[squid-users] cache_peer name gone from logs after upgrade to 3.5

[Daniel Sutcliffe]

> On 29/09/2016 7:38 a.m., Daniel Sutcliffe wrote:
>> In the 3.1 logformat docs -
>> http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/cfgman/logformat.html
>> we have a default of:
>>   logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt
>> Whereas in the 3.5 we have:
>>   logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %[un %Sh/%<a %mt
>>
>> This is new for 3.5
>>   <a Server IP address of the last server or peer connection
>> And this changed from this:
>>   <A Server IP address or peer name
>> to this:
>>   <A Server FQDN or peer name
>>
>> I just needed to read a bit more - problem solved :)

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:53 PM, Amos Jeffries <squid3 at treenet.co.nz> wrote:
> As for the why:
>  With many sites going IPv6-enabled we were getting a lot of complaints
> and queries about why some requests would work and others not work, but
> the log only have one name displayed for any access to the site(s). It
> often turned out to be broken connections to just one IP of several.
> With the new format one can see the broken IPs more clearly and identify
> the issue without guessing.

Thanks for the background explanation.
Makes perfect sense to me - almost the opposite to the problem I had.

Cheers
/dan
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Daniel Sutcliffe <dans at chairfour.com>
Chair Four Development Group LLC