id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	uname	nginx_version
1495	"cutom ""log_format"" can't be used in server block that is included from another file"	Renkas@…		"I'm trying to use custom log format that is required in Amplify to get extended info: https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-amplify-doc/blob/master/amplify-guide.md#additional-nginx-metrics

The error I'm getting:
{{{
[emerg] unknown log format ""main_ext"" in /etc/nginx/conf.d/00-main.conf:35
}}}


Simplified config:


{{{
# /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
http {
    log_format main_ext '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] ""$request"" '
                      '$status $body_bytes_sent ""$http_referer"" '
                      '""$http_user_agent"" ""$http_x_forwarded_for"" '
                      '""$host"" sn=""$server_name"" '
                      'rt=$request_time '
                      'ua=""$upstream_addr"" us=""$upstream_status"" '
                      'ut=""$upstream_response_time"" ul=""$upstream_response_length"" '
                      'cs=$upstream_cache_status';

    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
}
}}}

{{{
# /etc/nginx/conf.d/00-main.conf
server {
    access_log            /var/log/nginx/access.log main_ext;
    error_log             /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
}
}}}


I also tried this on 1.12 branch and the result is the same"	defect	closed	major		nginx-core	1.13.x	worksforme	log_format		Linux 2c6f6973cfbc 4.9.60-linuxkit-aufs #1 SMP Mon Nov 6 16:00:12 UTC 2017 x86_64 GNU/Linux	"ginx version: nginx/1.13.9
built by gcc 6.3.0 20170516 (Debian 6.3.0-18)
built with OpenSSL 1.1.0f  25 May 2017
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: --prefix=/etc/nginx --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx --modules-path=/usr/lib/nginx/modules --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --lock-path=/var/run/nginx.lock --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/client_temp --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/proxy_temp --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/fastcgi_temp --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/uwsgi_temp --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/scgi_temp --user=nginx --group=nginx --with-compat --with-file-aio --with-threads --with-http_addition_module --with-http_auth_request_module --with-http_dav_module --with-http_flv_module --with-http_gunzip_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_mp4_module --with-http_random_index_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-http_slice_module --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_sub_module --with-http_v2_module --with-mail --with-mail_ssl_module --with-stream --with-stream_realip_module --with-stream_ssl_module --with-stream_ssl_preread_module --with-cc-opt='-g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/data/builder/debuild/nginx-1.13.9/debian/debuild-base/nginx-1.13.9=. -specs=/usr/share/dpkg/no-pie-compile.specs -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC' --with-ld-opt='-specs=/usr/share/dpkg/no-pie-link.specs -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -Wl,--as-needed -pie'"