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altman
Asked: 2011-11-23 07:29:49 +0800 CST

How do I disable nginx sending messages to syslog?

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My nginx sends lots of messages to syslog, but I don't need them. In my nginx.conf:

      error_log  /var/log/nginx-error.log  notice;
        ......
      server {
      access_log  off;
      location /
      {
         .... 
        }
      }

but, in my /var/log/message you see 

Nov 22 23:25:09 cache3 nginx: 2011/11/22 23:25:09 [error] 3437#0: *32172530         kevent() reported about an closed connection (60: Operation timed out) while reading response header from upstream, client: , server: , request: "GET http://www.igoido012.com//vk HTTP/1.1", upstream: "http:////vk", host: "www.igoido012.com", referrer: "http://www.baidu.com/"
Nov 22 23:25:09 cache3 nginx: 2011/11/22 23:25:09 [error] 3437#0: *32099531 upstream timed out (60: Operation timed out) while reading response header from upstream, client: , server: , request: "GET http://t.web2.qq.com/channel/poll?msg_id=0&clientid=431509&t=1321975433305 HTTP/1.1", upstream: "http://:80/channel/poll?msg_id=0&clientid=431509&t=1321975433305", host: "t.web2.qq.com", referrer: "http://t.web2.qq.com/proxy.html?v=20110331001"

How can I prevent nginx sending messages to my syslog?

nginx syslog

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I wasn't aware that nginx would send to syslog without patching:

    http://wiki.nginx.org/3rdPartyModules#Third_party_patches

    So, I assume you have a custom build of nginx. Take a look at the patch source for hints on how to configure that:

    https://github.com/yaoweibin/nginx_syslog_patch

    If you're running a straight nginx, then something else is putting those log entries into syslog.

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