Specifying the Location of the Access Logs

The procedure for specifying the location of the access logs while configuring an iPlanet Web Server has changed for iPlanet Web Server 6.0. To specify the location of the access logs while configuring an iPlanet Web Server, complete the following steps.

This change replaces Step 6 through Step 8 in the procedure "How to Configure an iPlanet Web Server" in Chapter 3, "Installing and Configuring Sun Cluster HA for iPlanet Web Sever," in the Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 Data Services Installation and Configuration Guide.

1. Edit the ErrorLog, PidLog, and access log entries in the magnus.conf file to reflect the directory created in Step 5 of the "How to Configure an iPlanet Web Server" procedure in Chapter 3 of the Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 Data Services Installation and Configuration Guide, and synchronize the changes from the administrator's interface.

   The magnus.conf file specifies the locations for the error, access, and PID files. Edit this file to change the error, access, and PID file locations to the directory that you created in Step 5 of the "How to Configure an iPlanet Web Server" procedure in Chapter 3 of the Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 Data Services Installation and Configuration Guide. The magnus.conf file is located in the config directory of the iPlanet server instance. If the instance directory is located on the local file system, you must modify the magnus.conf file on each of the nodes.

   Change the following entries:

   ErrorLog /global/data/netscape/https-schost-1/logs/error PidLog /global/data/netscape/https-schost-1/logs/pid ... Init fn=flex-init access="$accesslog" ...

   to

   ErrorLog /var/pathname/http-instance/logs/error PidLog /var/pathname/http-instance/logs/pid ... Init fn=flex-init access="/var/pathname/http-instance/logs/access" ...

   As soon as the administrator's interface detects your changes, the interface displays a warning message, as follows.

   Warning: Manual edits not loaded Some configuration files have been edited by hand. Use the "Apply" button on the upper right side of the screen to load the latest configuration files.

2. Click Apply as prompted.

   The administrator's interface displays a new web page.

3. Click Load Configuration Files.