Multiple apache virtual host on different rsyslog facilities

Question

Working on CentOS (specifically the Amazon EC2 Linux AMI). I have 2 virtual host on my apache, and I would like them to log on different rsyslog facilities, so I configured my hosts like this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        DocumentRoot /var/www/site1
        ServerName www.site1.com
        ServerAlias alias1

        ErrorLog syslog:local1
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
        DocumentRoot /var/www/site3
        ServerName www.site3.com
        ServerAlias alias3

        ErrorLog syslog:local3
</VirtualHost>

and in my rsyslog conf I set up 2 forwarding rules:

local1.*    /logFile1
local3.*    /logFile3

But everything goes into logFile1, as if the 2 virtualhost were sharing the syslog facilities. I can't understand what's happening.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 13 '12 at 12:00

Found by my self, there a note on apache docs (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/core.html#errorlog) saying:

The facility is effectively global, and if it is changed in individual virtual hosts, the final facility specified affects the entire server.

sadly.

Multiple apache virtual host on different rsyslog facilities

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