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| <div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_log_config</h1> |
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| <table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Logging of the requests made to the server</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>log_config_module</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>mod_log_config.c</td></tr></table> |
| <h3>Summary</h3> |
| |
| <p>This module provides for flexible logging of client |
| requests. Logs are written in a customizable format, and may be |
| written directly to a file, or to an external program. |
| Conditional logging is provided so that individual requests may |
| be included or excluded from the logs based on characteristics |
| of the request.</p> |
| |
| <p>Three directives are provided by this module: |
| <code class="directive"><a href="#transferlog">TransferLog</a></code> to create |
| a log file, <code class="directive"><a href="#logformat">LogFormat</a></code> |
| to set a custom format, and <code class="directive"><a href="#customlog">CustomLog</a></code> to define a log file and format in one |
| step. The <code class="directive">TransferLog</code> and <code class="directive">CustomLog</code> directives can be used multiple times in each |
| server to cause each request to be logged to multiple files.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div id="quickview"><h3>Topics</h3> |
| <ul id="topics"> |
| <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#formats">Custom Log Formats</a></li> |
| <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#security">Security Considerations</a></li> |
| </ul><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3> |
| <ul id="toc"> |
| <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#bufferedlogs">BufferedLogs</a></li> |
| <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#customlog">CustomLog</a></li> |
| <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#globallog">GlobalLog</a></li> |
| <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#logformat">LogFormat</a></li> |
| <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#transferlog">TransferLog</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| <h3>Bugfix checklist</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4">httpd changelog</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&list_id=144532&product=Apache%20httpd-2&query_format=specific&order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&component=mod_log_config">Known issues</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Apache%20httpd-2&component=mod_log_config">Report a bug</a></li></ul><h3>See also</h3> |
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| <li><a href="../logs.html">Apache Log Files</a></li> |
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| <div class="section"> |
| <h2><a name="formats" id="formats">Custom Log Formats</a></h2> |
| |
| <p>The format argument to the <code class="directive"><a href="#logformat">LogFormat</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="#customlog">CustomLog</a></code> directives is a string. This string is |
| used to log each request to the log file. It can contain literal |
| characters copied into the log files and the C-style control |
| characters "\n" and "\t" to represent new-lines and tabs. |
| Literal quotes and backslashes should be escaped with |
| backslashes.</p> |
| |
| <p>The characteristics of the request itself are logged by |
| placing "<code>%</code>" directives in the format string, which are |
| replaced in the log file by the values as follows:</p> |
| |
| <table class="bordered"><tr class="header"><th>Format String</th> |
| <th>Description</th></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%%</code></td> |
| <td>The percent sign.</td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%a</code></td> |
| <td>Client IP address of the request (see the |
| <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_remoteip.html">mod_remoteip</a></code> module).</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%{c}a</code></td> |
| <td>Underlying peer IP address of the connection (see the |
| <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_remoteip.html">mod_remoteip</a></code> module).</td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%A</code></td> |
| <td>Local IP-address.</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%B</code></td> |
| <td>Size of response in bytes, excluding HTTP headers.</td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%b</code></td> |
| <td>Size of response in bytes, excluding HTTP headers. In CLF format, <em>i.e.</em> |
| a '<code>-</code>' rather than a 0 when no bytes are sent.</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%{<var>VARNAME</var>}C</code></td> |
| <td>The contents of cookie <var>VARNAME</var> in the request sent |
| to the server. Only version 0 cookies are fully supported.</td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%D</code></td> |
