Apache splitting logs

apache-2.2logging

I've a log of a busy website that grows very fast. I'd like to know if there's a way to "split" the log file every day without using external tools.

EDIT: My Fault, I'm on a Windows server 2003, Apache Version 2.0.64.

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Apache httpd is capable of writing error and access log files through a pipe to another process, rather than directly to a file. This capability dramatically increases the flexibility of logging, without adding code to the main server. In order to write logs to a pipe, simply replace the filename with the pipe character "|", followed by the name of the executable which should accept log entries on its standard input.

You can use this technique to pipe the logs to a script which then splits the logs in any way you like. This is often used to split by virtual host.

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As a workaround, you may be able to switch to use a single log for all virtual hosts and post-process them using split-logfile or something similar (to get them into individual logs per virtual host). This is recommended in Apache's docs here. Not sure if it's an option in your environment.

Apache Aliases On Windows 7

Surely the line:

Deny from all

is causing your problems. Drop that line and see if it works. What were you trying to do with the Deny from all? Typically the root directory has the strict Deny from all, and all the Alias have a more relaxed access. So for example:

<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
</Directory>

<Directory "C:/Users/IssamTP/Documents/NetBeansProjects/TamasMobile/">
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

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