Can’t find apache error logs

apache-2.2logging

It seems my server doesn't have error logs . i can't find them anywhere . in info.php file there is no mention about any error log.
I tried commands like pico /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log ,but of course,no results.
How can i find the apache error logs and view them ?

thanks for the help

Best Answer

Default apache error log location, by distro's:

RHEL / Red Hat / CentOS / Fedora - /var/log/httpd/error_log
Debian / Ubuntu - /var/log/apache2/error.log
FreeBSD - /var/log/httpd-error.log

To find exact apache error log file location, you can use grep command:

# grep ErrorLog /usr/local/etc/apache22/httpd.conf
# grep ErrorLog /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
# grep ErrorLog /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Sample output:

# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a 
ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd-error.log"

Source.

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Apache error logs – how to view as web page (for internal intranet server) when root access only usually

Actually, I probably wouldn't use my other answer in some situations, but I'll keep it there for reference.

If your colleague has been given their own VirtualHost, I would set that virtualhost to output their logs to a different directory, so that they would only see errors for their system:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName colleagues.vhost.com
    DocumentRoot ...
    ...
    ErrorLog /home/user/errorlog-colleagues.vhost.com
</VirtualHost>

Alternatively, if .htaccess files are enabled, get them to simply output their php error logs to a location they want, e.g.:

/path/to/webroot/.htaccess:

php_value error_log /home/user/phperrorlog-colleagues.vhost.com

Ubuntu – Can’t do Chmod on Apache error logs in Ubuntu

You can change the permission of the file if you use sudo to preface the command:

sudo chmod 777 /var/log/error.log

You will need to add yourself to the sudoers file as the root user:

visudo

Alternatively you could create a logs group and add yourself to the group then change the group ownership of all your log files to the logs group.

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