Have nginx access_log and error_log log to STDOUT and STDERR of master process

Question

Is there a way to have the master process log to STDOUT STDERR instead of to a file?

It seems that you can only pass a filepath to the access_log directive:

Answer 1

If the question is docker related... the official nginx docker images do this by making softlinks towards stdout/stderr

RUN ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/nginx/access.log && ln -sf /dev/stderr /var/log/nginx/error.log

REF: https://microbadger.com/images/nginx