Log Architecture & Structural Overview

The Squid Web Proxy Native Access Log Parser is an essential telemetry stream within the Web Servers & Reverse Proxies ecosystem. Parse Squid caching forward proxy native log format with client cache results, MIME types, and peer addresses.

This schema defines a structure of 12 extracted attributes, including 4 numeric metrics and 8 string dimensions. In production observability architectures, these tokens provide high-cardinality indexing keys for telemetry pipelines before shipping to storage backends such as ClickHouse, Elasticsearch, Amazon S3, or Datadog.

Raw Telemetry Ingestion Profile

A typical raw event line for squid-proxy-access averages 103 bytes across 12 tokens. Modern collectors such as Fluent Bit and Vector require zero-backtracking regular expressions to avoid CPU spikes during traffic surges.

Extracted Field Schema & Data Types

The transpiled Grok pattern extracts the following schema fields from each raw event line. Data collectors cast these values according to the typed mappings below.

Field Name	Inferred Type	Description & Collector Semantics
timestamp	float	Unix epoch seconds with millisecond float.
duration_ms	integer	Elapsed time in milliseconds.
client_ip	string	Client source IP.
action	string	Squid result action (TCP_HIT, TCP_MISS, TCP_DENIED).
status	integer	HTTP status code.
bytes	integer	Bytes transferred.
method	string	HTTP method.
uri	string	Requested URI.
ident	string	User ident.
hierarchy	string	Squid hierarchy branch (NONE, HIER_DIRECT).
peer_ip	string	Next-hop peer address.
mime_type	string	HTTP Content-Type MIME header.

Common Regex Traps & Production Edge Cases

Engineers frequently encounter ingestion failures or pipeline drops due to subtle variations in real-world event logs. Watch out for these verified pitfalls:

1Squid uses variable-width whitespace between fields; use \s+ instead of single space.

2CONNECT requests for HTTPS tunnels will have '-' for MIME type.

Production Collector Setup & Configurations

Pre-configured parser definitions ready to be dropped into your infrastructure repository.

Fluent Bit (parsers.conf)

Format: regex

# ==============================================================================
# Fluent Bit Parser Configuration (parsers.conf)
# ==============================================================================
[PARSER]
    Name        logpipeline_parser
    Format      regex
    Regex       ^(?<timestamp>(?:(?:(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?|\.[0-9]+)))))\s+(?<duration_ms>(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+))) (?<client_ip>(?:(?:(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){7}[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,7}:|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,5}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,2}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,3}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,3}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,2}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,5}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,6})|:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|fe80:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}){0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]+|::(?:ffff(?::0{1,4})?:)?(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}:(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])))|(?:(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)))) (?<action>\b\w+\b)/(?<status>(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+))) (?<bytes>(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+))) (?<method>\b\w+\b) (?<uri>\S+) (?<ident>\S+) (?<hierarchy>\b\w+\b)/(?:(?<peer_ip>(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){7}[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,7}:|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,5}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,2}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,3}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,3}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,2}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,5}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,6})|:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|fe80:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}){0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]+|::(?:ffff(?::0{1,4})?:)?(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}:(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])))|(?:(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?))))|(?:\b(?:[0-9A-Za-z][0-9A-Za-z-]{0,62})(?:\.(?:[0-9A-Za-z][0-9A-Za-z-]{0,62}))*(?:\.?|\b))))|-) (?:(?<mime_type>\S+)|-)$
    Time_Key    timestamp
    Time_Format %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z
    Types       timestamp:float duration_ms:integer status:integer bytes:integer

# ==============================================================================
# Fluent Bit Pipeline Filter (fluent-bit.conf)
# ==============================================================================
[FILTER]
    Name         parser
    Match        *
    Key_Name     log
    Parser       logpipeline_parser
    Reserve_Data On

Vector.dev (Remap VRL)

parse_regex!

