nginx logs in docker and k8s

I have been scratching my head trying to understand how nginx is able to log to console without any manual intervention.

turns out, in the dockfiler, they have created a symbolic link

https://github.com/nginxinc/docker-nginx/blob/8921999083def7ba43a06fabd5f80e4406651353/mainline/jessie/Dockerfile#L21-L23