From c061337ce76f4b2dffc8a86340b0133538528576 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nebulosa <85841412+nebulosa2007@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 18:11:32 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Set log folder variable to /var/log/3x-ui (#3599)

* Set log folder variable to /var/log/3x-ui

* Set log folder as x-ui and create the log folder

* Create the log folder in install and update scripts
---
 config/config.go | 2 +-
 install.sh       | 1 +
 update.sh        | 1 +
 x-ui.sh          | 3 ++-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 17c9a77f..e5b43a29 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func GetLogFolder() string {
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 		return filepath.Join(".", "log")
 	}
-	return "/var/log"
+	return "/var/log/x-ui"
 }
 
 func copyFile(src, dst string) error {
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 0cf91b44..480522ed 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -641,6 +641,7 @@ install_x-ui() {
     # Update x-ui cli and se set permission
     mv -f /usr/bin/x-ui-temp /usr/bin/x-ui
     chmod +x /usr/bin/x-ui
+    mkdir -p /var/log/x-ui
     config_after_install
     
     if [[ $release == "alpine" ]]; then
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index ff0cea41..6da238b1 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ update_x-ui() {
     
     chmod +x /usr/local/x-ui/x-ui.sh >/dev/null 2>&1
     chmod +x /usr/bin/x-ui >/dev/null 2>&1
+    mkdir -p /var/log/x-ui >/dev/null 2>&1
     
     echo -e "${green}Changing owner...${plain}"
     chown -R root:root /usr/local/x-ui >/dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/x-ui.sh b/x-ui.sh
index 32ddd8e0..8df28103 100644
--- a/x-ui.sh
+++ b/x-ui.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ os_version=""
 os_version=$(grep "^VERSION_ID" /etc/os-release | cut -d '=' -f2 | tr -d '"' | tr -d '.')
 
 # Declare Variables
-log_folder="${XUI_LOG_FOLDER:=/var/log}"
+log_folder="${XUI_LOG_FOLDER:=/var/log/x-ui}"
+mkdir -p "${log_folder}"
 iplimit_log_path="${log_folder}/3xipl.log"
 iplimit_banned_log_path="${log_folder}/3xipl-banned.log"