# Can Rails/Ruby logging filter more than just passwords?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-rails-ruby-logging-filter-more-than-just-passwords/117266>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 15, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-rails-ruby-logging-filter-more-than-just-passwords/117266 "2007-10-15T14:54:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-rails-ruby-logging-filter-more-than-just-passwords/117266/1 "2007-10-15T14:54:31Z")

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I have a rails app that gets polled every so often by a ‘heartbeat’  
server just to see if it’s still alive. This means that a fair  
percentage of my production log is filled with requests from the  
heartbeat server.

For my apache logs I can just switch of logging for a particular IP,  
does anyone know a similar solution for Rails logs?