The syslog-ng 3.0 Administrator Guide

Procedure 6.9.1.1. Forwarding Apache server logs from System i

1. Use the Work With Links (WRKLNK) command to edit the /www/(server-name)/conf/httpd_conf file.

2. Add a “LogCycle” directive in order to force the Apache server to create one file:

   LogCycle Off
   CustomLog logs/access_log combined

   Without this directive the log files will have an appended time stamp and the syslog-ng application will not be able to process them.

3. Stop and re-start the Apache web server instance with the Start TCP Server (STRTCPSVR) command.

4. Configure a source to read the file in syslog-ng. Apache logs will generally be placed in the /www/(server-name)/logs directory. See Chapter 3, Configuring syslog-ng for details.