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NAME

       VSL - Varnish Shared Memory Logging

OVERVIEW

       This  document  describes  the format and content of all the Varnish shared memory logging
       tags. These tags are  used  by  the  varnishlog(1),  varnishtop(1),  etc.   logging  tools
       supplied with Varnish.

   VSL tags
       Backend - Backend selected
              Logged when a connection is selected for handling a backend request.

              The format is:

                 %d %s %s
                 |  |  |
                 |  |  +- Backend display name
                 |  +---- VCL name
                 +------- Connection file descriptor

       BackendClose - Backend connection closed
              Logged when a backend connection is closed.

              The format is:

                 %d %s [ %s ]
                 |  |    |
                 |  |    +- Optional reason
                 |  +------ Backend display name
                 +--------- Connection file descriptor

       BackendOpen - Backend connection opened
              Logged when a new backend connection is opened.

              The format is:

                 %d %s %s %s %s %s
                 |  |  |  |  |  |
                 |  |  |  |  |  +- Local port
                 |  |  |  |  +---- Local address
                 |  |  |  +------- Remote port
                 |  |  +---------- Remote address
                 |  +------------- Backend display name
                 +---------------- Connection file descriptor

       BackendReuse - Backend connection put up for reuse
              Logged when a backend connection is put up for reuse by a later connection.

              The format is:

                 %d %s
                 |  |
                 |  +- Backend display name
                 +---- Connection file descriptor

       Backend_health - Backend health check
              The result of a backend health probe.

              The format is:

                 %s %s %s %u %u %u %f %f %s
                 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
                 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  +- Probe HTTP response
                 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  +---- Average response time
                 |  |  |  |  |  |  +------- Response time
                 |  |  |  |  |  +---------- Probe window size
                 |  |  |  |  +------------- Probe threshold level
                 |  |  |  +---------------- Number of good probes in window
                 |  |  +------------------- Probe window bits
                 |  +---------------------- Status message
                 +------------------------- Backend name

       Begin - Marks the start of a VXID
              The first record of a VXID transaction.

              The format is:

                 %s %d %s
                 |  |  |
                 |  |  +- Reason
                 |  +---- Parent vxid
                 +------- Type ("sess", "req" or "bereq")

       BereqAcct - Backend request accounting
              Contains byte counters from backend request processing.

              The format is:

                 %d %d %d %d %d %d
                 |  |  |  |  |  |
                 |  |  |  |  |  +- Total bytes received
                 |  |  |  |  +---- Body bytes received
                 |  |  |  +------- Header bytes received
                 |  |  +---------- Total bytes transmitted
                 |  +------------- Body bytes transmitted
                 +---------------- Header bytes transmitted

       BereqHeader - Backend request header
              HTTP header contents.

              The format is:

                 %s: %s
                 |   |
                 |   +- Header value
                 +----- Header name

       BereqMethod - Backend request method
              The HTTP request method used.

       BereqProtocol - Backend request protocol
              The HTTP protocol version information.

       BereqURL - Backend request URL
              The HTTP request URL.

       BerespHeader - Backend response header
              HTTP header contents.

              The format is:

                 %s: %s
                 |   |
                 |   +- Header value
                 +----- Header name

       BerespProtocol - Backend response protocol
              The HTTP protocol version information.

       BerespReason - Backend response response
              The HTTP response string received.

       BerespStatus - Backend response status
              The HTTP status code received.

       BogoHeader - Bogus HTTP received
              Contains  the  first 20 characters of received HTTP headers we could not make sense
              of.  Applies to both req.http and beresp.http.

       CLI - CLI communication
              CLI communication between varnishd master and child process.

       Debug - Debug messages
              Debug  messages  can  normally  be  ignored,  but  are  sometimes  helpful   during
              trouble-shooting.  Most debug messages must be explicitly enabled with parameters.

       ESI_xmlerror - ESI parser error or warning message
              An  error  or warning was generated during parsing of an ESI object. The log record
              describes the problem encountered.

       End - Marks the end of a VXID
              The last record of a VXID transaction.

       Error - Error messages
              Error messages are stuff you probably want to know.

