Logged NGINX

The same NGINX but with logs compression, rotation and retention.

Every midnight new access and error log files start, the previous day's logs will be compressed. All compressed logs older than one week will be deleted.

Getting started

All logs are stored in the directory /var/log/nginx/.

• /var/log/nginx/access.log - current access logs

• /var/log/nginx/error.log - current error logs

• /var/log/nginx/job.log - logs of the cron job

• /var/log/nginx/archive/ - directory with compressed logs

Running via Docker

Start with docker run

$ docker build -t logged-nginx .
$ docker volume create nginx_log
$ docker run --name logged-nginx \
    --restart unless-stopped \
    -v $(pwd)/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf \
    -v nginx_log:/var/log/nginx \
    -p 80:80 \
    -d logged-nginx:latest

Start with docker-compose

$ docker-compose build
$ docker-compose up

Some useful stuff

Check the nginx is working:

$ curl -X GET localhost:80
> Hello, World!

Show the cron job logs:

$ docker exec logged-nginx tail /var/log/nginx/job.log

Search with grep in today's access logs:

$ docker exec logged-nginx grep '"GET / HTTP/1.1" 200' /var/log/nginx/access.log

Search with zgrep in all archived logs:

$ docker exec logged-nginx bash -c 'find /var/log/nginx/archive/*.log.gz | xargs zgrep "http://localhost/"'