Where does nginx store the rewrite_log?

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When you turn on the nginx rewrite log with rewrite_log on;, where does the system actually log that info? It doesn't seem to be in the documentation, and a decent search through google doesn't turn anything up.

I have also tried enabling and looking in both the access and error logs. No luck.

score 64 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '12 at 07:34

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If rewrite_log on; is used then the rewrite information will be logged to error_log at notice level. There is no separate log file.

answered Mar 28 '12 at 07:34

Moritz Bunkus

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to log rewrites at a specific level you can specify the level by defining: `error_log logs/error.log info` – Joe B Jun 20 '14 at 02:20

score 15 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 24 '20 at 16:27

by default turning "rewrite_log on;" affects only if your config file "error_log logs/error.log notice;" already marks which non-default event levels do you need to be logged.

"Setting a certain log level will cause all messages of the specified and more severe log levels to be logged."

So, first "error_log logs/error.log notice;" then "rewrite_log on;" and error.log starts receiving rewriting logging

http://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#error_log http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_rewrite_module.html#rewrite

Where does nginx store the rewrite_log?

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