Time for action – analyzing a syntax to specify access log

Let's have a look at the syntax of the access_log directive:

access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]

The field module is one of the none, stdio, daemon, syslog, tcp, and udp methods, which determine how the messages will be logged to a place, and is the absolute path to the file or place where the messages should be logged. Let's take a brief look at the meaning of different modules:

• none— The log messages will not be logged at all.

• stdio— The log messages will be logged to a file immediately after the completion of each request.

• daemon— This module is similar to stdio module, however the log messages are not written to the disk and are passed to a daemon helper for asynchronous handling instead.

• syslog— This module is used to log each message using the syslog facility. The parameter place is specified in the form of the syslog facility and the priority level for the log entries. For example...