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Creating custom apache logfile names for your multisite instances

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One of the great features of Drupal is its ability to run any number of sites from one base installation, a feature generally referred to as multisites . Creating a new site is just a matter of creating a settings.php file and (optionally) a database to go with your new site. That's it. More importantly, there's no need to set up complicated Apache Virtual hosts, which are a wonderful feature of Apache, but can be very tricky and tedious, especially if you're setting up a large number of subsites.

No worries, there is a solution.

Create a new LogFormat

Copy the LogFormat of your choice, prepend the HTTP host field, and give it a name:

LogFormat "%{Host}i %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" vcombined 

 

Get the script

Next, download the attached script (split-logfile) and store it somewhere like /usr/bin (don't for get to chmod 755 that baby!)

Now, tell apache to use pipe logfiles to your script rather than writing them directly to disk:

CustomLog "| /usr/bin/split-logfile" vcombined 

Restart Apache

/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart

That's it.

Naturally, you may have to modify split-logfile if you don't store your logfiles in the default location.

 

 

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