nginx access_log Buffer size, service not restarting

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 05:29:03PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote:

> i am trying to increase the buffer size of access_log
> 
> i have tried different options but all giving me errors
> 
> access_log /var/log/nginx/www.xxxxx.com/access.log main buffer=1024k;
> access_log /var/log/nginx/www.xxxxx.com/access.log compression buffer=1024k;
> access_log /var/log/nginx/www.xxxxx.com/access.log  buffer=1024k;
> 
> 
> here is the result.
> 
> 2016/04/27 12:01:40 [emerg] 26411#0: unknown log format "compression" in
> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default:87
> 2016/04/27 12:03:29 [emerg] 26470#0: unknown log format "buffer=32k" in
> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default:87
> 2016/04/27 12:08:44 [emerg] 26569#0: unknown log format "main" in
> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default:87
> 
> Your expert advice is requested.

Please read the documentation here:

http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_log_module.html

If you are using additional options like "buffer=", a format of the 
log must be specified.  You can use predefined "combined" format 
if you are ok with it, i.e.:

access_log /path/to/log combined buffer=1m;

-- 
Maxim Dounin
http://nginx.org/