Ugly Jira (4.4) atlassian-jira-http-access.log

[stuartu]

I recently upgraded our Confluence to 4.3.7, and when I look at the atlassian-confluence-access.log I see a nice single entry per accessed page

However, in our Jira 4.4.1 environment (which we've had a for a while now), whenever I view a page, screes of information gets dumped in the atlassian-jira-http-access.log which makes it almost unreadable.

130.216.150.45 i855x4066x1 sure3 [13/May/2013:14:15:28 +1200] "GET https://job.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/browse/PRD-23 HTTP/1.1" - - - "https://jobtrack.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/plugins/servlet/gadgets/ifr?container=atlassian&mid=10512&country=NZ&lang=en&view=default&view-params=%7B%22writable%22%3A%22true%22%7D&st=atlassian%3AtOI3mRUKihxvsc3b8CTLj1IKWTVbXO9w3eTGHA9p%2Bdb%2FAKlalGNx3zM4zt2mbO1qUlCUZpPOi3OaMP2%2B9IGGKTl3%2FdqtvIJSlhtwXpfQwSOf3GOmvkyEcxWGQ61O8xmevLo2YrYAFvQrBvGfZcEgcU27xViLbDplz1AGswxRmgcVj6zp63oVDcCC5S9e6Lg4UBWYZvZqJ5z8797JTNLn9MCJy5cRSrliYOyvc5vgvp3%2FwN%2BFPJkNc8iRAcLqdFcmQ0aJyVElJANaANrP0PXzQuXr8xEg1DQf7KYnPMQEpQcyaf7nlUXoC%2FY%2FIpVKeexD3QvjXg%3D%3D&up_filterId=filter-10150&up_num=25&up_isConfigured=true&up_isPopup=false&up_columnNames=--Default--&up_refresh=false&url=https%3A%2F%2Fjobtrack.nihi.auckland.ac.nz%2Frest%2Fgadgets%2F1.0%2Fg%2Fcom.atlassian.jira.gadgets%3Afilter-results-gadget%2Fgadgets%2Ffilter-results-gadget.xml&libs=auth-refresh" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0" "1sti1sz"
130.216.150.45 o855x4066x1 sure3 [13/May/2013:14:15:29 +1200] "GET https://job.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/browse/PRD-23 HTTP/1.1" 200 32879 0.8210 "https://jobtrack.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/plugins/servlet/gadgets/ifr?container=atlassian&mid=10512&country=NZ&lang=en&view=default&view-params=%7B%22writable%22%3A%22true%22%7D&st=atlassian%3AtOI3mRUKihxvsc3b8CTLj1IKWTVbXO9w3eTGHA9p%2Bdb%2FAKlalGNx3zM4zt2mbO1qUlCUZpPOi3OaMP2%2B9IGGKTl3%2FdqtvIJSlhtwXpfQwSOf3GOmvkyEcxWGQ61O8xmevLo2YrYAFvQrBvGfZcEgcU27xViLbDplz1AGswxRmgcVj6zp63oVDcCC5S9e6Lg4UBWYZvZqJ5z8797JTNLn9MCJy5cRSrliYOyvc5vgvp3%2FwN%2BFPJkNc8iRAcLqdFcmQ0aJyVElJANaANrP0PXzQuXr8xEg1DQf7KYnPMQEpQcyaf7nlUXoC%2FY%2FIpVKeexD3QvjXg%3D%3D&up_filterId=filter-10150&up_num=25&up_isConfigured=true&up_isPopup=false&up_columnNames=--Default--&up_refresh=false&url=https%3A%2F%2Fjobtrack.nihi.auckland.ac.nz%2Frest%2Fgadgets%2F1.0%2Fg%2Fcom.atlassian.jira.gadgets%3Afilter-results-gadget%2Fgadgets%2Ffilter-results-gadget.xml&libs=auth-refresh" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0" "1sti1sz"
130.216.150.45 i855x4085x6 sure3 [13/May/2013:14:15:30 +1200] "GET https://job.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/rest/api/1.0/shortcuts/660/9ed93152fd23fa7fb63514a5a5ffda47/shortcuts.js HTTP/1.1" - - - "https://jobtrack.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/browse/PRD-23" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0" "1sti1sz"
130.216.150.45 o855x4085x6 sure3 [13/May/2013:14:15:30 +1200] "GET https://job.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/rest/api/1.0/shortcuts/660/9ed93152fd23fa7fb63514a5a5ffda47/shortcuts.js HTTP/1.1" 200 2759 0.0080 "https://jobtrack.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/browse/PRD-23" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0" "1sti1sz"
130.216.150.45 i855x4088x1 sure3 [13/May/2013:14:15:30 +1200] "GET https://job.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/secure/projectavatar HTTP/1.1" - - - "https://jobtrack.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/browse/PRD-23" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0" "1sti1sz"
130.216.150.45 o855x4088x1 sure3 [13/May/2013:14:15:30 +1200] "GET https://job.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/secure/projectavatar HTTP/1.1" 200 2801 0.0020 "https://jobtrack.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/browse/PRD-23" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0" "1sti1sz"
130.216.150.45 i855x4091x3 sure3 [13/May/2013:14:15:30 +1200] "GET https://job.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/rest/api/1.0/header-separator HTTP/1.1" - - - "https://jobtrack.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/s/en_NZ-3et4k8/660/2/1.0/_/download/batch/jira.webresources:global-static/jira.webresources:global-static.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0" "1sti1sz"
