Outputting Request Headers in Nginx Logs

log_format.conf

log_format header
  '[$time_local]\n'
  '$request\n'
  'request ------------\n'
  'remote_addr: $remote_addr\n'
  'remote_user: $remote_user\n'
  'request_time: $request_time\n'
  'host: $http_host\n'
  'referer: $http_referer\n'
  'accept_encoding: $http_accept_encoding\n'
  'accept_language: $http_accept_language\n'
  'user_agent: $http_user_agent\n'
  'x_forwarded_proto: $http_x_forwarded_proto\n'
  'x_forwarded_for: $http_x_forwarded_for\n'
  'x_forwarded_host: $http_x_forwarded_host\n'
  'x_real_ip: $http_x_real_ip\n'
  'response ------------\n'
  'status: $status\n'
  'size: $body_bytes_sent\n'
  'content_type: $sent_http_content_type\n';

Ansible Playbook YAML

- remote_user: ubuntu
  hosts: servers
  become: yes
  tasks:

    - copy:
      src: log_format.conf
      dest: /etc/nginx/conf.d/log_format.conf
      owner: root
      group: root
      mode: 0644

    - name: "Restart nginx"
      service:
      name: nginx
      state: restarted

Nginx Server Configuration

server {
  listen 80 default;
  ...
  access_log /var/log/nginx/torico-id-header.log header;
}