# Access logging has stopped **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [March 1, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-logging-has-stopped/184330 "2010-03-01T02:39:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![markmt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@markmt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markmt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-logging-has-stopped/184330/1 "2010-03-01T02:39:46Z")
Entries in the access.log for my nginx server mysteriously stopped on Feb 16. I haven’t made any change to the configuration files. Any suggestions of where I should be looking to figure out why it has stopped logging incoming requests? Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[access logging has stopped](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,58447,58447#msg-58447)** > > Entries in the access.log for my nginx server mysteriously stopped on Feb 16. I haven't made any change to the configuration files. Any suggestions of where I should be looking to figure out why it has stopped logging incoming requests? ---
**Author:** ![markmt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@markmt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markmt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-logging-has-stopped/184330/2 "2010-03-01T03:10:11Z")
Maybe it grows and fill up your partition? I faced this problem with other application. Danny Trinh Linux Admin ---
**Author:** ![markmt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@markmt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markmt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-logging-has-stopped/184330/3 "2010-03-01T03:31:50Z")
Thanks for the suggestion. However I don’t think that’s it, as the error.log in the same directory is still being written and the filesystem is only 53% full. Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: RE: access logging has stopped](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,58447,58458#msg-58458)** > > Entries in the access.log for my nginx server mysteriously stopped on Feb 16. I haven't made any change to the configuration files. Any suggestions of where I should be looking to figure out why it has stopped logging incoming requests? ---
**Author:** ![markmt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@markmt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markmt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 10:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-logging-has-stopped/184330/4 "2010-03-01T10:36:09Z")
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:31 AM, MarkMT [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion. However I don’t think that’s it, as the > error.log in the same directory is still being written and the filesystem is > only 53% full. Maybe it just grew too big for your filesystem? what if you restart nginx? what if you rename it and then restart nginx? ---
**Author:** ![markmt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@markmt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markmt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-logging-has-stopped/184330/5 "2010-03-01T14:26:10Z")
I tried renaming the file and restarting - no access.log file was created on subsequent accesses. Other thoughts? Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: RE: access logging has stopped](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,58447,58558#msg-58558)** > > Entries in the access.log for my nginx server mysteriously stopped on Feb 16. I haven't made any change to the configuration files. Any suggestions of where I should be looking to figure out why it has stopped logging incoming requests? ---
**Author:** ![markmt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@markmt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markmt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-logging-has-stopped/184330/6 "2010-03-01T14:46:39Z")
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:25 PM, MarkMT [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I tried renaming the file and restarting - no access.log file was created > on subsequent accesses. > > Other thoughts? On linux, lsof -c nginx (as root) should tell you if nginx has the logfiles opened. Also, “strace” may help in understanding whether it’s a file permission problem (actually I believe it isn’t, nginx should not start if it can’t write to its logfiles). Also, you may have some stale processes, so stop nginx, and then check via ps aux if you have any left.. if you do kill them via killall nginx. Hope this helps! ---
**Author:** ![markmt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@markmt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markmt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-logging-has-stopped/184330/7 "2010-03-01T15:18:51Z")
Thanks! It turned out to be stale processes. I removed them and logging has now resumed. Much appreciate your help. Mark. Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: RE: access logging has stopped](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,58447,58578#msg-58578)** > > Entries in the access.log for my nginx server mysteriously stopped on Feb 16. I haven't made any change to the configuration files. Any suggestions of where I should be looking to figure out why it has stopped logging incoming requests?