# Log format - NGINX Ingress Controller

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# Log format

The default configuration uses a custom logging format to add additional information about upstreams, response time and status.

    log_format upstreaminfo
        '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
        '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" '
        '$request_length $request_time [$proxy_upstream_name] [$proxy_alternative_upstream_name] $upstream_addr '
        '$upstream_response_length $upstream_response_time $upstream_status $req_id';

Placeholder | Description
--- | ---
`$proxy_protocol_addr` | remote address if proxy protocol is enabled
`$remote_addr` | the source IP address of the client
`$remote_user` | user name supplied with the Basic authentication
`$time_local` | local time in the Common Log Format
`$request` | full original request line
`$status` | response status
`$body_bytes_sent` | number of bytes sent to a client, not counting the response header
`$http_referer` | value of the Referer header
`$http_user_agent` | value of User-Agent header
`$request_length` | request length (including request line, header, and request body)
`$request_time` | time elapsed since the first bytes were read from the client
`$proxy_upstream_name` | name of the upstream. The format is `upstream-<namespace>-<service name>-<service port>`
`$proxy_alternative_upstream_name` | name of the alternative upstream. The format is `upstream-<namespace>-<service name>-<service port>`
`$upstream_addr` | the IP address and port (or the path to the domain socket) of the upstream server. If several servers were contacted during request processing, their addresses are separated by commas.
`$upstream_response_length` | the length of the response obtained from the upstream server
`$upstream_response_time` | time spent on receiving the response from the upstream server as seconds with millisecond resolution
`$upstream_status` | status code of the response obtained from the upstream server
`$req_id` | the randomly generated ID of the request

Additional available variables:

Placeholder | Description
--- | ---
`$namespace` | namespace of the ingress
`$ingress_name` | name of the ingress
`$service_name` | name of the service
`$service_port` | port of the service

Sources:

- Upstream variables
- Embedded variables