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title: "Traefik Access Logs Documentation"
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description: "Access logs are a key part of observability in Traefik Proxy. Read the technical documentation to learn their configurations, rotations, and time zones."
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---
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# Access Logs
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Who Calls Whom?
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{.subtitle}
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By default, logs are written to stdout, in text format.
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## Configuration
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To enable the access logs:
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```yaml tab="File (YAML)"
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accessLog: {}
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```
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```toml tab="File (TOML)"
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[accessLog]
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```
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```bash tab="CLI"
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--accesslog=true
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```
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### `addInternals`
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_Optional, Default="false"_
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Enables accessLogs for internal resources (e.g.: `ping@internal`).
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```yaml tab="File (YAML)"
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accesslog:
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addInternals: true
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```
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```toml tab="File (TOML)"
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[accesslog]
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addInternals = true
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```
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```bash tab="CLI"
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--accesslog.addinternals
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```
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### `filePath`
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By default access logs are written to the standard output.
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To write the logs into a log file, use the `filePath` option.
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```yaml tab="File (YAML)"
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accessLog:
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filePath: "/path/to/access.log"
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```
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```toml tab="File (TOML)"
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[accessLog]
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filePath = "/path/to/access.log"
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```
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```bash tab="CLI"
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--accesslog.filepath=/path/to/access.log
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```
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### `format`
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_Optional, Default="common"_
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By default, logs are written using the Common Log Format (CLF).
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To write logs in JSON, use `json` in the `format` option.
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If the given format is unsupported, the default (CLF) is used instead.
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!!! info "Common Log Format"
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```html
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<remote_IP_address> - <client_user_name_if_available> [<timestamp>] "<request_method> <request_path> <request_protocol>" <HTTP_status> <content-length> "<request_referrer>" "<request_user_agent>" <number_of_requests_received_since_Traefik_started> "<Traefik_router_name>" "<Traefik_server_URL>" <request_duration_in_ms>ms
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```
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```yaml tab="File (YAML)"
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accessLog:
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format: "json"
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```
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```toml tab="File (TOML)"
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[accessLog]
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format = "json"
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```
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```bash tab="CLI"
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--accesslog.format=json
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```
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### `bufferingSize`
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To write the logs in an asynchronous fashion, specify a `bufferingSize` option.
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This option represents the number of log lines Traefik will keep in memory before writing them to the selected output.
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In some cases, this option can greatly help performances.
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```yaml tab="File (YAML)"
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# Configuring a buffer of 100 lines
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accessLog:
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filePath: "/path/to/access.log"
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bufferingSize: 100
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```
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```toml tab="File (TOML)"
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# Configuring a buffer of 100 lines
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[accessLog]
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filePath = "/path/to/access.log"
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bufferingSize = 100
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```
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```bash tab="CLI"
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# Configuring a buffer of 100 lines
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--accesslog.filepath=/path/to/access.log
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--accesslog.bufferingsize=100
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```
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### Filtering
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To filter logs, you can specify a set of filters which are logically "OR-connected".
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Thus, specifying multiple filters will keep more access logs than specifying only one.
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The available filters are:
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- `statusCodes`, to limit the access logs to requests with a status codes in the specified range
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- `retryAttempts`, to keep the access logs when at least one retry has happened
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- `minDuration`, to keep access logs when requests take longer than the specified duration (provided in seconds or as a valid duration format, see [time.ParseDuration](https://golang.org/pkg/time/#ParseDuration))
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```yaml tab="File (YAML)"
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# Configuring Multiple Filters
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accessLog:
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filePath: "/path/to/access.log"
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format: json
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filters:
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statusCodes:
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- "200"
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- "300-302"
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retryAttempts: true
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minDuration: "10ms"
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```
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```toml tab="File (TOML)"
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# Configuring Multiple Filters
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[accessLog]
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filePath = "/path/to/access.log"
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format = "json"
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[accessLog.filters]
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statusCodes = ["200", "300-302"]
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retryAttempts = true
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minDuration = "10ms"
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```
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```bash tab="CLI"
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# Configuring Multiple Filters
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--accesslog.filepath=/path/to/access.log
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--accesslog.format=json
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--accesslog.filters.statuscodes=200,300-302
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--accesslog.filters.retryattempts
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--accesslog.filters.minduration=10ms
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```
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### Limiting the Fields/Including Headers
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You can decide to limit the logged fields/headers to a given list with the `fields.names` and `fields.headers` options.
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Each field can be set to:
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- `keep` to keep the value
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- `drop` to drop the value
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Header fields may also optionally be set to `redact` to replace the value with "REDACTED".
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The `defaultMode` for `fields.names` is `keep`.
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The `defaultMode` for `fields.headers` is `drop`.
