From 59121bd9328c6960e4cf3ef4d2160410097e638c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raj Kamal Singh <1133322+raj-k-singh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 17:52:51 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] chore: nginx integration: add note about adjusting regex if
 using custom log format (#5615)

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 .../builtin_integrations/nginx/config/collect-logs.md      | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/query-service/app/integrations/builtin_integrations/nginx/config/collect-logs.md b/pkg/query-service/app/integrations/builtin_integrations/nginx/config/collect-logs.md
index 71712c503b..3e65cbc662 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/app/integrations/builtin_integrations/nginx/config/collect-logs.md
+++ b/pkg/query-service/app/integrations/builtin_integrations/nginx/config/collect-logs.md
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ service:
 
 ```
 
+### If using non-default nginx log format, adjust log parsing regex
+
+If you are using a [custom nginx log format](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/monitoring/logging/#setting-up-the-access-log),
+please adjust the regex used for parsing logs in the receivers named
+`filelog/nginx-access-logs` and `filelog/nginx-error-logs` in  collector config.
+
+
 #### Set Environment Variables
 
 Set the following environment variables in your otel-collector environment: