Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server 4.0.14 Administration Guide

Viewing Access Log Files

You can view the server’s active and archived access log files.

To view the Administration Server’s access log from the Administration Server, choose the Preferences tab, and then click the View Access Log link.

To view an access log for the server instance from the Server Manager, choose the Server Status tab, and then click the View Access Log link.

The following example shows an access log in the Common Logfile Format.

198.18.17.222 - - [20/May/2005:14:15:49 +0530] 
"GET http://www.example.com/ HTTP/1.1" 504 622 198.18.17.222 - abc 
[20/May/2005:14:16:09 +0530] "GET http://www.test.com/report.zip HTTP/1.1" 
504 630

The following table describes the last line of this sample access log.

Access Log Field	Example
Hostname or IP address of client	`198.18.17.222` (In this case, the client’s IP address is shown because the proxy server’s setting for DNS lookups is disabled;if DNS lookups were enabled, the client’s hostname would appear.
RFC 931 information	- (RFC 931 identity not implemented)
Username	`abc` (username entered by the client for authentication)
Date/time of request	20/May/2005:14:16:09 +0530
Request	GET
Protocol	HTTP/1.1
Status code	504
Bytes transferred	630