Feature Request for access_log stdout;

Valentin V. Bartenev vbart at nginx.com
Wed Feb 17 15:47:39 UTC 2016


On Wednesday 17 February 2016 16:26:01 Aleksandar Lazic wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> how difficult is it to be able to add "access_log stdout;" to nginx, 
> similar like "error_log stderr;"?
> 
> I ask because in some PaaS environment is it difficult to setup a 
> dedicated user yust for nginx.
> 
> It fits also a little bit better to http://12factor.net/logs
> 
[..]

What's the problem with "access_log /dev/stdout"?

Please note that writing logs to stdout can be a bottleneck, or cause nginx
to stuck.  The "error_log stderr;" exists mostly for development purposes.

  wbr, Valentin V. Bartenev



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