Applicable to:
- Plesk for Linux
Question
Web server logs occupy too much disk space. How to disable Apache and nginx logging for domain/domains?
Answer
To disable Apache log files (access_log, access_ssl_log and error_log ), use one of the two possible ways:
- Disable Apache log-files for all domains
-
Disable Apache log-files for particular domains
1. Disable Apache log files for all domains:
1.1. Copy default template domainVirtualHost.php to custom directory:
# mkdir -p /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom/domain/
# cp /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/default/domain/domainVirtualHost.php /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom/domain
1.2. Remove the following lines from the file domainVirtualHost.php located in custom templates directory:
CONFIG_TEXT: <?php if (!$VAR->server->webserver->apache->pipelogEnabled): ?>
CustomLog <?php echo $VAR->domain->physicalHosting->logsDir ?>/<?php echo $OPT['ssl'] ? 'access_ssl_log' : 'access_log' ?> plesklog
<?php endif; ?>
ErrorLog "<?php echo $VAR->domain->physicalHosting->logsDir ?>/error_log"
1.3. Reconfigure domains:
# plesk sbin httpdmng --reconfigure-all
2. Disable Apache log files for particular domains
2.1. Copy default template domainVirtualHost.php to custom directory:
# mkdir -p /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom/domain/
# cp /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/default/domain/domainVirtualHost.php /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom/domain
2.2. Create the file apachedomainlist.txt with the list of domains (each domain should be on a new line) where Apache log-files should be disabled and put it into /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom/domain.
2.3. In the file domainVirtualHost.php located in custom templates directory, locate two lines with access_log and error_log :
CONFIG_TEXT: CustomLog <?php echo $VAR->domain->physicalHosting->logsDir ?>/<?php echo $OPT['ssl'] ? 'access_ssl_log' : 'access_log' ?> plesklog
<?php endif; ?>
ErrorLog "<?php echo $VAR->domain->physicalHosting->logsDir ?>/error_log"
2.4. Modify the file: add additional lines as shown below:
CONFIG_TEXT: <?php
$domains = explode(PHP_EOL, file_get_contents('/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom/domain/apachedomainlist.txt'));
?>
<?php if (!in_array($VAR->domain->asciiName, $domains)): ?>
<?php if (!$VAR->server->webserver->apache->pipelogEnabled): ?>
CustomLog <?php echo $VAR->domain->physicalHosting->logsDir ?>/<?php echo $OPT['ssl'] ? 'access_ssl_log' : 'access_log' ?> plesklog
<?php endif; ?>
ErrorLog "<?php echo $VAR->domain->physicalHosting->logsDir ?>/error_log"
<?php endif; ?>
2.5. Reconfigure domains with the command:
# plesk sbin httpdmng --reconfigure-all
To disable nginx log files (proxy_access_log , proxy_access_ssl_log and proxy_error_log ), use one of the two possible ways:
- Disable nginx log-files for all domains
-
Disable nginx log-files for particular domains
3. Disable nginx log files for all domains:
3.1. Copy default template nginxDomainVirtualHost.php to custom directory:
# mkdir -p /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom/domain/
# cp /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/default/domain/nginxDomainVirtualHost.php /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom/domain
3.2. Remove the following lines from the file nginxDomainVirtualHost.php located in custom templates directory:
access_log "<?php echo $VAR->domain->physicalHosting->logsDir . '/' . ($OPT['ssl'] ? 'proxy_access_ssl_log' : 'proxy_access_log') ?>";
error_log "<?php echo $VAR->domain->physicalHosting->logsDir . '/proxy_error_log' ?>";
3.3. Reconfigure domains with the command:
# plesk sbin httpdmng --reconfigure-all
4. Disable nginx log files for particular domains:
4.1. Copy default template nginxDomainVirtualHost.php to custom directory:
# mkdir -p /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom/domain/
# cp /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/default/domain/nginxDomainVirtualHost.php /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom/domain
4.2. Create the file nginxdomainlist.txt with the list of domains (each domain should be on a new line) where nginx log-files should be disabled and put it in /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom/domain .
4.3. In the file nginxDomainVirtualHost.php located in custom templates directory, locate two lines with access_log and error_log :
CONFIG_TEXT: access_log "<?php echo $VAR->domain->physicalHosting->logsDir . '/' . ($OPT['ssl'] ? 'proxy_access_ssl_log' : 'proxy_access_log') ?>";
error_log "<?php echo $VAR->domain->physicalHosting->logsDir . '/proxy_error_log' ?>";
4.4. Modify the file: add additional lines as shown below:
CONFIG_TEXT: <?php
$domains = explode(PHP_EOL, file_get_contents('/usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom/domain/nginxdomainlist.txt'));
?>
<?php if (!in_array($VAR->domain->asciiName, $domains)): ?>
access_log "<?php echo $VAR->domain->physicalHosting->logsDir . '/' . ($OPT['ssl'] ? 'proxy_access_ssl_log' : 'proxy_access_log') ?>";
error_log "<?php echo $VAR->domain->physicalHosting->logsDir . '/proxy_error_log' ?>";
<?php endif; ?>
4.5. Reconfigure domains with the command:
# plesk sbin httpdmng --reconfigure-all
Note: before performing a Plesk upgrade, create a backup of files located in /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom/domain , as they might be removed during the upgrade process.
Comments
6 comments
Hi
erasing the files fom domain log files and system folder might work?
Noam
@Noam Harel Hello, it is not recommended since it potentially can cause Plesk malfunction. Also, those files will be recreated during DailyMaintenance task execution that includes log rotation.
After disabling nginx log-files for a specific domain as described above, nginx will produce many log entries in /var/log/nginx/access.log.
@A Sieber, the behavior you are describing is expected because the article describes how to disable logs for domains only. If you want to disable nginx logs at all on the whole server, apply the solution from this article and create `/etc/nginx/conf.d/00_disable_logs.conf` file with the following configuration:
access_log off;
error_log off;
After that, restart nginx service
That all seems pretty complicated. Is that all any different than just entering into the "Additional directives for HTTP/HTTPS" the following?
ErrorLog /dev/null
CustomLog /dev/null common
Works for me :)
Hello @Dan,
The resolution from the article allows applying this configuration change to multiple or all domains.
It would be great if you could clarify which exact steps have you found difficult to do?
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