nginx logfile definition

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 03:53:52PM +0200, Juergen Gotteswinter wrote:

> hello folks,
>
> i am looking for a possibility to get nginx logging the "HTTP request  
> host name", unfortunly i couldnt find anything in the english docs :(

http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpCoreModule#variables

$host

This variable is equal to line Host in the header of request or 
name of the server processing the request if the Host header is 
not available.

[Note that under some conditions you may want to log $http_host 
instead, which is empty if there is no Host header in request.]

Maxim Dounin