# How to avoid 404 for images in access log? **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [September 22, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-avoid-404-for-images-in-access-log/212123 "2011-09-22T17:40:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-avoid-404-for-images-in-access-log/212123/1 "2011-09-22T17:40:17Z")
My access log is full of 404 logs for images not found; thus, it is difficult to find real 200 successful visits. The lines include … GET /css/img/calendar.png HTTP/1.1" 404 31 "[http://mydomain.com.page.html](http://mydomain.com.page.html) … Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[How to avoid 404 for images in access log?](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,215626,215626#msg-215626)** > > My access log is full of 404 logs for images not found; thus, it is difficult to find real 200 successful visits. The lines include ... GET /css/img/calendar.png HTTP/1.1" 404 31 "http://mydomain.com.page.html ... ---
**Author:** ![etrader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@etrader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/etrader)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-avoid-404-for-images-in-access-log/212123/2 "2011-09-22T17:45:51Z")
On 9/22/11, etrader [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > My access log is full of 404 logs for images not found; thus, it is > difficult to find real 200 successful visits. The lines include > > … GET /css/img/calendar.png HTTP/1.1" 404 31 > "[http://mydomain.com.page.html](http://mydomain.com.page.html) … Try something like cat access.log | grep " 200 " ---
**Author:** ![etrader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@etrader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/etrader)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-avoid-404-for-images-in-access-log/212123/3 "2011-09-22T17:53:53Z")
You mean to read only 200 requests in ssh or something like that? I am looking for a way to avoid writing 404 requests in access log file to keep the file tidy. Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: How to avoid 404 for images in access log?](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,215626,215630#msg-215630)** > > My access log is full of 404 logs for images not found; thus, it is difficult to find real 200 successful visits. The lines include ... GET /css/img/calendar.png HTTP/1.1" 404 31 "http://mydomain.com.page.html ... ---
**Author:** ![etrader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@etrader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/etrader)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-avoid-404-for-images-in-access-log/212123/4 "2011-09-22T18:17:24Z")
Isn’t it possible to use multiple access\_log to split the access log to traffic and 404 logs ? Or probably writing 404 logs to error\_log. Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: How to avoid 404 for images in access log?](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,215626,215634#msg-215634)** > > My access log is full of 404 logs for images not found; thus, it is difficult to find real 200 successful visits. The lines include ... GET /css/img/calendar.png HTTP/1.1" 404 31 "http://mydomain.com.page.html ... ---
**Author:** ![etrader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@etrader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/etrader)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-avoid-404-for-images-in-access-log/212123/5 "2011-09-22T18:03:48Z")
On 9/22/11, etrader [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > You mean to read only 200 requests in ssh or something like that? > I am looking for a way to avoid writing 404 requests in access log file > to keep the file tidy. There is a way. But 404 requests are essential for security, i.e. to see when someone is trying to hack your website, etc. ---
**Author:** ![etrader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@etrader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/etrader)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-avoid-404-for-images-in-access-log/212123/6 "2011-09-22T18:16:47Z")
> My access log is full of 404 logs for images not found; thus, it is difficult to > find real 200 successful visits. The lines > include > … GET /css/img/calendar.png HTTP/1.1" 404 31 > "[http://mydomain.com.page.html](http://mydomain.com.page.html) … Depending on if you don’t want to log 404 requests at all or just for the images can probably do something like this: location ~\* ^.+.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png)$ { error\_page 404 @nolog; } location @nolog { access\_log off; } If you want it for any request just use the error\_page without location or even give a different logfile for the 404s. rr ---
**Author:** ![etrader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@etrader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/etrader)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-avoid-404-for-images-in-access-log/212123/7 "2011-09-22T18:54:36Z")
Thanks Reinis! It worked like a charm. But I have another problem (maybe I should to start a new thread). It lists the access of my own server to images. When someone visits an html page, an addition to this trick, a line is added with my server IP for reading the image within the html page. Since I just want the track of my traffic, this is useless to have it as my server has loaded the images. Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: How to avoid 404 for images in access log?](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,215626,215642#msg-215642)** > > My access log is full of 404 logs for images not found; thus, it is difficult to find real 200 successful visits. The lines include ... GET /css/img/calendar.png HTTP/1.1" 404 31 "http://mydomain.com.page.html ...