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ripper234
Asked: 2011-11-04 06:27:29 +0800 CST

Can Apache2 be configured to store a part of the access log on a separate location?

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We plan to use a tracking pixel to collect some analytics. It would be very helpful to configure a different policy for storing access logs to this pixel (http://ourdomain.com/tracking.png?someParameter=123)

Can Apache be configured to filter and store only the access logs that contain a specific URL pattern on a different location than the main access log? We still want to keep the full access log on the initial partition, with a different retention policy.

apache-2.2

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  1. Best Answer

    You could use mod_setenvif to set an environment variable related to your tracking pixel and then filter the logs using it. something like

    SetEnvIf Request_URI "tracking\.png$" tracking
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CustomLog logs/access_log common env=!tracking
CustomLog logs/tracking_access_log common env=tracking

    If the tracking pixel is requested then the environment variable gets set and the event gets logged to a different file.

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