Commit f452da7c authored by Stan Hu's avatar Stan Hu

Add docs for `api_json.log` file

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It contains a structured log for Rails controller requests received from
GitLab, thanks to [Lograge](https://github.com/roidrage/lograge/). Note that
requests from the API [are not yet logged to this
file](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/36189).
requests from the API are logged to a separate file in `api_json.log`.
Each line contains a JSON line that can be ingested by Elasticsearch, Splunk, etc. For example:
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19:34:53 +0200. Also we can see that request was processed by
`Projects::TreeController`.
## `api_json.log`
Introduced in GitLab 10.0, this file lives in
`/var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails/api_json.log` for Omnibus GitLab packages or in
`/home/git/gitlab/log/api_json.log` for installations from source.
It helps you see requests made directly to the API. For example:
```json
{"time":"2017-10-10T12:30:11.579Z","severity":"INFO","duration":16.84,"db":1.57,"view":15.27,"status":200,"method":"POST","path":"/api/v4/internal/allowed","params":{"action":"git-upload-pack","changes":"_any","gl_repository":null,"project":"root/foobar.git","protocol":"ssh","env":"{}","key_id":"[FILTERED]","secret_token":"[FILTERED]"},"host":"127.0.0.1","ip":"127.0.0.1","ua":"Ruby"}
```
This entry above shows an access to an internal endpoint to check whether an
associated SSH key can download the project in question via a `git fetch` or
`git clone`. In this example, we see:
1. `method`: The HTTP method used to make the request
1. `path`: The relative path of the query
1. `params`: Key-value pairs passed in a query string or HTTP body. Sensitive parameters (e.g. passwords, tokens, etc.) are filtered out.
1. `ua`: The User-Agent of the requester
## `application.log`
This file lives in `/var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails/application.log` for
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