       ExpBan - Object evicted due to ban
              Logs the VXID when an object is banned.

       ExpKill - Object expiry event
              Logs events related to object expiry. The events are:

              EXP_Rearm
                     Logged when the expiry time of an object changes.

              EXP_Inbox
                     Logged when the expiry thread picks an object from the inbox for processing.

              EXP_Kill
                     Logged when the expiry thread kills an object from the inbox.

              EXP_When
                     Logged when the expiry thread moves an object on the binheap.

              EXP_Expired
                     Logged when the expiry thread expires an object.

              LRU_Cand
                     Logged when an object is evaluated for LRU force expiry.

              LRU    Logged when an object is force expired due to LRU.

              LRU_Fail
                     Logged when no suitable candidate object is found for LRU force expiry.

              The format is:

                 EXP_Rearm p=%p E=%f e=%f f=0x%x
                 EXP_Inbox p=%p e=%f f=0x%x
                 EXP_Kill p=%p e=%f f=0x%x
                 EXP_When p=%p e=%f f=0x%x
                 EXP_Expired x=%u t=%f
                 LRU_Cand p=%p f=0x%x r=%d
                 LRU x=%u
                 LRU_Fail

                 Legend:
                 p=%p         Objcore pointer
                 t=%f         Remaining TTL (s)
                 e=%f         Expiry time (unix epoch)
                 E=%f         Old expiry time (unix epoch)
                 f=0x%x       Objcore flags
                 r=%d         Objcore refcount
                 x=%u         Object VXID

       FetchError - Error while fetching object
              Logs the error message of a failed fetch operation.

       Fetch_Body - Body fetched from backend
              Ready to fetch body from backend.

              The format is:

                 %d (%s) %s
                 |   |    |
                 |   |    +---- 'stream' or '-'
                 |   +--------- Text description of body fetch mode
                 +------------- Body fetch mode

       Gzip - G(un)zip performed on object
              A Gzip record is emitted for each instance of gzip or gunzip work performed.  Worst
              case, an ESI transaction stored in gzip'ed objects but delivered gunziped, will run
              into many of these.

              The format is:

                 %c %c %c %d %d %d %d %d
                 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
                 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  +- Bit length of compressed data
                 |  |  |  |  |  |  +---- Bit location of 'last' bit
                 |  |  |  |  |  +------- Bit location of first deflate block
                 |  |  |  |  +---------- Bytes output
                 |  |  |  +------------- Bytes input
                 |  |  +---------------- 'E': ESI, '-': Plain object
                 |  +------------------- 'F': Fetch, 'D': Deliver
                 +---------------------- 'G': Gzip, 'U': Gunzip, 'u': Gunzip-test

              Examples:

                 U F E 182 159 80 80 1392
                 G F E 159 173 80 1304 1314

       Hash - Value added to hash
              This value was added to the object lookup hash.

              NB: This log record is masked by default.

       Hit - Hit object in cache
              Object looked up in cache. Shows the VXID of the object.

       HitPass - Hit for pass object in cache.
              Hit-for-pass object looked up in cache. Shows the VXID of the hit-for-pass object.

       HttpGarbage - Unparseable HTTP request
              Logs the content of unparseable HTTP requests.

       Length - Size of object body
              Logs the size of a fetch object body.

       Link - Links to a child VXID
              Links this VXID to any child VXID it initiates.

              The format is:

                 %s %d %s
                 |  |  |
                 |  |  +- Reason
                 |  +---- Child vxid
                 +------- Child type ("req" or "bereq")

       LostHeader - Failed attempt to set HTTP header
              Logs the header name of a failed HTTP header operation due to  resource  exhaustion
              or configured limits.

       ObjHeader - Object header
              HTTP header contents.

              The format is:

                 %s: %s
                 |   |
                 |   +- Header value
                 +----- Header name

       ObjProtocol - Object protocol
              The HTTP protocol version information.

       ObjReason - Object response
              The HTTP response string received.

       ObjStatus - Object status
              The HTTP status code received.

       PipeAcct - Pipe byte counts
              Contains byte counters for pipe sessions.

