror
-                  '''
-              }
-            }
-          }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/doc/file.README.html b/doc/file.README.html
index 7021433..dc27550 100644
--- a/doc/file.README.html
+++ b/doc/file.README.html
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@
 <h4 id="label-Puppetdb">Puppetdb</h4>
 <ul><li>
 <p>installs and configures Puppetdb on the node specified with <code>pt_puppetdb_fqdn</code>, which can be the puppetmaster or any other node (recommended for performance reasons)</p>
+</li><li>
+<p>the logrotation can be set in max days via <code>pt_pptdb_log_max_age</code></p>
 </li></ul>
 
 <h2 id="label-Support">Support</h2>
diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html
index 61cee29..fc57025 100644
--- a/doc/index.html
+++ b/doc/index.html
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@
 <h4 id="label-Puppetdb">Puppetdb</h4>
 <ul><li>
 <p>installs and configures Puppetdb on the node specified with <code>pt_puppetdb_fqdn</code>, which can be the puppetmaster or any other node (recommended for performance reasons)</p>
+</li><li>
+<p>the logrotation can be set in max days via <code>pt_pptdb_log_max_age</code></p>
 </li></ul>
 
 <h2 id="label-Support">Support</h2>
diff --git a/doc/puppet_classes/confdroid_puppet_3A_3Aparams.html b/doc/puppet_classes/confdroid_puppet_3A_3Aparams.html
index cdfaeae..006355c 100644
--- a/doc/puppet_classes/confdroid_puppet_3A_3Aparams.html
+++ b/doc/puppet_classes/confdroid_puppet_3A_3Aparams.html
@@ -1172,6 +1172,24 @@
         &mdash;
         <div class='inline'>
 <p>placeholder for the server.crt</p>
+</div>
+      
+    </li>
+  
+    <li>
+      
+        <span class='name'>pt_pptdb_log_max_age</span>
+      
+      
+        <span class='type'>(<tt>String</tt>)</span>
+      
+      
+        <em class="default">(defaults to: <tt>&#39;30&#39;</tt>)</em>
+      
+      
+        &mdash;
+        <div class='inline'>
+<p>the max age for puppetdb logs in days</p>
 </div>
       
     </li>
@@ -1187,7 +1205,6 @@
         <pre class="lines">
 
 
-68
 69
 70
 71
@@ -1339,10 +1356,12 @@
 217
 218
 219
-220</pre>
+220
+221
+222</pre>
       </td>
       <td>
-        <pre class="code"><span class="info file"># File 'manifests/params.pp', line 68</span>
+        <pre class="code"><span class="info file"># File 'manifests/params.pp', line 69</span>
 
 class confdroid_puppet::params (
 
@@ -1400,6 +1419,7 @@ class confdroid_puppet::params (
   String $pt_pptdb_ca_crt           = &#39;Changeme&#39;,
   String $pt_pptdb_server_crt       = &#39;Changeme&#39;,
   String $pt_pptdb_server_key       = &#39;Changeme&#39;,
+  String $pt_pptdb_log_max_age      = &#39;30&#39;,
 
   ## jetty
   String $pt_http_port              = &#39;8080&#39;,