What does 'proxy' mean in access_log?

AndyB78

• May 05, 2016 05:19

Hi everyone, I need to investigate something related to /var/log/cpanel/logs/access_log. All is good except something I don't understand: I can see a lot of lines that right after the IP it says 'proxy'. Like this:
111.111.111.111 proxy domain%40domain.tld [04/29/2016:09:45:34 -0000] "POST /cpsess2171299479/3rdparty/roundcube/?_task=mail&_action=refresh HTTP/1.1" 200 0 "http://webmail.domain.ro/cpsess2171299479/3rdparty/roundcube/?_task=mail&_mbox=INBOX" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0" "s" "X-Forwarded-For: 111.111.111.111" 80
What does that 'proxy' mean? Thanks!

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  cPanelMichael

  • May 11, 2016 16:33

  Hello, The URL in the output you provided shows the use of the proxy subdomains feature: Tweak Settings - Domains - Documentation - cPanel Documentation That's where the "proxy" entry originates from in the log output you provided. Thank you.

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  AndyB78

  • May 12, 2016 11:50

  So when the user goes to cpanel.domain.tld or webmail.domain.tld it will be logged as proxy in access_log. Ok...thank you!

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