              The format is:

                 %d %d %d %d
                 |  |  |  |
                 |  |  |  +------- Piped bytes to client
                 |  |  +---------- Piped bytes from client
                 |  +------------- Backend request headers
                 +---------------- Client request headers

       Proxy - PROXY protocol information
              PROXY protocol information.

              The format is:

                 %d %s %d %s %d [key value]...
                 |  |  |  |  |  |
                 |  |  |  |  |  +- optional information
                 |  |  |  |  +- server port
                 |  |  |  +- server ip
                 |  |  +- client port
                 |  +- client ip
                 +---- PROXY protocol version

       ProxyGarbage - Unparseable PROXY request
              A PROXY protocol header was unparseable.

       ReqAcct - Request handling byte counts
              Contains  byte  counts  for  the request handling.  ESI sub-request counts are also
              added to their parent request.  The body bytes count does not include  transmission
              (ie: chunked encoding) overhead.  The format is:

                 %d %d %d %d %d %d
                 |  |  |  |  |  |
                 |  |  |  |  |  +- Total bytes transmitted
                 |  |  |  |  +---- Body bytes transmitted
                 |  |  |  +------- Header bytes transmitted
                 |  |  +---------- Total bytes received
                 |  +------------- Body bytes received
                 +---------------- Header bytes received

       ReqHeader - Client request header
              HTTP header contents.

              The format is:

                 %s: %s
                 |   |
                 |   +- Header value
                 +----- Header name

       ReqMethod - Client request method
              The HTTP request method used.

       ReqProtocol - Client request protocol
              The HTTP protocol version information.

       ReqStart - Client request start
              Start of request processing. Logs the client IP address and port number.

              The format is:

                 %s %s
                 |  |
                 |  +- Client Port number
                 +---- Client IP4/6 address

       ReqURL - Client request URL
              The HTTP request URL.

       RespHeader - Client response header
              HTTP header contents.

              The format is:

                 %s: %s
                 |   |
                 |   +- Header value
                 +----- Header name

       RespProtocol - Client response protocol
              The HTTP protocol version information.

       RespReason - Client response response
              The HTTP response string received.

       RespStatus - Client response status
              The HTTP status code received.

       SessClose - Client connection closed
              SessionClose is the last record for any client connection.

              The format is:

                 %s %f
                 |  |
                 |  +- How long the session was open
                 +---- Why the connection closed

       SessOpen - Client connection opened
              The  first  record  for  a  client  connection,  with  the  socket-endpoints of the
              connection.

              The format is:

                 %s %d %s %s %s %d
                 |  |  |  |  |  |
                 |  |  |  |  |  +- File descriptor number
                 |  |  |  |  +---- Local TCP port ('-' if !$log_local_addr)
                 |  |  |  +------- Local IPv4/6 address ('-' if !$log_local_addr)
                 |  |  +---------- Listen socket (-a argument)
                 |  +------------- Remote TCP port
                 +---------------- Remote IPv4/6 address

       Storage - Where object is stored
              Type and name of the storage backend the object is stored in.

              The format is:

                 %s %s
                 |  |
                 |  +- Name of storage backend
                 +---- Type ("malloc", "file", "persistent" etc.)

       TTL - TTL set on object
              A TTL record is emitted whenever the ttl, grace or keep values  for  an  object  is
              set.

              The format is:

                 %s %d %d %d %d [ %d %d %u %u ]
                 |  |  |  |  |    |  |  |  |
                 |  |  |  |  |    |  |  |  +- Max-Age from Cache-Control header
                 |  |  |  |  |    |  |  +---- Expires header
                 |  |  |  |  |    |  +------- Date header
                 |  |  |  |  |    +---------- Age (incl Age: header value)
                 |  |  |  |  +--------------- Reference time for TTL
                 |  |  |  +------------------ Keep
                 |  |  +--------------------- Grace
                 |  +------------------------ TTL
                 +--------------------------- "RFC" or "VCL"

              The last four fields are only present in "RFC" headers.

