Parameters for log_format

[goldsap25]

I need to set the log_format values but not sure how to do this. I was not able to find documentation regarding this.

By default, it's setting $log_format: {}
I need it to be set such that it looks like below. (skipping other values within http)

http{
log_format main 'some string with some var like $remote_addr'
'another string'
'one more string'
}

If this is the wrong place to post question, please let me know where I may post this question.

Thanks!

[Griphon]

Just add

class { '::nginx::config':
  ...
  log_format => {
    main      => 'some string with some var like $remote_addr',
    alternate => 'another string',
    combined  => '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" $status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" "$http_user_agent"',
  }
  ...
}

[goldsap25]

When I used the format provided, it created following on the conf file.

log_format alternate '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" ';
log_format combined '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" $status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" ';

And it fails the config check. log_format should not be repeated, it seems. :(
I have it working for now by adding a module that pastes in the exact content that I want but wanted to check if it was possible to generate the multiline for log_format without repeating log_format.

log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
'$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
'"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';

[Griphon]

@goldsap25, I use 2 formats and it seems to be ok. Try to remove format combined as it's predefined

[wyardley]

I'm going to close this one; @goldsap25, please reopen or file a new issue if you're still experiencing problems.

[soudaburger]

I know this is closed, but I just wanted to add that I solved this with crazy inline escaping in hiera. Wondering if there's a better way to handle this?

nginx::log_format main: "$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] \"$request\"'\n\t\t '$status $body_bytes_sent \"$http_referer\" Via:\"$http_via\" '\n\t\t '\"$http_user_agent\" \"$http_x_forwarded_for\""