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Updated with Netcraft November 2016 Web Server Survey stats.
author | Yaroslav Zhuravlev <yar@nginx.com> |
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date | Wed, 23 Nov 2016 15:22:43 +0300 |
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<!-- Copyright (C) Igor Sysoev Copyright (C) Nginx, Inc. --> <!DOCTYPE article SYSTEM "../../../dtd/article.dtd"> <article name="A debugging log" link="/en/docs/debugging_log.html" lang="en" rev="5"> <section> <para> To enable a debugging log, nginx needs to be configured to support debugging during the build: <programlisting> ./configure --with-debug ... </programlisting> Then the <literal>debug</literal> level should be set with the <link doc="ngx_core_module.xml" id="error_log"/> directive: <programlisting> error_log /path/to/log debug; </programlisting> To verify that nginx is configured to support debugging, run the <command>nginx -V</command> command: <programlisting> configure arguments: --with-debug ... </programlisting> Pre-built <link doc="../linux_packages.xml">Linux</link> packages provide out-of-the-box support for debugging log with the <literal>nginx-debug</literal> binary (1.9.8) which can be run using commands <programlisting> service nginx stop service nginx-debug start </programlisting> and then set the <literal>debug</literal> level. The nginx binary version for Windows is always built with the debugging log support, so only setting the <literal>debug</literal> level will suffice. </para> <para> Note that redefining the log without also specifying the <literal>debug</literal> level will disable the debugging log. In the example below, redefining the log on the <link doc="http/ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="server"/> level disables the debugging log for this server: <programlisting> error_log /path/to/log debug; http { server { error_log /path/to/log; ... </programlisting> To avoid this, either the line redefining the log should be commented out, or the <literal>debug</literal> level specification should also be added: <programlisting> error_log /path/to/log debug; http { server { error_log /path/to/log debug; ... </programlisting> </para> </section> <section id="clients" name="Debugging log for selected clients"> <para> It is also possible to enable the debugging log for <link doc="ngx_core_module.xml" id="debug_connection">selected client addresses</link> only: <programlisting> error_log /path/to/log; events { debug_connection 192.168.1.1; debug_connection 192.168.10.0/24; } </programlisting> </para> </section> <section id="memory" name="Logging to a cyclic memory buffer"> <para> The debugging log can be written to a cyclic memory buffer: <programlisting> error_log memory:32m debug; </programlisting> Logging to the memory buffer on the <literal>debug</literal> level does not have significant impact on performance even under high load. In this case, the log can be extracted using a <command>gdb</command> script like the following one: <example> set $log = ngx_cycle->log while $log->writer != ngx_log_memory_writer set $log = $log->next end set $buf = (ngx_log_memory_buf_t *) $log->wdata dump binary memory debug_log.txt $buf->start $buf->end </example> </para> </section> </article>