Service Logging (Pound)

9.11.3 Service Logging

Service directive: ForwardedHeader "name" ¶: Defines the name of the HTTP header that carries the list of proxies the request has passed through. Default value is X-Forwarded-For. This header is used to determine the originator IP address for logging. See %a, for details.

Service directive: TrustedIP ¶

Defines a list of trusted proxy IP addresses, which is used to determine the originator IP.

See %a, for a detailed discussion.

This statement is a special form of ACL statement, described in ACL. It can appear in three forms: anonymous ACL, file reference, or ACL reference. Examples:

TrustedIP
  "127.0.0.1/8"
  "10.16.0.0/16"
End

TrustedIP -filewatch "/etc/pound/trustip.acl"

```
TrustedIP "proxy_addresses"
```

Service directive: LogSuppress class [class...] ¶

Suppresses HTTP logging for requests that resulted in status codes from the specified classes. Valid classes are:

info
1: ‘1xx’ response codes.
success
2: ‘2xx’ response codes.
redirect
3: ‘3xx’ response codes.
clterr
4: ‘4xx’ response codes.
srverr
5: ‘5xx’ response codes.
all: All response codes.

This statement is designed for services that receive a constant stream of similar HTTP requests from a controlled set of IP addresses, such as e.g. Openmetric services. See Metrics, for an example.