Later versions of 2.2 (starting with 2.2.7) will have Apache
send 'OPTIONS *' instead of the 'GET /' which will make
it easier for you to exclude those.
On Oct 17, 2007, at 7:08 AM, Marten Lehmann wrote:
Hello,
See:
http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/InternalDummyConnection
When the default vhost is SSL, you get the 400 because apache doesn't
bother doing ssl negotiation -- it just sends an ordinary http
request. But this doesn't matter since the request only needs to wake
up the process, nothing else.
well, but it clutters up the logfiles so web statistic software
gives wrong data about web access, because it counts the internal
calls as well.
The Wiki page says, that all calls originate from the lookback
device, but thats not true. In my logfiles, all calls are
originated by the ip address of the ssl host(s), so I don't know
how to effectively exclude these calls.
We have a central, small httpd.conf which includes config files for
each virtual host. While the CustomLog settings are defined in the
httpd.conf, the individual listen and virtual host configurationis
done in the single files. That way, we can easily add and remove
files and simply restart apache without having to touch httpd.conf.
Are there variable which contains the complete request ("GET /")
and the status code ("400")? This would be the only what to detect
such internal requests independend of servernames and ip addresses.
What could a SetenvIf directive look like that would set a "skip"
variable which I could use at the CustomLog setting?
Regards
Marten