| <td>The time taken to serve the request, in microseconds.</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%{<var>VARNAME</var>}e</code></td> |
| <td>The contents of the environment variable |
| <var>VARNAME</var>.</td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%f</code></td> |
| <td>Filename.</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%h</code></td> |
| <td>Remote hostname. Will log the IP address if <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#hostnamelookups">HostnameLookups</a></code> is set to |
| <code>Off</code>, which is the default. If it logs the hostname |
| for only a few hosts, you probably have access control |
| directives mentioning them by name. See <a href="mod_authz_host.html#reqhost">the Require host |
| documentation</a>.</td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%H</code></td> |
| <td>The request protocol.</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%{<var>VARNAME</var>}i</code></td> |
| <td>The contents of <code><var>VARNAME</var>:</code> header line(s) |
| in the request sent to the server. Changes made by other |
| modules (e.g. <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_headers.html">mod_headers</a></code>) affect this. If you're |
| interested in what the request header was prior to when most |
| modules would have modified it, use <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_setenvif.html">mod_setenvif</a></code> |
| to copy the header into an internal environment variable and log |
| that value with the <code>%{<var>VARNAME</var>}e</code> described |
| above. |
| </td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%k</code></td> |
| <td>Number of keepalive requests handled on this connection. Interesting if |
| <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#keepalive">KeepAlive</a></code> is being used, so that, |
| for example, a '1' means the first keepalive request after the initial |
| one, '2' the second, etc...; |
| otherwise this is always 0 (indicating the initial request).</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%l</code></td> |
| <td>Remote logname (from identd, if supplied). This will return a |
| dash unless <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ident.html">mod_ident</a></code> is present and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_ident.html#identitycheck">IdentityCheck</a></code> is set |
| <code>On</code>.</td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%L</code></td> |
| <td>The request log ID from the error log (or '-' if nothing has been |
| logged to the error log for this request). Look for the |
| matching error log line to see what request caused what error.</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%m</code></td> |
| <td>The request method.</td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%{<var>VARNAME</var>}n</code></td> |
| <td>The contents of note <var>VARNAME</var> from another |
| module.</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%{<var>VARNAME</var>}o</code></td> |
| <td>The contents of <code><var>VARNAME</var>:</code> header line(s) |
| in the reply.</td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%p</code></td> |
| <td>The canonical port of the server serving the request.</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%{<var>format</var>}p</code></td> |
| <td>The canonical port of the server serving the request, or the |
| server's actual port, or the client's actual port. Valid formats |
| are <code>canonical</code>, <code>local</code>, or <code>remote</code>. |
| </td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%P</code></td> |
| <td>The process ID of the child that serviced the request.</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%{<var>format</var>}P</code></td> |
| <td>The process ID or thread ID of the child that serviced the |
| request. Valid formats are <code>pid</code>, <code>tid</code>, |
| and <code>hextid</code>. <code>hextid</code> requires APR 1.2.0 or |
| higher. |
| </td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%q</code></td> |
| <td>The query string (prepended with a <code>?</code> if a query |
| string exists, otherwise an empty string).</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%r</code></td> |
| <td>First line of request.</td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%R</code></td> |
| <td>The handler generating the response (if any).</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%s</code></td> |
| <td>Status. For requests that have been internally redirected, this is |
| the status of the <em>original</em> request. Use <code>%>s</code> |
| for the final status.</td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%t</code></td> |
| <td>Time the request was received, in the format <code>[18/Sep/2011:19:18:28 -0400]</code>. |
| The last number indicates the timezone offset from GMT</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%{<var>format</var>}t</code></td> |
