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description: Capture detailed information about errors and request processing in log
files, either locally or via syslog.
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title: Configuring Logging
title: Configure Logging
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This article describes how to configure logging of errors and processed requests in NGINX Open Source and NGINX Plus.

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## Setting Up the Error Log
## Set Up the Error Log

NGINX writes information about encountered issues of different severity levels to the error log. The [error_log](https://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#error_log) directive sets up logging to a particular file, `stderr`, or `syslog` and specifies the minimal severity level of messages to log. By default, the error log is located at **logs/error.log** (the absolute path depends on the operating system and installation), and messages from all severity levels above the one specified are logged.

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## Setting Up the Access Log
## Set Up the Access Log

NGINX writes information about client requests in the access log right after the request is processed. By default, the access log is located at **logs/access.log**, and the information is written to the log in the predefined **combined** format. To override the default setting, use the [log_format](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_log_module.html#log_format) directive to change the format of logged messages, as well as the [access_log](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_log_module.html#access_log) directive to specify the location of the log and its format. The log format is defined using variables.

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