Logging incoming request HTTP headers in GeoServer

Question

I have a GeoServer 2.0.2 and I send POST requests using mobile devices. I would like to see how the incoming POST request HTTP headers are formatted, especially what kind of character encoding and response type are provided by the client.

How can I setup GeoServer and/or Jetty to provide me with these informations?

Answer 1

You can capture the entire tcp stream using e.g.

tcpdump -i interface_name port 8080 -w /tmp/capture

after the capture is complete you copy the file from the server to some station and use wireshark to decode the capture.

Answer 2

You can install and configure the logback tee filter as documented here:

http://logback.qos.ch/access.html#teeFilter

The Tee filter seems to dump both request and response headers.

another solution builtin in geoserver, does not meet user requirements

Edit the web.xml file in

webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/web.xml

then scroll down until you reach the filter called 'Request Logging Filter' and enable it. Restart geoserver to apply the new cfg.

• Chau: I have tried that, but it doesn't include the HTTP headers.
• unicoletti: Then I'm afraid you'll have to either use a proxy like Charles or tcpdump the traffic as suggested in another solution.