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=head1 Name


syslog - Logging to syslog


=head1



The
L<ngx_core_module>
and
L<ngx_http_log_module>
directives support logging to syslog.
The following parameters configure logging to syslog:

=over



=item C<server=>I<C<address>>




Defines the address of a syslog server.
The address can be specified as a domain name or IP address,
with an optional port, or as a UNIX-domain socket path
specified after the “C<unix:>” prefix.
If port is not specified, the UDP port 514 is used.
If a domain name resolves to several IP addresses, the first resolved
address is used.



=item C<facility=>I<C<string>>




Sets facility of syslog messages, as defined in
L<RFC 3164|https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3164#section-4.1.1>.
Facility can be one of “C<kern>”, “C<user>”,
“C<mail>”, “C<daemon>”,
“C<auth>”, “C<intern>”,
“C<lpr>”, “C<news>”, “C<uucp>”,
“C<clock>”, “C<authpriv>”,
“C<ftp>”, “C<ntp>”, “C<audit>”,
“C<alert>”, “C<cron>”,
“C<local0>”..“C<local7>”.
Default is “C<local7>”.



=item C<severity=>I<C<string>>




Sets severity of syslog messages for
L<ngx_http_log_module>,
as defined in
L<RFC 3164|https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3164#section-4.1.1>.
Possible values are the same as for the second parameter (level) of the
L<ngx_core_module> directive.
Default is “C<info>”.

B<NOTE>

Severity of error messages is determined by nginx, thus the parameter
is ignored in the C<error_log> directive.




=item C<tag=>I<C<string>>




Sets the tag of syslog messages.
Default is “C<nginx>”.



=item C<nohostname>




Disables adding the “hostname” field into the syslog message header (1.9.7).


=back


Example syslog configuration:

    
    error_log syslog:server=192.168.1.1 debug;
    
    access_log syslog:server=unix:/var/log/nginx.sock,nohostname;
    access_log syslog:server=[2001:db8::1]:12345,facility=local7,tag=nginx,severity=info combined;








B<NOTE>

Logging to syslog is available since version 1.7.1.
As part of our
commercial subscription
logging to syslog is available since version 1.5.3.