W3C's Extended Log File Format adds some header information to standard logs. The Working Draft datetime examples use language-dependent month names; the ISO format for datetimes would be better if the W3C can be convinced to follow standards. Here is an example: #Version: 1.0 #Fields: remotehost rfc931 authuser [date] "request" status bytes "referer" "browser" #Software: Apache-httpd-2.2.6 #Start-Date: 20070901T000000Z #End-Date: 20070930T235959Z #Date: 20071001T000001Z #Remark: Sample Header for W3C Extended Log Format using Apache httpd's Combined Format The Extended Format should not be implemented by logging software because the data should be added after the log is closed. This function could be included in log rotation software. Most of the data is constant once a server is configured; only the three datetimes change. The Date field is useless. The Start-Date and End-Date datetimes are only important to make certain no logs are missing and should be specified as the same time for consecutive logs. Most logs would not need those fields -- just look at the dates for the first and last entries. The Fields field could be very useful, but the W3C does not explain the field names well -- the specifications are imprecise and confuse field names with field types. Adding a unique and immutable key for the log's source would be useful. #Version: 1.0 #Source: Solprovider.com-Combined-httpd-Log #Software: Apache-httpd-2.2.6 #Fields: remotehost rfc931 authuser [datetime] "request" status bytes "referer" "browser" #Remark: Sample Header for W3C Extended Log Format using Apache httpd's Combined Format -- Just add the information to the log file before you send it. 1) Open file. 2) Paste standard text. 3) Fix datetimes. 4) Save file. 5) Send. Ask whoever automated Step 5 to add this function to that process. solprovider On 10/14/07, J R M <jrm.apache@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've recently had a request from one of our clients to provide their logs > in the 'Extended W3C Log Format'. From my googling around the > place, this appears to be pretty much a log format exclusive to IIS. > > From poking around google and reading http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-logfile.html > the fomat looks awfully strange. > > Is it possible to configure Apache in a way to create logfiles in > this format without using some sort of external logging system? Perhaps > my google-fu is letting me down severely that I havent found an easy way > to do it yet - but maybe this is simply not possible to do 'out of the > box'. > > Thanks in advance > Regards > jrm --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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