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Caveatrob
Caveatrob

Reputation: 13277

How to track session in iis logs with classic asp app on windows server 2003

I'd like to use my IIS logs to track sessions in my app, but don't have a session key being pushed along the querystring in my pages.

What's the easiest way to start tracking that in the log - put a querystring value in the iis logs, or is there a way to append session to the logs as a custom field?

Using 32-bit classic asp against windows server 2003 64-bit.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1877

Answers (1)

Dai
Dai

Reputation: 155433

IIS (since version 5, at least) lets you log cookies in the "W3C Extended" log file format. Add the "cs-cookie" field to your logs and restart your website, they'll appear there.

You will need log analysis software that supports tracing sessions via the cs-cookie field, however - but it largely isn't necessary as most log analysis follows paths-through-site and sessions by tracing the cs-referer header instead.

If you have large cookie strings then expect your site log files to balloon in size.

Upvotes: 1

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