Apache 2.4.4 - rotatelogs error - parameter is incorrect

Question

I have searched all day for an answer to this. I issue this directive in httpd.conf:

CustomLog "|bin/rotatelogs logs/access_log.%Y-%m-%d 86400" common

This worked in 2.2. common is defined earlier in the file.

I keep getting this error when trying to start the service:

AH00104: unable to start piped log program 'bin/rotatelogs logs/access_log.%Y-%m-%d 86400': The parameter is incorrect.

Any help will be most appreciated! Thank you!

Answer 1

Ok, so I'm on Windows Server 2008. I had to add .exe to rotatelogs. Could have sworn I tried that before but I guess not. All set.

Answer 2

On Windows OS path to rotatelogs have to contains .exe file extension to not produce error "could not open reliable pipe to" in error log. Example : CustomLog "|bin/rotatelogs.exe logs/access 15M" common

Answer 3

I've found the issue with rotatelogs running on Windows Server. You should pay attention to the slash that is used in the SRVROOT variable within httpd.conf. It should be like this:

Define SRVROOT "C:/apache24"

and not like I did:

Define SRVROOT "C:\apache24"

If the path is like the last one, server will start, but will not write any logs.