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Common Log Format
Each line in the Common Log Format represents a request/response pair and consists of seven space-delimited fields.
host identifier user date request status bytes
Integration Server use the Common Log Format for the http log when Integration Server is set to common.
The following table identifies and describes the fields in the Common Log Format.
Field
Description
host
IP address of the client that made the request to Integration Server.
identifier
RFC 1413 identify of the client. Because this RFC is obsolete, the identifier value will always be: -
user
Username provided by the client for authentication. If the client request does not include an Authorization header and there is not a session cookie, the user value will be -.
date
Date, time, and timezone the request was received. The date format is:
[dd/MMM/y:HH:mm:ss Z]
The date format is determined by the Common Log Format standard and cannot be changed.
request
The HTTP request from the client in the format:
HTTP_method URL-path protocol_version
status
HTTP status code returned to the client by Integration Server.
bytes
Number of bytes of data returned to the client, including the HTTP header.
The bytes field contains a value for requests/response pairs that have a Content-Length header. When chunked encoding is used for sending a response, there is not a Content-Length header. Consequently, for responses sent using chunked encoding, the value of bytes will be: -
Following is an example of http.log entries in the Common Log Format.
127.0.0.1 - Administrator [23/Feb/2021:12:55:36 -0500] "GET /invoke/wm.server/ping HTTP/1.1" 200 158
127.0.0.1 - Administrator [23/Feb/2021:12:55:37 -0500] "GET /invoke/pub.flow/getTransportInfo HTTP/1.1" 200 1368
127.0.0.1 - Administrator [23/Feb/2021:12:56:02 -0500] "GET /invoke/pub.math/randomDouble HTTP/1.1" 200 137
192.168.1.170 - valid.user [23/Feb/2021:12:56:21 -0500] "POST invoke/wm.server/reflect HTTP/1.1" 200 183
192.168.1.170 - bad.user [23/Feb/2021:12:56:51 -0500] "GET /invoke/pub.flow/getTransportInfo HTTP/1.1" 401 0