| <td>The time, in the form given by format, which should be in |
| an extended <code>strftime(3)</code> format (potentially localized). |
| If the format starts with <code>begin:</code> (default) the time is taken |
| at the beginning of the request processing. If it starts with |
| <code>end:</code> it is the time when the log entry gets written, |
| close to the end of the request processing. In addition to the formats |
| supported by <code>strftime(3)</code>, the following format tokens are |
| supported: |
| <table> |
| <tr><td><code>sec</code></td><td>number of seconds since the Epoch</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>msec</code></td><td>number of milliseconds since the Epoch</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>usec</code></td><td>number of microseconds since the Epoch</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>msec_frac</code></td><td>millisecond fraction</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>usec_frac</code></td><td>microsecond fraction</td></tr> |
| </table> |
| These tokens can not be combined with each other or <code>strftime(3)</code> |
| formatting in the same format string. You can use multiple |
| <code>%{<var>format</var>}t</code> tokens instead. |
| </td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%T</code></td> |
| <td>The time taken to serve the request, in seconds.</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%{<var>UNIT</var>}T</code></td> |
| <td>The time taken to serve the request, in a time unit given by |
| <code>UNIT</code>. Valid units are <code>ms</code> for milliseconds, |
| <code>us</code> for microseconds, and <code>s</code> for seconds. |
| Using <code>s</code> gives the same result as <code>%T</code> |
| without any format; using <code>us</code> gives the same result |
| as <code>%D</code>. Combining <code>%T</code> with a unit is |
| available in 2.4.13 and later.</td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%u</code></td> |
| <td>Remote user if the request was authenticated. May be bogus if return status |
| (<code>%s</code>) is 401 (unauthorized).</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%U</code></td> |
| <td>The URL path requested, not including any query string.</td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%v</code></td> |
| <td>The canonical <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#servername">ServerName</a></code> |
| of the server serving the request.</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%V</code></td> |
| <td>The server name according to the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#usecanonicalname">UseCanonicalName</a></code> setting.</td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%X</code></td> |
| <td>Connection status when response is completed: |
| |
| <table> |
| |
| <tr><td><code>X</code> =</td> |
| <td>Connection aborted before the response completed.</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>+</code> =</td> |
| <td>Connection may be kept alive after the response is |
| sent.</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>-</code> = </td> |
| <td>Connection will be closed after the response is |
| sent.</td></tr> |
| </table> |
| |
| </td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%I</code></td> |
| <td>Bytes received, including request and headers. Cannot be zero. |
| You need to enable <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_logio.html">mod_logio</a></code> to use this.</td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%O</code></td> |
| <td>Bytes sent, including headers. May be zero in rare cases |
| such as when a request is aborted before a response is sent. |
| You need to enable <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_logio.html">mod_logio</a></code> to use this.</td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%S</code></td> |
| <td>Bytes transferred (received and sent), including request and headers, |
| cannot be zero. This is the combination of %I and %O. You need to |
| enable <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_logio.html">mod_logio</a></code> to use this.</td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%{<var>VARNAME</var>}^ti</code></td> |
| <td>The contents of <code><var>VARNAME</var>:</code> trailer line(s) |
| in the request sent to the server. </td></tr> |
| <tr><td><code>%{<var>VARNAME</var>}^to</code></td> |
| <td>The contents of <code><var>VARNAME</var>:</code> trailer line(s) |
| in the response sent from the server. </td></tr> |
| </table> |
| |
| <h3><a name="modifiers" id="modifiers">Modifiers</a></h3> |
| |
| <p>Particular items can be restricted to print only for |
| responses with specific HTTP status codes by placing a |
| comma-separated list of status codes immediately following the |
| "%". The status code list may be preceded by a "<code>!</code>" to |
| indicate negation.</p> |
| |
| <table class="bordered"><tr class="header"><th>Format String</th> |
| <th>Meaning</th></tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td><code>%400,501{User-agent}i</code></td> |
