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Hello. I monitor my website every 60 seconds so I get messages like this in my system.log
127.0.0.1|Tue 05 Dec 2017 02:32:08 -0500|Silent client disconnected
Basically it fills it all up. what can i do to prevent these entries from going to system.log or in the log in general?

Instead of just connecting and disconnecting, your monitoring tool could also behave like a proper HTTP client by sending a simple 'GET / HTTP/1.0'. This way, you can also test whether the server is actually working.

Another option is to set LogTimeouts to 'no'. This will also silent other timeout logs.

I think i could change to check via GET but instead of taking up system.log; it will take more log space in the accesslog. Is there a urltoolkit to not log access when ip matches? LogTimeouts to 'no' is better as the monitoring connections per minute is huge but I still want to cache the ips that is not mines.

I just want to trim the log size from my connections to test wheather hiawatha is up.

You could make the check request files from a specific virtual host, for which you set the access logfile to /dev/null.

I am sorry about the title of this thread as it should be "remove" log entries.

Can you tell me if there is a rewrite rule that can remove entries for access to a file. example:

Match ^/isthesiteup.php$ OmitRequestLog

Currently it is not allowed in Match.
Thanks hugo.

You could also add it manually in src/toolkit.c, line 262. Of course, recompile after changing the source. You can also use this instead:

UrlToolkit {
  ...
  Match ^/isthesiteup.php$ Return
  Do OmitRequestLog
}

I double check the manual again and OmitRequestLog is still listed under Match; does this mean it should be in newer updates or can you remove it from the reference?

Again I appreciate the suggestion to /dev/null the site checks to a virtual host. Would you say that is more efficient to do or would the omitrequestlog option be similar?

Thanks again!

It doesnt' seem like OmitRequestLog is working in the urltoolkit rule. It shows in the accesslog as a GET /isthesiteup.php

I also checked the manual. OmitRequestLog is not listed under Match.

Sorry, forgot a small detail in the toolkit rule:

UrlToolkit {
  ...
  Match !^/isthesiteup.php$ Return
  Do OmitRequestLog
}

Hugo. you are a wizard.

Sorry for my ignorance. I might have wanted this IN the match section as I read the top portion which is obvious after your correction that it pertained to header.

Not a real one. But I play a 21st level wizard character during Dungeons & Dragons sessions with friends.