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```yaml tab="File (YAML)"
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# Limiting the Logs to Specific Fields
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accessLog:
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filePath: "/path/to/access.log"
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format: json
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fields:
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defaultMode: keep
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names:
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ClientUsername: drop
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headers:
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defaultMode: keep
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names:
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User-Agent: redact
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Authorization: drop
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Content-Type: keep
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```
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```toml tab="File (TOML)"
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# Limiting the Logs to Specific Fields
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[accessLog]
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filePath = "/path/to/access.log"
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format = "json"
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[accessLog.fields]
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defaultMode = "keep"
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[accessLog.fields.names]
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"ClientUsername" = "drop"
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[accessLog.fields.headers]
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defaultMode = "keep"
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[accessLog.fields.headers.names]
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"User-Agent" = "redact"
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"Authorization" = "drop"
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"Content-Type" = "keep"
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```
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```bash tab="CLI"
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# Limiting the Logs to Specific Fields
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--accesslog.filepath=/path/to/access.log
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--accesslog.format=json
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--accesslog.fields.defaultmode=keep
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--accesslog.fields.names.ClientUsername=drop
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--accesslog.fields.headers.defaultmode=keep
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--accesslog.fields.headers.names.User-Agent=redact
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--accesslog.fields.headers.names.Authorization=drop
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--accesslog.fields.headers.names.Content-Type=keep
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```
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??? info "Available Fields"
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| Field | Description |
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| `StartUTC` | The time at which request processing started. |
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| `StartLocal` | The local time at which request processing started. |
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| `Duration` | The total time taken (in nanoseconds) by processing the response, including the origin server's time but not the log writing time. |
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| `RouterName` | The name of the Traefik router. |
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| `ServiceName` | The name of the Traefik backend. |
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| `ServiceURL` | The URL of the Traefik backend. |
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| `ServiceAddr` | The IP:port of the Traefik backend (extracted from `ServiceURL`) |
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| `ClientAddr` | The remote address in its original form (usually IP:port). |
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| `ClientHost` | The remote IP address from which the client request was received. |
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| `ClientPort` | The remote TCP port from which the client request was received. |
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| `ClientUsername` | The username provided in the URL, if present. |
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| `RequestAddr` | The HTTP Host header (usually IP:port). This is treated as not a header by the Go API. |
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| `RequestHost` | The HTTP Host server name (not including port). |
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| `RequestPort` | The TCP port from the HTTP Host. |
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| `RequestMethod` | The HTTP method. |
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| `RequestPath` | The HTTP request URI, not including the scheme, host or port. |
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| `RequestProtocol` | The version of HTTP requested. |
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| `RequestScheme` | The HTTP scheme requested `http` or `https`. |
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| `RequestLine` | `RequestMethod` + `RequestPath` + `RequestProtocol` |
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| `RequestContentSize` | The number of bytes in the request entity (a.k.a. body) sent by the client. |
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| `OriginDuration` | The time taken (in nanoseconds) by the origin server ('upstream') to return its response. |
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| `OriginContentSize` | The content length specified by the origin server, or 0 if unspecified. |
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| `OriginStatus` | The HTTP status code returned by the origin server. If the request was handled by this Traefik instance (e.g. with a redirect), then this value will be absent (0). |
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| `OriginStatusLine` | `OriginStatus` + Status code explanation |
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| `DownstreamStatus` | The HTTP status code returned to the client. |
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| `DownstreamStatusLine` | `DownstreamStatus` + Status code explanation |
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| `DownstreamContentSize` | The number of bytes in the response entity returned to the client. This is in addition to the "Content-Length" header, which may be present in the origin response. |
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| `RequestCount` | The number of requests received since the Traefik instance started. |
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| `GzipRatio` | The response body compression ratio achieved. |
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| `Overhead` | The processing time overhead (in nanoseconds) caused by Traefik. |
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| `RetryAttempts` | The amount of attempts the request was retried. |
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| `TLSVersion` | The TLS version used by the connection (e.g. `1.2`) (if connection is TLS). |
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| `TLSCipher` | The TLS cipher used by the connection (e.g. `TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA`) (if connection is TLS) |
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| `TLSClientSubject` | The string representation of the TLS client certificate's Subject (e.g. `CN=username,O=organization`) |
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| `TraceId` | A consistent identifier for tracking requests across services, including upstream ones managed by Traefik, shown as a 32-hex digit string |
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| `SpanId` | A unique identifier for Traefik’s root span (EntryPoint) within a request trace, formatted as a 16-hex digit string. |
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## Log Rotation
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Traefik will close and reopen its log files, assuming they're configured, on receipt of a USR1 signal.
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This allows the logs to be rotated and processed by an external program, such as `logrotate`.
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!!! warning
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This does not work on Windows due to the lack of USR signals.
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## Time Zones
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Traefik will timestamp each log line in UTC time by default.
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It is possible to configure the Traefik to timestamp in a specific timezone by ensuring the following configuration has been made in your environment:
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1. Provide time zone data to `/etc/localtime` or `/usr/share/zoneinfo` (based on your distribution) or set the environment variable TZ to the desired timezone
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2. Specify the field `StartLocal` by dropping the field named `StartUTC` (available on the default Common Log Format (CLF) as well as JSON)
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Example utilizing Docker Compose:
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```yaml
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version: "3.7"
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services:
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traefik:
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image: traefik:v3.2
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environment:
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- TZ=US/Alaska
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command:
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- --accesslog.fields.names.StartUTC=drop
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- --providers.docker
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ports:
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- 80:80
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volumes:
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- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
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```
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{!traefik-for-business-applications.md!}
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