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Apache "access_log" not created. "CustomLog" not working

Hi Team,
Recently I compiled Apache/2.2.21 from source. Everything working great except the access log not created at any where. But Error log is created and appended properly. I can see the following in my httpd.conf

Code:

ErrorLog "logs/error_log"

LogLevel warn



<IfModule log_config_module>

    LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined

    LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common



    <IfModule logio_module>

      LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %I %O" combinedio

    </IfModule>



    CustomLog "logs/access_log" common

</IfModule>

I checked if log_config_module is loaded. Its loaded properly. Please see the following op.

Code:

[root@server conf]# /apache/bin/apachectl -t -D DUMP_MODULES

Loaded Modules:

 core_module (static)

 mpm_worker_module (static)

 http_module (static)

 so_module (static)

 sm_module (shared)

 authz_host_module (shared)

 proxy_module (shared)

 proxy_connect_module (shared)

 proxy_http_module (shared)

 include_module (shared)

 deflate_module (shared)

 log_config_module (shared)

 expires_module (shared)

 headers_module (shared)

 setenvif_module (shared)

 mime_module (shared)

 vhost_alias_module (shared)

 negotiation_module (shared)

 dir_module (shared)

 speling_module (shared)

 alias_module (shared)

 rewrite_module (shared)

 jk_module (shared)

Syntax OK

But access_log file is not created in the log dir. The error log is working properly.

I tried to use CustomLog directive inside virtual host block as follows.

Code:

CustomLog "| /apache/bin/rotatelogs /apache/logs/mysitecom.%Y%m%d.access.log 86400" combined

The mysite.com access log is created but it contains only one word "combined" is there.

Any help or suggestion will be appreciated.

Have you tried accessing the web server? I expect you would have, but I guess we have to check.

the Log command under <VirtualHost ...>

Code:

ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/error_log

CustomLog /var/www/html/sitedomain_dirname/example.com_access_log combined

the format in "httpd.conf" file:

Code:

#

# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.

# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>

# container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be

# logged here.  If you *do* define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>

# container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.

#

ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/error_log



#

# LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log.

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,

# alert, emerg.

#

LogLevel warn





#

# The following directives define some format nicknames for use with

# a CustomLog directive (see below).

#

LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%m %{Host}i%U%q %H\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined

LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common

LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer

LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent



#

# The location and format of the access logfile (Common Logfile Format).

# If you do not define any access logfiles within a <VirtualHost>

# container, they will be logged here.  Contrariwise, if you *do*

# define per-<VirtualHost> access logfiles, transactions will be

# logged therein and *not* in this file.

#

CustomLog /var/log/httpd/access_log common

the files could not be there, so you can create them with : "touch /var/log/httpd/access_log" etc.
give them if needed "chmod 644 ..."