loggint through syslog

[Kingsley Foreman]

i would like an official syslog patch also, or at least an option say

error_log syslog:info crit;

or something like that.

Kingsley

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From: "Michael Shadle" <mike503 at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 9:26 AM
To: <nginx at nginx.org>
Subject: Re: loggint through syslog

> I'd still be +1 for a syslog module/patch to be official
>
> If there's a way to fire off the message and forget about it so it
> doesn't block, then I don't see a problem (I wouldn't recommend it for
> access logging necessarily, but for error logging and such it would be
> nice?)
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Peter Leonov <gojpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 20.12.2009, at 19:50, Vinay Y s <lists at ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Gabri Mate wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey There!
>>>>
>>>> Is there any chance to be able to log access through syslog? It would 
>>>> be
>>>
>>> I doubt if there is built-in support for logging to syslog directly. But
>>> you can achieve something almost as good by simply tailing the logs to
>>> the syslog logger command.
>>>
>>> try this:
>>> tail -f access.log | logger -p local5.err -t nginx
>>>
>>> you can ensure this is always running by using something like
>>> daemontools.
>>>
>>> Surely this will have worser performance than if it were implemented
>>> natively within nginx.
>>
>> The recent descussion in the Russian list tells the opposite. Performance
>> may become even better due to packet nature of the network: less packets 
>> on
>> heavu loadef system.
>>
>> Do not be afraid to use such a configuration :)
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Peter.
>>
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