| <td>Logs <code>User-agent</code> on 400 errors and 501 errors only. For |
| other status codes, the literal string <code>"-"</code> will be |
| logged.</td></tr> |
| <tr class="odd"><td><code>%!200,304,302{Referer}i</code></td> |
| <td>Logs <code>Referer</code> on all requests that do |
| <em>not</em> return one of the three specified codes, |
| "<code>-</code>" otherwise. |
| </td></tr> |
| </table> |
| |
| <p>The modifiers "<" and ">" can be used for requests that |
| have been internally redirected to choose whether the original |
| or final (respectively) request should be consulted. By |
| default, the <code>%</code> directives <code>%s, %U, %T, |
| %D,</code> and <code>%r</code> look at the original request |
| while all others look at the final request. So for example, |
| <code>%>s</code> can be used to record the final status of |
| the request and <code>%<u</code> can be used to record the |
| original authenticated user on a request that is internally |
| redirected to an unauthenticated resource.</p> |
| |
| |
| |
| <h3><a name="format-notes" id="format-notes">Format Notes</a></h3> |
| |
| <p>For security reasons, starting with version 2.0.46, |
| non-printable and other special characters in <code>%r</code>, |
| <code>%i</code> and <code>%o</code> are escaped using |
| <code>\x<var>hh</var></code> sequences, where <var>hh</var> |
| stands for the hexadecimal representation of the raw |
| byte. Exceptions from this rule are <code>"</code> and |
| <code>\</code>, which are escaped by prepending a backslash, and |
| all whitespace characters, which are written in their C-style |
| notation (<code>\n</code>, <code>\t</code>, etc). In versions |
| prior to 2.0.46, no escaping was performed on these strings so |
| you had to be quite careful when dealing with raw log files.</p> |
| |
| <p>Since httpd 2.0, unlike 1.3, the <code>%b</code> and |
| <code>%B</code> format strings do not represent the number of |
| bytes sent to the client, but simply the size in bytes of the |
| HTTP response (which will differ, for instance, if the |
| connection is aborted, or if SSL is used). The <code>%O</code> |
| format provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_logio.html">mod_logio</a></code> will log the |
| actual number of bytes sent over the network.</p> |
| |
| <div class="note"> |
| <p>Note: <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code> is implemented as a |
| quick-handler and not as a standard handler. Therefore, the |
| <code>%R</code> format string will not return any handler |
| information when content caching is involved.</p> |
| </div> |
| |
| |
| |
| <h3><a name="examples" id="examples">Examples</a></h3> |
| |
| <p>Some commonly used log format strings are:</p> |
| |
| <dl> |
| <dt>Common Log Format (CLF)</dt> |
| <dd><code>"%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b"</code></dd> |
| |
| <dt>Common Log Format with Virtual Host</dt> |
| <dd><code>"%v %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b"</code></dd> |
| |
| <dt>NCSA extended/combined log format</dt> |
| <dd><code>"%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" |
| \"%{User-agent}i\""</code></dd> |
| |
| <dt>Referer log format</dt> |
| <dd><code>"%{Referer}i -> %U"</code></dd> |
| |
| <dt>Agent (Browser) log format</dt> |
| <dd><code>"%{User-agent}i"</code></dd> |
| </dl> |
| |
| <p>You can use the <code>%{format}t</code> directive multiple |
| times to build up a time format using the extended format tokens |
| like <code>msec_frac</code>:</p> |
| <dl> |
| <dt>Timestamp including milliseconds</dt> |
| <dd><code>"%{%d/%b/%Y %T}t.%{msec_frac}t %{%z}t"</code></dd> |
| |
| </dl> |
| |
| |
| </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> |
| <div class="section"> |
| <h2><a name="security" id="security">Security Considerations</a></h2> |
| <p>See the <a href="../misc/security_tips.html#serverroot">security tips</a> |
| document for details on why your security could be compromised |
| if the directory where logfiles are stored is writable by |
| anyone other than the user that starts the server.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> |
| <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="BufferedLogs" id="BufferedLogs">BufferedLogs</a> <a name="bufferedlogs" id="bufferedlogs">Directive</a></h2> |
| <table class="directive"> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Buffer log entries in memory before writing to disk</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>BufferedLogs On|Off</code></td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>BufferedLogs Off</code></td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_log_config</td></tr> |
| </table> |
| <p>The <code class="directive">BufferedLogs</code> directive causes |
| <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_log_config.html">mod_log_config</a></code> to store several log entries in |
| memory and write them together to disk, rather than writing them |
