Chapter 3. Logs and Monitoring

Introduction to Logging in Apache

In addition to the error logging functionality described in the previous chapter, Apache provides extensive facilities for recording information about every aspect of a request. This chapter covers the most common issues found when logging requests, such as conditional logging, log rotation, resolution of IP addresses, and piped logging. It also covers a number of bundled and third-party modules and utilities for monitoring the status of your Apache server and to analyze its logs.

Default Apache Log Files

Apache provides a number of monitoring and logging facilities to track the correct operation of the server. The default Apache configuration provides two log files, placed inside the ...

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