Apache log file location for virtual host

[BaliKen]

Hi,

I'm using Debian 6.0.5 (squeeze) 64bit.

In the file /etc/apache2/sites-available/troppo-jewelry.com I have the following entry:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin webmaster_AT_troppo-jewelry.com
        ServerName  troppo-jewelry.com
        ServerAlias www_dot_troppo-jewelry.com

        # Indexes + Directory Root.
        DirectoryIndex index.html
        DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/troppo-jewelry.com/htdocs

        # CGI Directory
        ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/vhosts/troppo-jewelry.com/cgi-bin/
        <Location /cgi-bin>
                Options +ExecCGI
        </Location>

        # Logfiles
        LogLevel warn
        ErrorLog  /var/www/vhosts/troppo-jewelry.com/logs/error.log
        CustomLog /var/www/vhosts/troppo-jewelry.com/logs/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

I can access the server no problem. But the log files are written to /var/www/vhosts/troppo-jewelry.com/ and not to /var/www/vhosts/troppo-jewelry.com/logs/

I then changed the logfile entry to this:

....snip...

        # Logfiles
        LogLevel warn
        ErrorLog  /var/www/vhosts/troppo-jewelry.com/logs/error.log
        CustomLog /var/www/vhosts/troppo-jewelry.com/logs/access.log vhost_combined
</VirtualHost>

and suddenly the files are written to the correct folder /var/www/vhosts/troppo-jewelry.com/logs/

As far as I understand, "vhost_combined" or "combined" are just nicknames for the formatting of the log file. Why does this alter were they are stored???

Any help sincerely appreciated. This is driving me mad...

Thanks

[BaliKen]

Hmmm, I don't know what happens, but after rebooting the machine, I tried again, and this time it works with both logfile formats...

Anyway, thanks for reading....

[objuan]

Baliken,

Any time you make changes to apache files or update your site directories with content you will need to restart apache. You don't need to restart the server.
example /etc/init.d/apache restart

[BaliKen]

Thanks, but I restarted apache and reloaded the conf files by using:
/etc/init.d/apache reload
/etc/init.d/apache restart

But only after restarting the physical machine it worked....