              Examples:

                 RFC 60 10 -1 1312966109 1312966109 1312966109 0 60
                 VCL 120 10 0 1312966111

       Timestamp - Timing information
              Contains timing information for the Varnish worker threads.

              Time  stamps are issued by Varnish on certain events, and show the absolute time of
              the event, the time spent since the start of the work  unit,  and  the  time  spent
              since  the  last  timestamp  was  logged.  See  vsl(7)  for  information  about the
              individual timestamps.

              The format is:

                 %s: %f %f %f
                 |   |  |  |
                 |   |  |  +- Time since last timestamp
                 |   |  +---- Time since start of work unit
                 |   +------- Absolute time of event
                 +----------- Event label

       VCL_Error - VCL execution error message
              Logs error messages generated during VCL execution.

       VCL_Log - Log statement from VCL
              User generated log messages insert from VCL through std.log()

       VCL_acl - VCL ACL check results
              Logs VCL ACL evaluation results.

       VCL_call - VCL method called
              Logs the VCL method name when a VCL method is called.

       VCL_return - VCL method return value
              Logs the VCL method terminating statement.

       VCL_trace - VCL trace data
              Logs VCL execution trace data.

              The format is:

                 %u %u.%u
                 |  |  |
                 |  |  +- VCL program line position
                 |  +---- VCL program line number
                 +------- VCL trace point index

              NB: This log record is masked by default.

       VSL - VSL API warnings and error message
              Warnings and error messages genererated by the VSL API  while  reading  the  shared
              memory log.

       VfpAcct - Fetch filter accounting
              Contains name of VFP and statistics.

              The format is:

                 %s %d %d
                 |  |  |
                 |  |  +- Total bytes produced
                 |  +---- Number of calls made
                 +------- Name of filter

              NB: This log record is masked by default.

       Witness - Lock order witness records
              Diagnostic recording of locking order.

       WorkThread - Logs thread start/stop events
              Logs worker thread creation and termination events.

              The format is:

                 %p %s
                 |  |
                 |  +- [start|end]
                 +---- Worker struct pointer

              NB: This log record is masked by default.

TIMESTAMPS

       Timestamps are inserted in the log on completing certain events during the worker thread's
       task handling. The timestamps has a label showing which event was completed. The  reported
       fields show the absolute time of the event, the time spent since the start of the task and
       the time spent since the last timestamp was logged.

       The timestamps logged automatically by Varnish are inserted after completing  events  that
       are  expected  to  have  delays  (e.g.  network  IO  or  spending  time on a waitinglist).
       Timestamps can also be inserted from VCL using the std.timestamp() method. If one is doing
       time  consuming  tasks in the VCL configuration, it's a good idea to log a timestamp after
       completing that task. This keeps the timing  information  in  subsequent  timestamps  from
       including the time spent on the VCL event.

   Request handling timestamps
       Start  The start of request processing (first byte received or restart).

       Req    Complete client request received.

       ReqBody
              Client request body processed (discarded, cached or passed to the backend).

       Waitinglist
              Came off waitinglist.

       Fetch  Fetch processing finished (completely fetched or ready for streaming).

       Process
              Processing finished, ready to deliver the client response.

       Resp   Delivery of response to the client finished.

       Restart
              Client request is being restarted.

   Pipe handling timestamps
       Pipe   Opened a pipe to the backend and forwarded the request.

       PipeSess
              The pipe session has finished.

   Backend fetch timestamps
       Start  Start of the backend fetch processing.

       Bereq  Backend request sent.

       Beresp Backend response headers received.

       BerespBody
              Backend response body received.

       Retry  Backend request is being retried.

       Error  Backend request failed to vcl_backend_error.

HISTORY

       This document was initially written by Poul-Henning Kamp, and later updated by Martin Blix
       Grydeland.

SEE ALSO

varnishhist(1)varnishlog(1)varnishncsa(1)varnishtop(1)

COPYRIGHT

       This document is licensed under the same  licence  as  Varnish  itself.  See  LICENCE  for
       details.

       • Copyright (c) 2006 Verdens Gang AS

       • Copyright (c) 2006-2015 Varnish Software AS

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