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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Fail if there's no database
+test -n "$DATABASE" || exit 1
+
+# Remove access.log and recreate it as a fifo
+rm -f /var/log/nginx/access.log /run/access_log.pid
+mkfifo /var/log/nginx/access.log
+chmod 755 /var/log/nginx/access.log
+
+# Reopen log file
+nginx -s reload
+
+# Read from fifo and load into database
+daemonize -p /run/access_logd.pid -u nobody \
+  /bin/sh -c "cat /var/log/nginx/access.log | access_log --database=$DATABASE"