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The Basics
- Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
31.0.5
- Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
Debian 12
- Web server and version (e.g, Apache 2.4.25):
Apache/2.4.62 (Debian)
- Reverse proxy and version _(e.g. nginx 1.27.2)
no
- PHP version (e.g, 8.3):
8.2
- Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No):
Yes
- When did this problem seem to first start?
replace me
- Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)
Archive
- Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
No
Summary of the issue you are facing:
I want to move the log file ‘nextcloud.log’ from ‘data’ to ‘/var/log/apache/nextcloud.log’. However, the entries I made in ‘config.php’ do not result in logging to ‘/var/log/apache2/nextcloud.log’ in the desired format. #data/nextcloud.log’ is still used in the old format.
Steps to replicate it (hint: details matter!):
- touch /var/log/apache2/nextcloud.log
- touch /var/log/apache2/nextcloud-fail.log
- chown www-data:www-data /var/log/apache2/nextcloud.log
- chown www-data:www-data /var/log/apache2/nextcloud-fail.log
- chmod 640 /var/log/apache2/nextcloud.log
- chmod 640 /var/log/apache2/nextcloud-fail.log
- rm /srv/www/nextcloud/data/nextcloud.log
- systemctl restart apache2
Log entries
Nextcloud
Please provide the log entries from your Nextcloud log that are generated during the time of problem (via the Copy raw option from Administration settings->Logging screen or from your nextcloud.log
located in your data directory). Feel free to use a pastebin/gist service if necessary.
# ls -l /var/log/apache2/nextcloud*.log
-rw-r----- 1 www-data www-data 0 22. Mai 09:51 /var/log/apache2/nextcloud-fail.log
-rw-r----- 1 www-data www-data 0 21. Mai 15:57 /var/log/apache2/nextcloud.log
Configuration
Nextcloud
The output of occ config:list system
or similar is best, but, if not possible, the contents of your config.php
file from /path/to/nextcloud
is fine (make sure to remove any identifiable information!):
{
"system": {
"instanceid": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"trusted_domains": [
"cloud.germany.com"
],
"datadirectory": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbtype": "mysql",
"version": "31.0.5.1",
"overwrite.cli.url": "https:\/\/cloud.germany.com",
"dbname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbhost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbport": "",
"dbtableprefix": "oc_",
"mysql.utf8mb4": true,
"dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"installed": true,
"mail_smtpmode": "smtp",
"mail_smtphost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_sendmailmode": "smtp",
"mail_smtpport": "587",
"mail_from_address": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_domain": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_smtpauth": 1,
"mail_smtpname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_smtppassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"log_type": "file",
"logfile": "\/var\/log\/apache2\/nextcloud.log",
"loglevel": 1,
"logdateformat": "F d, Y H:i:s",
"maintenance": false
}
}
Apps
The output of occ app:list
(if possible).
Enabled:
- activity: 4.0.0
- app_api: 5.0.2
- appointments: 2.4.4
- bruteforcesettings: 4.0.0
- calendar: 5.2.4
- circles: 31.0.0
- cloud_federation_api: 1.14.0
- comments: 1.21.0
- contacts: 7.1.1
- contactsinteraction: 1.12.0
- dashboard: 7.11.0
- dav: 1.33.0
- deck: 1.15.1
- federatedfilesharing: 1.21.0
- federation: 1.21.0
- files: 2.3.1
- files_downloadlimit: 4.0.0
- files_pdfviewer: 4.0.0
- files_reminders: 1.4.0
- files_sharing: 1.23.1
- files_trashbin: 1.21.0
- files_versions: 1.24.0
- firstrunwizard: 4.0.0
- logcleaner: 1.1.4
- lookup_server_connector: 1.19.0
- mail: 5.1.0
- music: 2.1.4
- nextcloud_announcements: 3.0.0
- notes: 4.12.0
- notifications: 4.0.0
- oauth2: 1.19.1
- officeonline: 3.1.0
- password_policy: 3.0.0
- photos: 4.0.0-dev.1
- privacy: 3.0.0
- profile: 1.0.0
- provisioning_api: 1.21.0
- recommendations: 4.0.0
- related_resources: 2.0.0
- serverinfo: 3.0.0
- settings: 1.14.0
- sharebymail: 1.21.0
- spreed: 21.0.4
- support: 3.0.0
- survey_client: 3.0.0
- systemtags: 1.21.1
- text: 5.0.0
- theming: 2.6.1
- twofactor_backupcodes: 1.20.0
- updatenotification: 1.21.0
- user_status: 1.11.0
- viewer: 4.0.0
- webhook_listeners: 1.2.0
- workflowengine: 2.13.0
Disabled: - admin_audit: 1.21.0
- encryption: 2.19.0
- files_external: 1.23.0
- logreader: 4.0.0 (installed 4.0.0)
- suspicious_login: 9.0.1
- twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 5.0.0
- twofactor_totp: 13.0.0-dev.0
- user_ldap: 1.22.0
- weather_status: 1.11.0 (installed 1.11.0)
My specific question is how I can get the logging in the desired format to ‘/var/log/apache2/’ so that Logrotate includes the log files and “data” isn’t unnecessarily “abused.” I don’t use web space with an internet host, but can configure everything myself as root.
Best regards and thank you!
Mpenzi