# nginx.conf

user nginx;
error_log /var/www/log/error.log warn;

http {
    log_format main '$status -> "$request"';

    # Keep the access_log's current functionality.
    access_log /var/www/log/access.log main;

    include /etc/nginx/http.d/example.com.conf;
}

# example.com.conf

server {
    listen 443 ssl;

    access_log 503 off;
    access_log 500 /var/log/nginx/5xx.log main;
    access_log 401 403 404 syslog:server=unix:/var/log/nginx/4xx.sock,nohostname;
}

access_log /var/log/nginx/error.log main;
access_log 403 off;
access_log 404 /var/log/nginx/404.log main;
access_log 500 503 /var/log/nginx/5xx.log main;