/var/log does exist as well as /var/log/aphlict.log
+ sudo -u apache /var/www/phabricator/phabricator/bin/aphlict start
[2015-01-14 16:40:15] EXCEPTION: (Exception) Failed to create '/var/log'. You should manually create this directory. at [<phabricator>/src/applications/aphlict/management/PhabricatorAphlictManagementWorkflow.php:44]
#0 PhabricatorAphlictManagementWorkflow::getLogPath() called at [<phabricator>/src/applications/aphlict/management/PhabricatorAphlictManagementWorkflow.php:147]
#1 PhabricatorAphlictManagementWorkflow::getServerArgv() called at [<phabricator>/src/applications/aphlict/management/PhabricatorAphlictManagementWorkflow.php:127]
#2 PhabricatorAphlictManagementWorkflow::willLaunch() called at [<phabricator>/src/applications/aphlict/management/PhabricatorAphlictManagementWorkflow.php:225]
#3 PhabricatorAphlictManagementWorkflow::executeStartCommand() called at [<phabricator>/src/applications/aphlict/management/PhabricatorAphlictManagementStartWorkflow.php:15]
#4 PhabricatorAphlictManagementStartWorkflow::execute(PhutilArgumentParser) called at [<phutil>/src/parser/argument/PhutilArgumentParser.php:396]
#5 PhutilArgumentParser::parseWorkflowsFull(array) called at [<phutil>/src/parser/argument/PhutilArgumentParser.php:292]
#6 PhutilArgumentParser::parseWorkflows(array) called at [<phabricator>/support/aphlict/server/aphlict_launcher.php:23]