Logging in Nginx One of the easiest ways to save yourself trouble with your web server is to configure appropriate logging today. Logging information on your server gives you access to the data that will help you troubleshoot and assess situations as they arise. In this article, we will examine Nginx's logging capabilities and discover how to configure these tools to best serve your needs. In this guide, we will be using an Ubuntu 12.04 VPS as an example, but any modern distribution should function in a similar way.