130.216.150.45 o855x4091x3 sure3 [13/May/2013:14:15:30 +1200] "GET https://job.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/rest/api/1.0/header-separator HTTP/1.1" 200 77 0.0040 "https://jobtrack.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/s/en_NZ-3et4k8/660/2/1.0/_/download/batch/jira.webresources:global-static/jira.webresources:global-static.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0" "1sti1sz"
130.216.150.45 i855x4095x3 sure3 [13/May/2013:14:15:30 +1200] "GET https://job.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/rest/api/1.0/dropdowns HTTP/1.1" - - - "https://jobtrack.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/s/en_NZ-3et4k8/660/2/1.0/_/download/batch/jira.webresources:global-static/jira.webresources:global-static.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0" "1sti1sz"
130.216.150.45 i855x4096x4 sure3 [13/May/2013:14:15:30 +1200] "GET https://job.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/rest/api/1.0/header-separator HTTP/1.1" - - - "https://jobtrack.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/s/en_NZ-3et4k8/660/2/1.0/_/download/batch/jira.webresources:global-static/jira.webresources:global-static.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0" "1sti1sz"
130.216.150.45 i855x4097x5 sure3 [13/May/2013:14:15:30 +1200] "GET https://job.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/rest/api/1.0/header-separator HTTP/1.1" - - - "https://jobtrack.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/s/en_NZ-3et4k8/660/2/1.0/_/download/batch/jira.webresources:global-static/jira.webresources:global-static.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0" "1sti1sz"
130.216.150.45 o855x4095x3 sure3 [13/May/2013:14:15:30 +1200] "GET https://job.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/rest/api/1.0/dropdowns HTTP/1.1" 200 88 0.0040 "https://jobtrack.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/s/en_NZ-3et4k8/660/2/1.0/_/download/batch/jira.webresources:global-static/jira.webresources:global-static.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0" "1sti1sz"
130.216.150.45 o855x4097x5 sure3 [13/May/2013:14:15:30 +1200] "GET https://job.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/rest/api/1.0/header-separator HTTP/1.1" 200 79 0.0040 "https://jobtrack.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/s/en_NZ-3et4k8/660/2/1.0/_/download/batch/jira.webresources:global-static/jira.webresources:global-static.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0" "1sti1sz"
130.216.150.45 i855x4098x4 sure3 [13/May/2013:14:15:30 +1200] "GET https://job.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/rest/api/1.0/dropdowns HTTP/1.1" - - - "https://jobtrack.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/s/en_NZ-3et4k8/660/2/1.0/_/download/batch/jira.webresources:global-static/jira.webresources:global-static.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0" "1sti1sz"
130.216.150.45 o855x4098x4 sure3 [13/May/2013:14:15:30 +1200] "GET https://job.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/rest/api/1.0/dropdowns HTTP/1.1" 200 88 0.0040 "https://jobtrack.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/s/en_NZ-3et4k8/660/2/1.0/_/download/batch/jira.webresources:global-static/jira.webresources:global-static.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0" "1sti1sz"
130.216.150.45 o855x4096x4 sure3 [13/May/2013:14:15:30 +1200] "GET https://job.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/rest/api/1.0/header-separator HTTP/1.1" 200 79 0.0080 "https://jobtrack.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/s/en_NZ-3et4k8/660/2/1.0/_/download/batch/jira.webresources:global-static/jira.webresources:global-static.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0" "1sti1sz"

The above is me just browsing to the dashboard.

Is there any way of getting just one entry per page browsed, as with Confluence?

[Penny Wyatt (On Leave to July 2021)]

In general, I would expect an HTTP access log to show all HTTP requests made to the instance. If the browser is making all these requests then I would expect them to see them in the log. Is it your expectation that requests to resources such as CSS/JS/REST should be filtered out and not logged?

On a separate note, the dashboard is one of the most complicated pages in JIRA - each gadget is in a separate iframe with its own resources and is loaded via a separate request. The equivalent of the JIRA dashboard in Confluence is not the Confluence dashboard, but a Confluence page with many external macros embedded.