From b65177dea5eacef9d749e963074ead9967ace58b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tina Usova <t.usova@f5.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 12:38:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Description for setting custom format for access_log or
 turning it OFF

---
 .../ngf/how-to/data-plane-configuration.md    | 42 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/content/ngf/how-to/data-plane-configuration.md b/content/ngf/how-to/data-plane-configuration.md
index 1fb00c9c2..ab719128a 100644
--- a/content/ngf/how-to/data-plane-configuration.md
+++ b/content/ngf/how-to/data-plane-configuration.md
@@ -272,6 +272,48 @@ of a few arguments. {{< /call-out >}}
 
 ---
 
+## Configure the data plane log format
+
+NGINX records client requests immediately after each request is processed. You can use the `NginxProxy` resource to dynamically configure the access log format.
+
+The following command creates a basic `NginxProxy` that defines a custom log format `$remote_addr - [$time_local] "$request" $status $body_bytes_sent`:
+
+```yaml
+kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
+apiVersion: gateway.nginx.org/v1alpha2
+kind: NginxProxy
+metadata:
+  name: ngf-proxy-config
+spec:
+  logging:
+    logFormat:
+      name: custom_format
+      format: $remote_addr - [$time_local] "$request" $status $body_bytes_sent
+    accessLog:
+      path: /dev/stdout
+      format: custom_format
+EOF
+```
+
+You can disable access logging entirely with the following configuration:
+
+```yaml
+kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
+apiVersion: gateway.nginx.org/v1alpha2
+kind: NginxProxy
+metadata:
+  name: ngf-proxy-config
+spec:
+  logging:
+    accessLog:
+      path: off
+EOF
+```
+
+{{< call-out "note" >}} File destinations in `logging.accessLog.path` are not currently supported. Any value other than `off` is replaced with `/dev/stdout`. {{< /call-out >}}
+
+---
+
 ### Run NGINX Gateway Fabric with NGINX in debug mode
 
 To run NGINX Gateway Fabric with NGINX in debug mode, during [installation]({{< ref "/ngf/install/" >}}), follow these additional steps:

From b4b9dc3fad66cbd0cc1858ca4c78654fde7bcc8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tina Usova <t.usova@f5.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 12:35:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix according to new data structure

---
 content/ngf/how-to/data-plane-configuration.md | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/ngf/how-to/data-plane-configuration.md b/content/ngf/how-to/data-plane-configuration.md
index ab719128a..8fd5e2b38 100644
--- a/content/ngf/how-to/data-plane-configuration.md
+++ b/content/ngf/how-to/data-plane-configuration.md
@@ -286,12 +286,8 @@ metadata:
   name: ngf-proxy-config
 spec:
   logging:
-    logFormat:
-      name: custom_format
-      format: $remote_addr - [$time_local] "$request" $status $body_bytes_sent
     accessLog:
-      path: /dev/stdout
-      format: custom_format
+      format: $remote_addr - [$time_local] "$request" $status $body_bytes_sent
 EOF
 ```
 
@@ -306,11 +302,11 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   logging:
     accessLog:
-      path: off
+      disabled: true
 EOF
 ```
 
-{{< call-out "note" >}} File destinations in `logging.accessLog.path` are not currently supported. Any value other than `off` is replaced with `/dev/stdout`. {{< /call-out >}}
+{{< call-out "note" >}} File destinations in `logging.accessLog` are not currently supported it is always set to `/dev/stdout`. {{< /call-out >}}
 
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