Topic: Rotating Logs

[tomtom]

Hello,

I'm trying to setup Apache 2.2.4 on a Windows 2003 Server with rotating logs. I tried the MSI-Package from ASF and the binary Package from this site. Both are Version 2.2.4, but they seem to differ in their behavior when using piped logs.

With the MSI from ASF piped logging work, but with the disadvantage of orphaned logging processes after a restart. With the binary Package from this site I'm unable to get piped logging to work at all.

I also tried mod_log_rotate, but since this module is only able to rotate AccessLog and cannot rotate ErrorLog it's not an option fo me.

Is there an Apache Version which works flawless under Windows with piped logging? I also want to use mod_deflate which seems only be available for the lastest versions.

Greetings,
Tom

[tdonovan]

re: "Is there an Apache Version which works flawless under Windows with piped logging? "

In short, no.

There are several Apache bugs which were opened for this problem:

Bug 16761 - CustomLog with pipe spawns process during config

Bug 23616 - rotatelogs.exe stays in memory after apache is terminated

Bug 40651 - Orphaned piped logger process after graceful restart

It has not been successfully fixed yet in Apache, although a change was made in Apache 2.2.4 per Bug 40651 which doesn't seem to work very well on Windows.

Some people (including me) have had success re-building Apache 2.2.4 from source with a change proposed here at Apache Lounge.

-tom-

[tomtom]

Hi,

I managed to rebuild Apache with mod_deflate, openssl and the posted modification and it seems to work so far.

Has anybody who rebuild Apache with the posted modification noticed any negative effect?

Greetings,
Tom