Apache 2 Piped Logs/Reliable Piped Logs

• Logs are very useful but can slow down the request handling
• Piped Logs move the logging responsibility to an external program
• Specified in the configuration file (as a log filename)"| logprog arguments"
• Reliable Piped Logs
  • Try to ensure that the log process is always running
  • Apache will restart it if it dies
  • Has to be compiled in ("-D HAVE_RELIABLE_PIPED_LOG")