exclude from apache 2.x logs

noir911 · 03-30-2009, 11:48 PM

I'm getting some entries in access log that I would rather not get; I would prefer them to go to /dev/null instead. Is there any way to tell apache not to log certain stuff?

Thanks.

anomie · 03-31-2009, 11:04 AM

Can you give an example entry?

noir911 · 03-31-2009, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anomie

Can you give an example entry?

Here it is

Quote:

172.16.20.34 - - [30/Apr/2009:09:30:49] "GET /download/windows/static/auth.cab HTTP/1.1" 302 374 "-" "Microsoft-CryptoAPI/5.131.2600.5512"

saman007uk · 03-31-2009, 06:35 PM

Look at the CustomLog directive in your configuration. You will find something like:

Code:

CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined

Simple remove that line.

noir911 · 03-31-2009, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saman007uk

Look at the CustomLog directive in your configuration. You will find something like:

Code:

CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined

Simple remove that line.

Could you please describe what removing the CustomLog line will do? Thanks.

saman007uk · 03-31-2009, 06:47 PM

Exactly what you want to do. It will stop recording ACCESS and GET requests, but it will continue logging erros.

anomie · 03-31-2009, 07:51 PM

Yes, it looks like you probably are using combined format.

Is your intention to stop access logging altogether? Or to suppress one of the fields in that entry? Or what?