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title: Log Event Header Fields
canonical: https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/api---logs/api---logs---log-streaming/log-event-formats/log-event-header-fields/
product: CloudConnexa Docs
description: Describes the standard fields in the header section of the JSON for every log event stored in the AWS S3 bucket using Log Streaming.
keywords: JSON header
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# Log Event Header Fields

Every logged event has a standard set of JSON fields called a 'Header.' The description of the header's fields is shown in the table below.

| Field Name | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CloudConnexaLogVersion | Integer | The version of log event definitions and format. |
| category | String | The event category. |
| eventName | String | The type of log event. Specific information about the event will be in a JSON object called `log`. |
| timestamp | DateTime | The timestamp of when the event occurred. |
| cloudId | String | The Cloud ID that identifies the WPC. |
| service | String | A fixed value with the name of the service - “CloudConnexa" |
| traceId | String | A unique identifier for an event. |
| publicIp | String | The IP address of the entity that initiated the event. |
| > **Note** > > The **publicIp** field above will be deprecated in early 2025 and replaced with the **initiatorPublicIp** field below. |  |  |
| initiatorPublicIp | String | The IP address of the entity that initiated the event. |
| initiatorType | String | The entity type that initiated the event. The value can be one of User, Device, or Connector. |
| initiator | String | A unique identifier for the specific entity that initiated the event. More details about the initiator can be found using the API with the values of this field and the `initiatorType` field. |
| initiatorName | String | The name of the Event initiator. |
| parentEntityType | String | The parent entity type of the initiator The value can be one of User, UserGroup, or NetworkOrHost. |
| parentEntity | String | A unique identifier for the parent of the specific entity that initiated the event. More details about the parent entity can be found using the API with the values of this field and the `parentEntityType` field. |
| parentEntityName | String | The name of the parent of the initiator. |
| userAgent | String | The HTTP UserAgent field from the request. |
| > **Note** > > The **userAgent** field above will be deprecated in early 2025 and replaced with the **initiatorClientAgent** field below. |  |  |
| initiatorClientAgent | String | The HTTP UserAgent field from the request. |

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