IIS Log Parser?

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pedromatic
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IIS Log Parser?

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Does anyone have a Parser for the w3c extended log file format used in IIS?

I tried creating a pattern, but couldn't get it to work.

Thank you
admin
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Re: IIS Log Parser?

Post by admin »

Hello,

Here is a simple Log4jPattern for IIS 7.5:

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%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %u{s-IP} %c %m - %u{port} %u{user} %u{c-IP} %u{agent} %p %u{sub-status} %u{w32-status} %u{time-taken}
But I suggest you to use a Java Parser Class instead, which is more powerful than Patterns, in order to reformat all these fields (e.g. concatenate several fields in the "Message" field, ignore some comments line in log file, handle all HTTP Status codes,...)

Also, don't forget to:
  • set the right level and color for the new log levels based on HTTP Status (e.g 200 => INFO, 300 => WARNING, 400 => ERROR)
  • set the right settings for your Log4j tags:
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Feel free to post here if you have trouble using such a Log4jPattern Parser or a JavaClass Parser.
Xavier.
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