Nginx: logging to syslog

Question

I need to put Nginx logs to syslog. My Nginx version in 1.6, system - Ubuntu 12.04. In Nginx config I do:

server { # some settings here access_log syslog:localhost; # and some settings here }

Make a request with curl:

curl http://localhost/

Get standard Nginx page, but syslog is still empty...

UPD: Problem was fixed after uncommenting in rsyslog.conf following lines:

#$ModLoad imudp #$UDPServerRun 514

user1600649 · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-01 07:14:22Z

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This is the nature of Syslog. In the documentation[1] you see that the default facility is local7. If you have not set a destination for that facility and created the log file, it will not go anywhere.

[1] http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_log_module.html

answered Sep 1, 2014 at 7:14

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Andrii Rusanov Over a year ago

So I should also add a path to file for according facility to syslog config, shouldn't I? I thought I can do it only with editing Nginx config

user1600649 Over a year ago

You can change the facility, to an existing one. See your syslog.conf.

Andrii Rusanov Over a year ago

I solved my problem(see UPD section in my question), thanks for your answer - it gave me right direction!

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