Nine Aspects of a Web Log Entry

Part of the series "The Zen of Serving Web Pages"

By Christian Treber, Internet Applications Specialist

How deep does the rabbit hole really go? What can possibly be learned from a web log entry, what are our cognitive limits, and what are traps for the unweary?

A log entry in combined log format has nine aspects (common format lacks referer and agent - don't use it). The following sections examine each field in detail.

• Host
• User
• Login
• Date and Time
• Command
• Result Code
• Bytes Transfered
• Referer
• Agent