# ==============================================================================
# Vector.dev Remap Language (VRL) Transform
# Use inside a 'remap' transform in vector.yaml
# ==============================================================================
.parsed, err = parse_regex(.message, r'^(?<timestamp>(?:(?:(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?|\.[0-9]+)))))\s+(?<duration_ms>(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+))) (?<client_ip>(?:(?:(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){7}[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,7}:|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,5}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,2}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,3}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,3}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,2}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,5}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,6})|:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|fe80:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}){0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]+|::(?:ffff(?::0{1,4})?:)?(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}:(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])))|(?:(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)))) (?<action>\b\w+\b)/(?<status>(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+))) (?<bytes>(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+))) (?<method>\b\w+\b) (?<uri>\S+) (?<ident>\S+) (?<hierarchy>\b\w+\b)/(?:(?<peer_ip>(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){7}[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,7}:|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,5}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,2}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,3}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,3}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,2}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,5}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,6})|:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|fe80:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}){0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]+|::(?:ffff(?::0{1,4})?:)?(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}:(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])))|(?:(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?))))|(?:\b(?:[0-9A-Za-z][0-9A-Za-z-]{0,62})(?:\.(?:[0-9A-Za-z][0-9A-Za-z-]{0,62}))*(?:\.?|\b))))|-) (?:(?<mime_type>\S+)|-)$')

if err == null {
    . = merge(., .parsed)
    del(.parsed)

    # Type coercions
    .timestamp = to_float!(.timestamp)
    .duration_ms = to_int!(.duration_ms)
    .status = to_int!(.status)
    .bytes = to_int!(.bytes)

} else {
    log("LogPipeline parsing warning: " + err, level: "warn")
}

# ==============================================================================
# vector.yaml Pipeline Component
# ==============================================================================
transforms:
  parse_logs:
    type: remap
    inputs: ["source_logs"]
    source: |
      .parsed, err = parse_regex(.message, r'^(?<timestamp>(?:(?:(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?|\.[0-9]+)))))\s+(?<duration_ms>(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+))) (?<client_ip>(?:(?:(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){7}[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,7}:|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,5}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,2}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,3}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,3}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,2}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,5}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,6})|:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|fe80:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}){0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]+|::(?:ffff(?::0{1,4})?:)?(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}:(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])))|(?:(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)))) (?<action>\b\w+\b)/(?<status>(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+))) (?<bytes>(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+))) (?<method>\b\w+\b) (?<uri>\S+) (?<ident>\S+) (?<hierarchy>\b\w+\b)/(?:(?<peer_ip>(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){7}[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,7}:|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,5}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,2}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,3}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,3}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,2}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,5}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,6})|:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|fe80:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}){0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]+|::(?:ffff(?::0{1,4})?:)?(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}:(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])))|(?:(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?))))|(?:\b(?:[0-9A-Za-z][0-9A-Za-z-]{0,62})(?:\.(?:[0-9A-Za-z][0-9A-Za-z-]{0,62}))*(?:\.?|\b))))|-) (?:(?<mime_type>\S+)|-)$')
      if err == null {
        . = merge(., .parsed)
        del(.parsed)
      }

Datadog Log Pipeline Grok Parser

match_rules

# ==============================================================================
# Datadog Log Processing Pipeline Grok Parser
# Navigate to: Logs -> Configuration -> Pipelines -> Add Processor -> Grok Parser
# ==============================================================================

# Match Rule:
rule %{NUMBER:timestamp}\s+%{INT:duration_ms} %{IP:client_ip} %{WORD:action}/%{INT:status} %{INT:bytes} %{WORD:method} %{NOTSPACE:uri} %{NOTSPACE:ident} %{WORD:hierarchy}/(?:%{IPORHOST:peer_ip}|-) (?:%{NOTSPACE:mime_type}|-)

# Complete Datadog Pipeline Processor JSON:
{
  "type": "grok-parser",
  "name": "LogPipeline Grok Parser",
  "is_enabled": true,
  "source": "message",
  "samples": [],
  "grok": {
    "match_rules": "rule %{NUMBER:timestamp}\\s+%{INT:duration_ms} %{IP:client_ip} %{WORD:action}/%{INT:status} %{INT:bytes} %{WORD:method} %{NOTSPACE:uri} %{NOTSPACE:ident} %{WORD:hierarchy}/(?:%{IPORHOST:peer_ip}|-) (?:%{NOTSPACE:mime_type}|-)",
    "support_rules": ""
  }
}

# Target Fields Created:
# timestamp (float), duration_ms (integer), client_ip (string), action (string), status (integer), bytes (integer), method (string), uri (string), ident (string), hierarchy (string), peer_ip (string), mime_type (string)

