RE: [squid-users] logging of errors by squid-2...?

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> From: gustaf@myinternet.com.au [mailto:gustaf@myinternet.com.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, 20 November 2002 2:52 PM
> To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: RE: [squid-users] logging of errors by squid-2...?
 
 
> Okay, i understand that, but i still have a quandry. I need
> to extricate the /same/ errors out of the logs now as ERR_*
> used to give us. So which HTTP status codes generated squid
> ERR_* codes in old versions of squid?
>
Maybe I'm missing something bleeding obvious (not the first time) but
isn't the whole idea of producing a report of certain observable
behaviour a means to an end rather than an end in itself?

The FAQ clearly explains the various HTTP status codes which map to
certain behaviour characteristics of the undelying software (and the
Internet). So you should be asking (management) questions such as "How
many instances of File Not Found have occurred in the last 24 hours?"
The answer is the sum of all "404" status codes. Whether that mapped to
some particular ERR_* code in squid-1 is irrelevant because that is the
question you should have been asking of your squid-1 report, isn't it?

I use Calamaris to produce daily and weekly reports of various things in
the squid logs (and I am experimenting with various other reporting
tools to do user activity reporting) for both management's and my own
(sysadmin's) benefit. Calamaris doesn't really look at status codes in
any detail, concentrating on other things more to do with activity and
performance.

This is obviously not good enough if you are trying to achieve a
particular end (what kinds of errors are occurring) but other than
reporting on who is being denied access to our banned sites management
doesn't want this information. I have to use another tool to get the
info management wants (I'm trying various other tools for this.) So we
are back to asking you what information do you want to extract? What
information are management requesting?

Michael Lightfoot
Unix Consultant
ISG Host Systems
Comcare
+61 2 62750680
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Received on Thu Nov 21 2002 - 09:36:52 MST