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Log

Overview​

The Log Traffic Policy action enables you to leverage ngrok's eventing system to introduce observability into your traffic policy documents.

Configuration Reference​

The Traffic Policy configuration reference for this action.

Action Type​

log

Configuration Fields​

  • metadatamap[string]anyRequiredCEL

    A key-value map of metadata that you would like to include in your events for this action.

    Supports CEL Interpolation.

Supported Phases​

  • on_tcp_connect
  • on_http_request
  • on_http_response

Behavior on_tcp_connect​

Event logs​

When this action is executed, the specified metadata will be collected on the tcp_connection_closed.v0 event under the traffic_policy.logs key.

Behavior on_http_request​

Event logs​

When this action is executed, the specified metadata will be collected on the http_request_complete.v0 event under traffic_policy.logs key.

Examples​

Logging with CEL Interpolation​

The following Traffic Policy configuration will log a message with the endpoint identifier for every request.

Example Traffic Policy Document​

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Example Request​

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Once the request has completed, and you have properly configured an event destination, you should see an event appear with the following payload:

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Action Result Variables​

The following variables are made available for use in subsequent expressions and CEL interpolations after the action has run. Variable values will only apply to the last action execution, results are not concatenated.

  • actions.ngrok.log.metadataobject

    A key-value map containing metadata that was logged during the action. Each key represents a metadata attribute, and the value provides its corresponding details.