Configuring HTTP Logging

HTTP access logging is highly useful for tracking HTTP transactions conducted by a web server. By default, WebLogic Server logs are in what is known as the common log format, the syntax of which is shown here:

host RFC931 auth_user [day/month/year:hour:minute:second
UTC_offset] "request" status bytes

A few observations about the common log format are in order here. The RFC931 attribute shows the IDENTD information returned for remote clients, but WebLogic Server doesn't support the identification of users. The auth_user will contain a value only if the remote client authenticated with a user ID. The request attribute shows the first line of the client's HTTP request, and the status attribute shows the HTTP status returned ...

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