nginx – .pQd's log

using vector.dev to get haproxy, nginx logs into ClickHouse

2025-11-212025-11-21 by .pQd

at work we have few reverse proxies exposing some APIs. ClickHouse turned out to be great tool for analyzing logs, running ad-hoc research or gathering stats cyclically. below – configs that allow me to get HTTP requests passing via those proxies, including POST bodies, into ClickHouse. i’m using vector.dev to fetch, transform and ship logs. ... Read More

using vector to send JSON-formatted nginx logs to ClickHouse

2023-06-152023-06-15 by .pQd

for some particular case i need to log and later analyze POST bodies of HTTP requests sent via nginx reverse proxy. ClickHouse will store the logs and be useful in analysis.

switching reverse proxy from apache2 to nginx

2012-01-042013-05-14 by .pQd

i’ve been planning for a while to move away from apache2 as a reverse proxy in front of java appservs and start using nginx. i had two reasons: nginx can handle much better large number of concurrent connections [something we can make use of if we start using long-poll/comet], nginx gives more control over buffering ... Read More