[kwlug-disc] Logging all output from Apache?

[William Park]

Hi Khalid,

Yes, putting something in front of Apache will solve this with minimum fuss, but unfortunately I'll be stepping on lots of sensitive toes if I do that.  I do have control over CGI program which is behind the web server, and, to some extent, over Apache server.  I was hoping, if Apache has some config options to log its output, then I can avoid writing it in my application code.

Sorry to miss your presentation Yesterday.

--William


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>From: Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com>
>To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
>Sent: Mon, November 2, 2009 11:29:22 PM
>Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Logging all output from Apache?
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>Apart from whether this would be useful or not ...
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>Seems like a custom reverse proxy can do this.
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>The idea is to have a "tee" like function in the proxy: it logs the HTML response to a file AND passes it on to the requesting browser.
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>So the actual Apache origin server can run on a non standard port, e.g. 8080. The proxy would run on port 80, and just pass the requests back and forth, with only the loggin added.
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>Look into existing proxies, e.g. Squid, or even simpler proxies based on Python, if you don't have a high traffic site.
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>http://proxies.xhaus.com/python/
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>On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:19 PM, William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca> wrote:
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>>>Hi All,
>>
>>>>Is there a way to log all output from Apache web server?
>>
>>>>I need to create "paper trail", because what went out is more important
>>>>(liability wise) than what came in.  Although there are tons of docs on logging
>>>>HTTP request, I haven't come across anything on HTTP response.
>>
>>>>--William
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