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38 '"$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" "$gzip_ratio"';
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88 When buffering is enabled, the data will be written to the file:
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96 if the buffered data is older than specified by the <literal>flush</literal>
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101 when a worker process is <link doc="../control.xml">re-opening</link> log
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102 files or is shutting down.
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111 The compression level can be set between 1 (fastest, less compression)
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113 By default the buffer size is equal to 64K bytes, and the compression level
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114 is set to 1.
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115 Since the data is compressed in atomic blocks, the log file can be decompressed
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152 time specified by the <literal>valid</literal> parameter of the
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159 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="root">root directory</link>
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179 <directive name="log_format">
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180 <syntax>
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181 <value>name</value>
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182 <value>string</value> ...</syntax>
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183 <default>combined "..."</default>
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186 <para>
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190 <para>
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191 The log format can contain common variables, and variables that
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193 <list type="tag">
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195 <tag-name><var>$bytes_sent</var></tag-name>
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196 <tag-desc>
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198 <note>
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199 Since versions 1.3.8 and 1.2.5 there is a common variable with the
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200 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="var_bytes_sent">same name</link>.
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201 </note>
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204 <tag-name><var>$connection</var></tag-name>
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206 connection serial number
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207 <note>
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209 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="var_connection">same name</link>.
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210 </note>
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213 <tag-name><var>$connection_requests</var></tag-name>
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214 <tag-desc>
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216 <note>
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218 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="var_connection_requests">same
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219 name</link>.
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220 </note>
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223 <tag-name><var>$msec</var></tag-name>
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226 <note>
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228 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="var_msec">same name</link>.
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229 </note>
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232 <tag-name><var>$pipe</var></tag-name>
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233 <tag-desc>
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235 otherwise
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238 <tag-name><var>$request_length</var></tag-name>
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243 <tag-name><var>$request_time</var></tag-name>
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245 request processing time in seconds with a milliseconds resolution;
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247 the log write after the last bytes were sent to the client
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248 <note>
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250 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="var_request_time">same name</link>.
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251 </note>
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254 <tag-name><var>$status</var></tag-name>
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256 response status
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258 Since versions 1.3.2 and 1.2.2 there is a common variable with the
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259 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="var_status">same name</link>.
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260 </note>
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263 <tag-name><var>$time_iso8601</var></tag-name>
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265 local time in the ISO 8601 standard format
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268 <tag-name><var>$time_local</var></tag-name>
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273 </list>
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276 <para>
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277 Header lines sent to a client have the prefix
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278 “<literal>sent_http_</literal>”, for example,
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279 <var>$sent_http_content_range</var>.
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282 <para>
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283 The configuration always includes the predefined format
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284 “<literal>combined</literal>”:
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285 <example>
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286 log_format combined '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] '
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287 '"$request" $status $body_bytes_sent '
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288 '"$http_referer" "$http_user_agent"';
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295 <directive name="open_log_file_cache">
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297 <syntax>
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298 <literal>max</literal>=<value>N</value>
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299 [<literal>inactive</literal>=<value>time</value>]
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300 [<literal>min_uses</literal>=<value>N</value>]
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301 [<literal>valid</literal>=<value>time</value>]</syntax>
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302 <syntax><literal>off</literal></syntax>
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304 <context>http</context>
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308 <para>
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309 Defines a cache that stores file descriptors of frequently used logs
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311 The directive has the following parameters:
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314 <tag-name><literal>max</literal></tag-name>
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321 <tag-name><literal>inactive</literal></tag-name>
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328 <tag-name><literal>min_uses</literal></tag-name>
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336 <tag-name><literal>valid</literal></tag-name>
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361 </module>