[metrics-bugs] #23243 [Metrics/Metrics website]: write a spec for web-server-access log descriptors

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#23243: write a spec for web-server-access log descriptors
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 Reporter:  iwakeh                   |          Owner:  metrics-team
     Type:  enhancement              |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium                   |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Metrics website  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                   |     Resolution:
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Comment (by iwakeh):

 Some questions before I begin to distill a small description:

 It seems the sanitized clean log lines should adhere to the Common Log
 Format:
 {{{
 LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b"
 }}}

 Thus, the sanitized log format will be changed from currently:
 `0.0.0.0 - - [10/Mar/2017:00:00:00 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 3018 "-"
 "-" -`
 to
 `0.0.0.0 - - [10/Mar/2017:00:00:00 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 3018`.
 Can we agree on this?
 When parsing all lines with a beginning that doesn't fit the Common Log
 Format are considered unparseable.  Lines with a beginning that matches
 CLF are considered parseable and all trailing content is ignored.


 POST requests are to be dropped?

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