Access log format

Config
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Version: istio-1.1.0-snapshot.5
GKE version: v1.11.5-gke.5

I’m trying to modify the default access log format by editing the “istio” config map. Whenever i have the custom format on, the log has the following. (Btw, I’m not doing anything fancy, I’m just passing the default format as the custom format to see if I can modify in the future)

[libprotobuf INFO src/istio/mixerclient/check_cache.cc:160] Add a new Referenced for check cache: Absence-keys: destination.port, destination.uid, source.ip, Exact-keys: context.protocol, context.reporter.kind, source.namespace, source.uid,

For example: my “istio” configmap in “istio-system” as the following for the format

accessLogFormat: ‘[%START_TIME%] %REQ(:METHOD)% %REQ(X-ENVOY-ORIGINAL-PATH?:PATH)%%PROTOCOL% %RESPONSE_CODE% %RESPONSE_FLAGS% %BYTES_RECEIVED% %BYTES_SENT% %DURATION% %RESP(X-ENVOY-UPSTREAM-SERVICE-TIME)% %REQ(X-FORWARDED-FOR)% “%REQ(USER-AGENT)%” %REQ(X-REQUEST-ID)% “%REQ(:AUTHORITY)” UPSTREAM_HOST %UPSTREAM_CLUSTER% %UPSTREAM_LOCAL_ADDRESS% %DOWNSTREAM_LOCAL_ADDRESS% %DOWNSTREAM_REMOTE_ADDRESS%’

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Might be related to this issue on Github: https://github.com/istio/istio/pull/11449
Also, current bug in Envoy where if the trailing newline character “\n” is not included in the format string, access logs just don’t get written.

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Thank you for the reply.

I did notice that newline character not formatting correctly. However my issue is: when I have the custom format on, I don’t even see any entry on the ingress log output besides one below

[libprotobuf INFO src/istio/mixerclient/check_cache.cc:160] Add a new Referenced for check cache: Absence-keys: destination.port, destination.uid, source.ip, Exact-keys: context.protocol, context.reporter.kind, source.namespace, source.uid,

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I was able to get this log format working after manually making the change to configmap.yaml from this PR https://github.com/istio/istio/pull/11449/files:

accessLogFormat: “[%START_TIME%] %REQ(:METHOD)% %REQ(X-ENVOY-ORIGINAL-PATH?:PATH)% %PROTOCOL% %RESPONSE_CODE% %RESPONSE_FLAGS% %BYTES_RECEIVED% %BYTES_SENT% %DURATION% %RESP(X-ENVOY-UPSTREAM-SERVICE-TIME)% %REQ(X-FORWARDED-FOR)% “%REQ(USER-AGENT)%” %REQ(X-REQUEST-ID)% “%REQ(:AUTHORITY)” UPSTREAM_HOST %UPSTREAM_CLUSTER% %UPSTREAM_LOCAL_ADDRESS% %DOWNSTREAM_LOCAL_ADDRESS% %DOWNSTREAM_REMOTE_ADDRESS%\n”

I used double quotes and not single quotes and included the trailing new line character. I noticed there was a missing space between the percent signs here “PATH)%%PROTOCOL%”. Not sure if that matters

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