[CALUG] Apache logs

Bernard Karmilowicz karmilow at intencorp.com
Wed Jun 24 19:09:45 EDT 2009


Hi Jason:

> So, I've got a PKI-enabled web server (Apache) and our company is 
> mandating that we log all attempts to access our site with an expired 
> certificate.  The problem is that this particular event is handled as 
> an error and thus logged by the ErrorLog directive.  The issue is 
> simple...there's not enough information in the log.
> This log entry is pretty much worthless considering that it gives us 
> nothing more than a date and there are no corresponding messages in 
> the corresponding access log.

Perhaps a CustomLog will work:

     http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_log_config.html#formats


There is a link to the above in the mod_ssl doc:

     http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_ssl.html


Sincerely,

- Bernie

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