OpenTelemetry Collector (transform processor)

regex_parser

# ==============================================================================
# OpenTelemetry Collector Configuration (otel-collector-config.yaml)
# Option 1: Filelog Receiver with regex_parser Operator
# ==============================================================================
receivers:
  filelog:
    include: [ /var/log/**/*.log ]
    start_at: beginning
    operators:
      - type: regex_parser
        id: logpipeline_regex_parser
        regex: '^(?<timestamp>(?:(?:(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?|\.[0-9]+)))))\s+(?<duration_ms>(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+))) (?<client_ip>(?:(?:(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){7}[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,7}:|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,5}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,2}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,3}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,3}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,2}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,5}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,6})|:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|fe80:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}){0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]+|::(?:ffff(?::0{1,4})?:)?(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}:(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])))|(?:(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)))) (?<action>\b\w+\b)/(?<status>(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+))) (?<bytes>(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+))) (?<method>\b\w+\b) (?<uri>\S+) (?<ident>\S+) (?<hierarchy>\b\w+\b)/(?:(?<peer_ip>(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){7}[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,7}:|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,5}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,2}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,3}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,3}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,2}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,5}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,6})|:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|fe80:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}){0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]+|::(?:ffff(?::0{1,4})?:)?(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}:(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])))|(?:(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?))))|(?:\b(?:[0-9A-Za-z][0-9A-Za-z-]{0,62})(?:\.(?:[0-9A-Za-z][0-9A-Za-z-]{0,62}))*(?:\.?|\b))))|-) (?:(?<mime_type>\S+)|-)$'
        timestamp:
          parse_from: attributes.timestamp
          layout: '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z'

# ==============================================================================
# Option 2: Transform Processor (OTel Transformation Language - OTTL)
# ==============================================================================
processors:
  transform:
    error_mode: ignore
    log_statements:
      - context: log
        statements:
          - merge_maps(attributes, extract_patterns(body, "^(?<timestamp>(?:(?:(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+(?:\\.[0-9]+)?|\\.[0-9]+)))))\\s+(?<duration_ms>(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+))) (?<client_ip>(?:(?:(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){7}[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,7}:|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,5}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,2}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,3}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,3}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,2}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,5}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,6})|:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|fe80:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}){0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]+|::(?:ffff(?::0{1,4})?:)?(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}:(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])))|(?:(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)))) (?<action>\\b\\w+\\b)/(?<status>(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+))) (?<bytes>(?:[+-]?(?:[0-9]+))) (?<method>\\b\\w+\\b) (?<uri>\\S+) (?<ident>\\S+) (?<hierarchy>\\b\\w+\\b)/(?:(?<peer_ip>(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){7}[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,7}:|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,5}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,2}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,3}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,3}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,4}|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,2}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,5}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,6})|:(?:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|fe80:(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{0,4}){0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]+|::(?:ffff(?::0{1,4})?:)?(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])|(?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,4}:(?:(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|(?:2[0-4]|1?[0-9])?[0-9])))|(?:(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?))))|(?:\\b(?:[0-9A-Za-z][0-9A-Za-z-]{0,62})(?:\\.(?:[0-9A-Za-z][0-9A-Za-z-]{0,62}))*(?:\\.?|\\b))))|-) (?:(?<mime_type>\\S+)|-)$"), "insert")

service:
  pipelines:
    logs:
      receivers: [filelog]
      processors: [transform]
      exporters: [otlp]

Logstash Filter Configuration

filter.grok

# ==============================================================================
# Logstash Pipeline Configuration (/etc/logstash/conf.d/logpipeline.conf)
# ==============================================================================
filter {
  grok {
    match => { "message" => "%{NUMBER:timestamp:float}\s+%{INT:duration_ms:integer} %{IP:client_ip} %{WORD:action}/%{INT:status:integer} %{INT:bytes:integer} %{WORD:method} %{NOTSPACE:uri} %{NOTSPACE:ident} %{WORD:hierarchy}/(?:%{IPORHOST:peer_ip}|-) (?:%{NOTSPACE:mime_type}|-)" }
    tag_on_failure => [ "_grokparsefailure" ]
  }

  date {
    match => [ "timestamp", "ISO8601", "dd/MMM/yyyy:HH:mm:ss Z" ]
    target => "@timestamp"
    remove_field => [ "timestamp" ]
  }
}