How to generate a JSON log from nginx?
Finally it looks like we have good way to do this with vanilla nginx without any modules. Just define:
log_format json_combined escape=json '{' '"time_local":"$time_local",' '"remote_addr":"$remote_addr",' '"remote_user":"$remote_user",' '"request":"$request",' '"status": "$status",' '"body_bytes_sent":"$body_bytes_sent",' '"request_time":"$request_time",' '"http_referrer":"$http_referer",' '"http_user_agent":"$http_user_agent"' '}';Note that escape=json was added in nginx 1.11.8.http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_log_module.html#log_format
You can try to use that one https://github.com/jiaz/nginx-http-json-log - addition module for Nginx.
You can try to use:
addition module for Nginx nginx-http-json-log
Use any language as done in nginx-json-logformat with example /etc/nginx/conf.d/json_log.conf
A version of the Nginx HTTP stub status module that outputs in JSON format
PS:The if parameter (1.7.0) enables conditional logging. A request will not be logged if the condition evaluates to “0” or an empty string:
map $status $http_referer{ ~\xXX 0; default 1;}access_log /path/to/access.log combined if=$http_referer;It’s a good idea to use a tool such as https://github.com/zaach/jsonlint to check your JSON data. You can test the output of your new logging format and make sure it’s real-and-proper JSON.