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sorin
Asked: 2013-04-13 06:35:05 +0800 CST

How to log nginx requests made to a specific location in a different file?

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I have an nginx acting as a proxy in front of of a backend and I want to separate the requests made to a specific location to a separate file.

Still the requests should go to the same backend server but I don't want to see them inside the main access log.

Also I don't want to specify all the proxy_ stuff twice.

server {
    ...
    access_log  /var/log/nginx/jira.access.log full;
    error_log  /var/log/nginx/jira.error.log;
    client_max_body_size 150m;        

    location /special/ {
        }

    location / {

            # many lines of config params for proxy_...
            proxy_pass   http://dowa-02.example.com:8080;
            ...
    }
}
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1 Answers

  1. UPD

    Hmmm... access_log directive have a "feature".

    Requests are logged in a context of a location where processing ends. This may be different from the original location, if an internal redirect happens during request processing.

    In case of try_files the internal redirect. Try change try_files to include & remove named location.

    END OF UPD

    In order not to repeat many times "proxy_ stuff", you can use include directive, for example. But try_files and named location are much better :)

    server {
    ...
    access_log  /var/log/nginx/jira.access.log full;
    error_log  /var/log/nginx/jira.error.log;
    client_max_body_size 150m;

    location /special/ {
        try_files $uri @backend;
        access_log /var/log/nginx/special.access.log full;
    }

    location / {
        try_files $uri @backend;
    }

    location @backend {
            # many lines of config params for proxy_...
            proxy_pass   http://dowa-02.example.com:8080;
            ...
    }
}
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