Where does standard output go when I run lighttpd + fastcgi + web.py as a daemon?

Question

I'm running lighttpd as a daemon with fastcgi and web.py on CentOS using:

service lighttpd start

which works. My site loads. But now the output from web.py (i.e. any exceptions, a log of requests, etc.) is nowhere to be found. Where does stdout go?

I've looked in /var/log/lighttpd/ at access.log and error.log, and neither holds the output from web.py.

Answer 1

AFAIK stdout from fastcgi processes in lighttpd is simply ignored.

If you want get stderr output from fastcgi process you can use server.breakagelog option from http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/1/wiki/docs_modcgi:

server.breakagelog = "/var/log/lighttpd/breakage.log" 

But this is raw stderr output without event time or source.

I suggest to use web.py or Python logging facilities and log to file.