[syslog-ng]Apache to syslog-ng

[Dave Johnson]

Jason--
1] man mkfifo
2] mkfifo /var/log/apache.pipe
3] chmod/chown /var/log/apache.pipe
4] setup httpd.conf to log to /var/log/apache.pipe
5] setup source in syslog-ng:
source apache {
        pipe ("/var/log/apache.pipe");
}

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:55:28 -0600, Jason Stafford <jason@dpcomm.net> wrote:
>  
> Howdy, 
>   
> Would someone please shed some light on the correct way to get logs out of
> apache and into syslog-ng without causing the apache to crash? I'm currently
> using custom log and sending that via a pipe to logger. Howerver for some
> reason apache will just stop responding and stop handling requests.  To fix
> this i just restart syslog-ng and it starts working. I posted earlier with
> my config and someone recommend that i send it all via udp to a central
> server cause this might be related to the pipe. I have since done this and i
> did not fix the problem. What i really need is a way to get the logs out of
> apache wihtout using logger? 
>   
> Thanks, 
>   
> Jason