Access Logging

rtp2httpd can write access logs for media requests. This is useful for auditing which channels clients access, identifying client sources behind a reverse proxy, and integrating with external logging systems.

Enabling Access Logging

Access logging is disabled by default. Logs are written only after access-log is configured.

Configuration File

[global]
access-log = /var/log/rtp2httpd/access.log
log-format = $client_addr [$time_iso8601] "$service_url" $service_type "$upstream_url"

Command Line

rtp2httpd --access-log /var/log/rtp2httpd/access.log \
  --log-format '$client_addr [$time_iso8601] "$service_url" $service_type "$upstream_url"'

The OpenWrt LuCI page also supports configuring the access log path and format.

Default Format

When log-format is unset or empty, this default format is used:

$client_addr [$time_iso8601] "$service_url" $service_type "$upstream_url"

Example output:

192.0.2.10:53124 [2026-06-25T20:10:12+08:00] "/CCTV-1" rtp "rtp://239.0.0.1:1234"

Placeholders

log-format uses nginx-style $variable placeholders. The following placeholders are supported:

Placeholder	Description
$time_iso8601	Local time in ISO 8601 format, for example 2026-06-25T20:10:12+08:00
$time_local	Local time in nginx-style format, for example 25/Jun/2026:20:10:12 +0800
$msec	Unix timestamp with millisecond precision, for example 1782389412.123
$client_addr	Client address shown on the status page
$remote_addr	Client IP or address parsed from $client_addr
$remote_port	Client port parsed from $client_addr; outputs - when no port is available
$worker_pid	PID of the worker process handling the request
$request	Request method and Service URL, for example GET /rtp/239.0.0.1:1234
$request_method	HTTP request method, for example GET
$service_url	Service URL requested by the client
$host	HTTP Host header
$http_user_agent	HTTP User-Agent header
$http_x_forwarded_for	HTTP X-Forwarded-For header
$service_type	Service type: rtp, rtsp, or http
$upstream_url	Actual upstream URL
$$	Outputs a literal $

Unknown placeholders are output as-is. Empty values are output as -. Quotes, backslashes, newlines, and control characters in log values are escaped. Each log line is limited to 8192 bytes.

Client Address and X-Forwarded-For

$client_addr matches the client address shown on the status page.

After xff is enabled, if the request's X-Forwarded-For header is accepted, $client_addr uses the first address from X-Forwarded-For. In that case there is usually no client port, so $remote_port outputs -.

Token Hiding

If the request URL contains the r2h-token query parameter, $service_url and $upstream_url in the access log do not include that parameter. $http_user_agent also hides R2HTOKEN/... fragments to avoid leaking tokens through access logs.

Using logrotate

rtp2httpd workers keep the access log file open. After rotating logs, send SIGHUP to the supervisor process so workers reopen the log file.

First enable a PID file through the configuration file or CLI argument:

[global]
pid-file = /var/run/rtp2httpd.pid

Example logrotate config:

/var/log/rtp2httpd/access.log {
    daily
    rotate 7
    missingok
    notifempty
    compress
    create 0644 root root
    sharedscripts
    postrotate
        [ ! -s /var/run/rtp2httpd.pid ] || kill -HUP "$(cat /var/run/rtp2httpd.pid)" 2>/dev/null || true
    endscript
}