If you’ve ever seen an Apache log file, you’ll notice that it’s rather long to read. It’s not that the log is hard to read, it’s just full of a lot of useless information. If you view a website with a browser, the log will show that you connect and retrieve every single file (images are included). Ouch.<\/p>\n
I installed Debian 5.0 Server on an HP DL380 G4 server. I then did all the updates etc. I’m assuming you know how to install apache and how to “su” to root.<\/p>\n
Alias \/awstatsclasses “\/usr\/share\/awstats\/lib\/” Save this file and exit back to the shell.<\/p>\n Add this to the end of the conf file:<\/p>\n Include \/etc\/apache2\/awstats.conf\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Save and exit apache.conf.<\/p>\n Search for and edit the following:<\/p>\n LogFile=”\/var\/log\/apache2\/access.log” Save the file and exit to the shell.<\/p>\n Now we need to run the script to parse the log files into a stats page: If it fails due to permissions: Now check your stats at http:\/\/www.mysite.org\/awstats\/awstats.pl<\/p>\n As long as everything went to plan, the script should also automatically install a cron job to update the stats every 10 minutes.<\/p>\n You can find out by typing the following: \/etc\/cron.d If you nano the awstats cron, you can edit the times and locations of the scripts.<\/p>\n EDIT!!!<\/p>\n If you’re using virtual hosts (like I am) and you want each site to have its own stats:<\/p>\n Edit your sites-available default: Add the following in your VirtualHost:<\/p>\n NameVirtualHost 192.168.1.4 Then you’ll have to create the awstats.web123.com.conf file in \/etc\/awstats Change the following:<\/p>\n LogFile=”\/var\/log\/apache2\/web123.com.log” This will allow you to use the browser to update the stats if your CRON job is set for long periods of time:<\/p>\n AllowToUpdateStatsFromBrowser=1<\/p><\/blockquote>\n And I set this up because I have apache do a DNS lookup on its own:<\/p>\n DNSLookup=0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Then restart apache: If you’ve ever seen an Apache log file, you’ll notice that it’s rather long to read. It’s not that the log is hard to read, it’s just full of a lot of useless information. If you view a website with a browser, the log will show that you connect and retrieve every single file (images … Continue reading AWStats on Apache<\/span> apt-get install awstats<\/code>
\nnano \/etc\/apache2\/awstats.conf<\/code>
\nThis creates a new file called awstats.conf<\/p>\n
\nAlias \/awstats-icon\/ “\/usr\/share\/awstats\/icon\/”
\nAlias \/awstatscss “\/usr\/share\/doc\/awstats\/examples\/css”
\nScriptAlias \/cgi-bin\/ \/usr\/lib\/cgi-bin\/
\nScriptAlias \/awstats\/ \/usr\/lib\/cgi-bin\/
\nOptions ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch<\/p><\/blockquote>\nnano \/etc\/apache2\/apache2.conf<\/code><\/p>\napache2ctl restart<\/code><\/p>\ncd \/etc\/awstats<\/code>
\ncp awstats.conf awstats.www.mysite.org.conf<\/code>
\nnano awstats.www.mysite.org.conf<\/code><\/p>\n
\nSiteDomain=”mysite.org”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nperl \/usr\/lib\/cgi-bin\/awstats.pl -update -config=www.mysite.org<\/code><\/p>\n
\nchmod -R 777 \/var\/log\/apache2<\/code>
\nThen re-run the script<\/p>\n
\ndpkg -L awstats | grep cron<\/code>
\nWhich shows the following:<\/p>\n
\n\/etc\/cron.d\/awstats<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nnano \/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/default<\/p>\n
\n
\n DocumentRoot “\/var\/www\/web123”
\n ServerName web123.com
\n ServerAlias *.web123.com
\n CustomLog \/var\/log\/apache2\/web123.com.log combined
\n<\/VirtualHost>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\ncp \/etc\/awstats\/awstats.conf \/etc\/awstats\/awstats.web123.com.conf
\nnano \/etc\/awstats\/awstats.web123.com.conf<\/p>\n
\nLogFormat=1
\nSiteDomain=”web123.com”
\nHostAliases=”web123.com www.web123.com localhost 127.0.0.1″<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\napache2ctl restart<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"