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GuyG
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Jul 19, 2023

Global Log Receiver - Payloads

I set up a global log receiver and I'm getting the logs, but the request and response bodies are "UNKNOWN". What do I need to do in order to get the payloads? Thanks, Guy
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Sudhir_Patamsetti
Ret. Employee
Jul 19, 2023

For Request logs,  request and response bodies are not logged. That is the reason those fields are marked as "Unknown" 

GuyG's avatar
GuyG
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Jul 20, 2023

How can I get the bodies then?

  • Sudhir_Patamsetti's avatar
    Sudhir_Patamsetti
    Ret. Employee
    Jul 20, 2023

    At present , Logging of bodies (request and response ) is not a supported capability . To be considered as a feature request, please add the feature request details here https://www.f5cloudideas.com/

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      GuyG
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      Jul 23, 2023

      Couple of questions:
      1. If it's not possible why does the request log send `req_body` and `rsp_body` keys anyways?
      2. Is it possible to send the payload to a third party server in any other feature?
      Thanks for the help.

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        Sudhir_Patamsetti
        Ret. Employee
        Jul 24, 2023

        Could you explain  the use-case/need for logging request and response bodies?  At present, we dont support it as a feature, but for customers who enabled "API Discovery" on their http lb, we log request headers and body, response headers and body for a sample of requests . So, if you have purchased API Security SKU and enabled API Discovery feature, a sample of the request logs will have these fields populated and the rest of the logs these fields will be shown as "unknown"