# Nginx Access\_log Bytes **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [March 16, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-access-log-bytes/204599 "2011-03-16T16:59:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-access-log-bytes/204599/1 "2011-03-16T16:59:05Z")
In the directive for logging access logs i’m trying to determine if the following variable $bytes\_sent also accounts for proxy traffic if i’m pulling content from an origin server? Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Nginx Access\_log Bytes](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,183270,183270#msg-183270)** > > In the directive for logging access logs i'm trying to determine if the following variable $bytes\_sent also accounts for proxy traffic if i'm pulling content from an origin server? ---
**Author:** ![frankatchoopa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/8e8cbc/32.png) [@frankatchoopa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/frankatchoopa)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-access-log-bytes/204599/2 "2011-03-16T17:23:30Z")
Hello! On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:57:21AM -0400, frankatchoopa wrote: > In the directive for logging access logs i’m trying to determine > if the following variable $bytes\_sent also accounts for proxy > traffic if i’m pulling content from an origin server? > **[GitHub - nginxinc/nginx-wiki: ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki...](https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-wiki)** > > ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki section of https://www.nginx.com : $bytes\_sent, the number of bytes transmitted to client It accounts for traffic sent to client, nothing more nor less. Maxim D.