Consider bundling Caddy transform-encoder by default

[panda-madness]

By default, Caddy does not support the Apache Common Log Format (they used to, but removed it, for whatever reason). To enable it one needs to recompile Caddy with the transform encoder module.

CLF is is used by both nginx and Apache (web servers with which PHP developers have the most experience). Tools like fail2ban rely on this format for easy configuration, and otherwise require workarounds or additional tooling for log transformation.

It is my personal belief that CLF support is an essential feature, and it would be nice to have it available by default.

[AlliBalliBaba]

Isn't it possible in newer versions to just run

caddy add-package github.com/caddyserver/transform-encoder

aka

frankenphp add-package github.com/caddyserver/transform-encoder

(haven't tried this myself yet)

[neffets]

+1 I need a {common_log} btw. {combined_log} logging format too.
A) please add transform-encoder plugin
B) OR add example how to format an apache-like logging-format instead of the json

I use it in a k8s/docker environment, where the simple stderr / stdout is captured, no furtehr jq-processiong of logfiles intended.

[dunglas]

We (mostly) follow Caddy's defaults, unless directly related to PHP, which isn't the case here.

Please discuss this on the Caddy repository.