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Requirements
Installation
Download the latest stable release:
cd /extra/src
wget http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/awstats/awstats-6.95.tar.gz
tar zxf awstats-6.95.tar.gzMove the files to the "standard" AWStats directory on a Linux OS (/usr/local/awstats):
mv awstats-6.95 /usr/local/awstatsRun the included configuration script:
cd /usr/local/awstats/tools
./awstats_configure.plThe AWStats install documentation gives details on the questions the configuration script will ask you.
Take note of what the configuration file gives you about your particular install - it has the proper options to use for updating your stats with cron, and for accessing the stats from your webserver.
Apache Configuration
AWStats didn't add the directives to the Apache install automatically, so these needed to be added to /usr/local/apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf for a VirtualHost:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName stats.mydomain.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/awstats/wwwroot
CustomLog /var/log/stats.mydomain.com_accesslog combined
ErrorLog /var/log/stats.mydomain.com_errorlog
## Directives to allow use of AWStats as a CGI
Alias /awstatsclasses "/usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/classes/"
Alias /awstatscss "/usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/css/"
Alias /awstatsicons "/usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/icon/"
ScriptAlias /awstats/ "/usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/"
## This is to permit URL access to scripts/files in AWStats directory.
<Directory "/usr/local/awstats/wwwroot">
Options None
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
## This is to allow access to the cgi-bin folder
<Directory "/usr/local/awstats/cgi-bin">
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
It's recommended that your Apache access log file be written in the combined format. That format is already configured in httpd.conf, but you'll probably have to change the CustomLog parameter to disable the "common" and enable "combined" for Apache's default log files.
If you configure your virtual hosts to use custom log files, be sure to set those to "combined" as well.
AWStats Manual Configuration
The config file in /etc/awstats that is created by awstats_configure.pl probably needs some manual tweaking to reflect the server you want to analyse. Particular values that you should be looking at are:
LogFile- should be the full path to your server log fileLogType- should be "W" for web log filesLogFormat- should be "1" unless you are using a custom log formatSiteDomain- set this to the main domain name used to connect to the site you are analysing. If you have multiple names you connect to that site with, add them to theHostListparameterDirData- where you want the analysis results to be stored
The rest of the configuration parameters are detailed here.
If you use the default DirData value of /var/lib/awstats, you'll need to create that directory:
mkdir /var/lib/awstatsInitial Statistics Database Build
It's recommended that the first log analysis be done manually from the command line since it may take a long time to process the log for the first time.
The command to do it is:
/usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=mysite -updateWhere "mysite" is the domain/virtual host name you set for in your initial run of the configuration script.
Building and Viewing the Reports
To dynamically view your statistics from a browser:
http://<myserver>/awstats/awstats.pl?config=mysiteIf you want to build static reports, the AWStats documentation explains how to do it.
Updating the stats
If you want to be able to update the stats from the dynamically generated web reports, set the AllowUpdateStatsFromBrowser parameter to "1" in the configuration file. You'll probably also have to give write permission to your DirData so that the Apache daemon can write to it.
Stats can be automatically updating using cron. The following command will update the stats
/usr/local/awstats/tools/awstats_updateall.pl nowAdvanced Configuration
Exclude the 123.123.123.xxx subnet from the statistics:
SkipHosts="REGEX[^123\.123\.123\.]"- Log in to post comments