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Exclude User-Agent from Apache logs

I'm looking for a solution that you can have :)
I try to exclude user-agent to apache log, but keep referer.
Here is what I tried 

LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\"" common
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/xxx_access.log common

But when I do that, Referer is excluded too ...

I tried to replace commonby combined but still the same ...

And here is what I want to do: 

 IP - [date] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 9062 "Referer"

Any ideas?
It's not possible ... ?

combined display both, Referer and User Agent
Am I doing it wrong?

Solution

  • Go into your /etc/apache2/apache.conf (or apache2.conf).
    At the bottom you should see 

    LogFormat "%v:%p %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" vhost_combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O" common
LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer
LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent

    So try to replace 

    LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined

    by 

    LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\"" combined

    Restart Apache, and it should works.