Log REST API requests on Jira Server

Question

Hi,

I am trying to log all the REST API requests that hit my Jira. I have enabled the HTTP Access log under the Logging and Profiling, but when I download and open the logs, the file "atlassian-jira-http-access.log" does not have the entire request URL. For eg. I have sent a few requests via Postman, but the logs have not captured the URL part after the "/rest/api/2/search/".

I want Jira to log the entire request because I need that data to calculate a statistics based on the request. Below is the screenshot of one of the log imported to excel for better viewing. You can see that the column J is empty.

Shamanth · Answer

Hi @Rudy Holtkamp

Thanks for the hint! I did find the access logs under the nginx folder.

Any idea how I can download these logs onto my local PC and read it? I currently don't have access to the server since it is managed by another team.

Rudy Holtkamp · Answer

Hi @Shamanth ,

If you are using NGINX in front of your server, you should take a look at this article.