| after each request. On some systems, this may result in more |
| efficient disk access and hence higher performance. It may be |
| set only once for the entire server; it cannot be configured |
| per virtual-host.</p> |
| |
| <div class="note">This directive should be used with caution as a crash might |
| cause loss of logging data.</div> |
| |
| </div> |
| <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> |
| <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CustomLog" id="CustomLog">CustomLog</a> <a name="customlog" id="customlog">Directive</a></h2> |
| <table class="directive"> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets filename and format of log file</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CustomLog <var>file</var>|<var>pipe</var> |
| <var>format</var>|<var>nickname</var> |
| [env=[!]<var>environment-variable</var>| |
| expr=<var>expression</var>]</code></td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_log_config</td></tr> |
| </table> |
| <p>The <code class="directive">CustomLog</code> directive is used to |
| log requests to the server. A log format is specified, and the |
| logging can optionally be made conditional on request |
| characteristics using environment variables.</p> |
| |
| <p>The first argument, which specifies the location to which |
| the logs will be written, can take one of the following two |
| types of values:</p> |
| |
| <dl> |
| <dt><var>file</var></dt> |
| <dd>A filename, relative to the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>.</dd> |
| |
| <dt><var>pipe</var></dt> |
| <dd>The pipe character "<code>|</code>", followed by the path |
| to a program to receive the log information on its standard |
| input. See the notes on <a href="../logs.html#piped">piped logs</a> |
| for more information. |
| |
| <div class="warning"><h3>Security:</h3> |
| <p>If a program is used, then it will be run as the user who |
| started <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code>. This will be root if the server was |
| started by root; be sure that the program is secure.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="warning"><h3>Note</h3> |
| <p>When entering a file path on non-Unix platforms, care should be taken |
| to make sure that only forward slashed are used even though the platform |
| may allow the use of back slashes. In general it is a good idea to always |
| use forward slashes throughout the configuration files.</p> |
| </div></dd> |
| </dl> |
| |
| <p>The second argument specifies what will be written to the |
| log file. It can specify either a <var>nickname</var> defined by |
| a previous <code class="directive"><a href="#logformat">LogFormat</a></code> |
| directive, or it can be an explicit <var>format</var> string as |
| described in the <a href="#formats">log formats</a> section.</p> |
| |
| <p>For example, the following two sets of directives have |
| exactly the same effect:</p> |
| |
| <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"># CustomLog with format nickname |
| LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common |
| CustomLog "logs/access_log" common |
| |
| # CustomLog with explicit format string |
| CustomLog "logs/access_log" "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b"</pre> |
| |
| |
| <p>The third argument is optional and controls whether or |
| not to log a particular request. The condition can be the |
| presence or absence (in the case of a '<code>env=!<var>name</var></code>' |
| clause) of a particular variable in the server |
| <a href="../env.html">environment</a>. Alternatively, the condition |
| can be expressed as arbitrary boolean <a href="../expr.html">expression</a>. If the condition is not satisfied, the request |
| will not be logged. References to HTTP headers in the expression |
| will not cause the header names to be added to the Vary header.</p> |
| |
| <p>Environment variables can be set on a per-request |
| basis using the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_setenvif.html">mod_setenvif</a></code> |
| and/or <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> modules. For |
| example, if you want to record requests for all GIF |
| images on your server in a separate logfile but not in your main |
| log, you can use:</p> |
| |
| <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">SetEnvIf Request_URI \.gif$ gif-image |
| CustomLog "gif-requests.log" common env=gif-image |
| CustomLog "nongif-requests.log" common env=!gif-image</pre> |
| |
| |
| <p>Or, to reproduce the behavior of the old RefererIgnore |
| directive, you might use the following:</p> |
| |
| <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">SetEnvIf Referer example\.com localreferer |
| CustomLog "referer.log" referer env=!localreferer</pre> |
| |
| |
| </div> |
| <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> |
| <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="GlobalLog" id="GlobalLog">GlobalLog</a> <a name="globallog" id="globallog">Directive</a></h2> |
| <table class="directive"> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets filename and format of log file</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>GlobalLog<var>file</var>|<var>pipe</var> |
| <var>format</var>|<var>nickname</var> |
| [env=[!]<var>environment-variable</var>| |
| expr=<var>expression</var>]</code></td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_log_config</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.19 and later</td></tr> |
| </table> |
| |
| <p>The <code class="directive">GlobalLog</code> directive defines a log shared |
| by the main server configuration and all defined virtual hosts.</p> |
| |
| <p>The <code class="directive">GlobalLog</code> directive is identical to |
| the <code class="directive">CustomLog</code> directive, apart from the following |
| differences:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><code class="directive">GlobalLog</code> is not valid in virtual host |
| context.</li> |
| <li><code class="directive">GlobalLog</code> is used by virtual hosts that |
| define their own <code class="directive">CustomLog</code>, unlike a |
| globally specified <code class="directive">CustomLog</code>.</li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| </div> |
| <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> |
| <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="LogFormat" id="LogFormat">LogFormat</a> <a name="logformat" id="logformat">Directive</a></h2> |
| <table class="directive"> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Describes a format for use in a log file</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>LogFormat <var>format</var>|<var>nickname</var> |
| [<var>nickname</var>]</code></td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b"</code></td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_log_config</td></tr> |
| </table> |
| <p>This directive specifies the format of the access log |
| file.</p> |
| |
| <p>The <code class="directive">LogFormat</code> directive can take one of two |
| forms. In the first form, where only one argument is specified, |
| this directive sets the log format which will be used by logs |
| specified in subsequent <code class="directive">TransferLog</code> |
| directives. The single argument can specify an explicit |
| <var>format</var> as discussed in the <a href="#formats">custom log |
| formats</a> section above. Alternatively, it can use a |
| <var>nickname</var> to refer to a log format defined in a |
| previous <code class="directive">LogFormat</code> directive as described |
| below.</p> |
| |
| <p>The second form of the <code class="directive">LogFormat</code> |
| directive associates an explicit <var>format</var> with a |
| <var>nickname</var>. This <var>nickname</var> can then be used in |
| subsequent <code class="directive">LogFormat</code> or |
| <code class="directive"><a href="#customlog">CustomLog</a></code> directives |
| rather than repeating the entire format string. A |
| <code class="directive">LogFormat</code> directive that defines a nickname |
| <strong>does nothing else</strong> -- that is, it <em>only</em> |
| defines the nickname, it doesn't actually apply the format and make |
| it the default. Therefore, it will not affect subsequent |
| <code class="directive"><a href="#transferlog">TransferLog</a></code> directives. |
| In addition, <code class="directive">LogFormat</code> cannot use one nickname |
| to define another nickname. Note that the nickname should not contain |
| percent signs (<code>%</code>).</p> |
| |
| <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">LogFormat "%v %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" vhost_common</pre> |
| </div> |
| |
| |
| </div> |
| <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> |
| <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="TransferLog" id="TransferLog">TransferLog</a> <a name="transferlog" id="transferlog">Directive</a></h2> |
| <table class="directive"> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Specify location of a log file</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>TransferLog <var>file</var>|<var>pipe</var></code></td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr> |
| <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_log_config</td></tr> |
| </table> |
| <p>This directive has exactly the same arguments and effect as |
| the <code class="directive"><a href="#customlog">CustomLog</a></code> |
| directive, with the exception that it does not allow the log format |
| to be specified explicitly or for conditional logging of requests. |
| Instead, the log format is determined by the most recently specified |
| <code class="directive"><a href="#logformat">LogFormat</a></code> directive |
| which does not define a nickname. Common Log Format is used if no |
| other format has been specified.</p> |
| |
| <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-agent}i\"" |
| TransferLog logs/access_log</pre> |
| </div> |
| |
| </div> |
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