In this post, i will share the quick steps to install and Configure Apache log analizer, AWstats on Fedora 16 linux server. AWStats is an open source and featureful Web analytics reporting tool and server logfile analyzer, that suitable for analyzing data from Internet services such as web, streaming media, mail and FTP servers that shows you the statistics including visits, unique visitors, pages, hits, rush hours, os, browsers, search engines, keywords, robots visits, broken links and more.
AWstats Features :
- Apache log file analyzer
- Mail log file analyzer
- FTP log file analyzer
- Html static or dynamic reporting
- Can process splitted log file for clusters
- High speed
- High log format size
- Can be enhanced by plugins
To install AWstats, simply run the following command :
[root@fedora16 ~]# yum install awstats -y
Example :
[root@fedora16 ~]# yum install awstats -y Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package awstats.noarch 0:7.0-6.fc16 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: perl(Switch) for package: awstats-7.0-6.fc16.noarch --> Processing Dependency: perl(LWP::UserAgent) for package: awstats-7.0-6.fc16.noarch --> Running transaction check ---> Package perl-Switch.noarch 0:2.16-1.fc16 will be installed ---> Package perl-libwww-perl.noarch 0:6.02-3.fc16 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: perl(HTTP::Cookies) >= 6 for package: perl-libwww-perl-6.02-3.fc16.noarch --> Processing Dependency: perl(File::Listing) >= 6 for package: perl-libwww-perl-6.02-3.fc16.noarch --> Processing Dependency: perl(HTTP::Daemon) >= 6 for package: perl-libwww-perl-6.02-3.fc16.noarch --> Processing Dependency: perl(WWW::RobotRules) >= 6 for package: perl-libwww-perl-6.02-3.fc16.noarch --> Processing Dependency: perl(HTTP::Negotiate) >= 6 for package: perl-libwww-perl-6.02-3.fc16.noarch --> Running transaction check ---> Package perl-File-Listing.noarch 0:6.02-3.fc16 will be installed ---> Package perl-HTTP-Cookies.noarch 0:6.00-3.fc16 will be installed ---> Package perl-HTTP-Daemon.noarch 0:6.00-3.fc16 will be installed ---> Package perl-HTTP-Negotiate.noarch 0:6.00-3.fc16 will be installed ---> Package perl-WWW-RobotRules.noarch 0:6.01-3.fc16 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ==================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ==================================================================================================== Installing: awstats noarch 7.0-6.fc16 updates 1.1 M Installing for dependencies: perl-File-Listing noarch 6.02-3.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 11 k perl-HTTP-Cookies noarch 6.00-3.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 25 k perl-HTTP-Daemon noarch 6.00-3.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 19 k perl-HTTP-Negotiate noarch 6.00-3.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 16 k perl-Switch noarch 2.16-1.fc16 fedora 21 k perl-WWW-RobotRules noarch 6.01-3.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 17 k perl-libwww-perl noarch 6.02-3.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 199 k Transaction Summary ==================================================================================================== Install 8 Packages Total download size: 1.4 M Installed size: 4.1 M Downloading Packages: (1/8): awstats-7.0-6.fc16.noarch.rpm | 1.1 MB 00:32 (6/8): perl-Switch-2.16-1.fc16.noarch.rpm | 21 kB 00:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38 kB/s | 1.4 MB 00:39 Running Transaction Check Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum. Installing : perl-HTTP-Negotiate-6.00-3.fc16.noarch 1/8 Installing : perl-HTTP-Daemon-6.00-3.fc16.noarch 2/8 Installing : perl-HTTP-Cookies-6.00-3.fc16.noarch 3/8 Installing : perl-File-Listing-6.02-3.fc16.noarch 4/8 Installing : perl-WWW-RobotRules-6.01-3.fc16.noarch 5/8 Installing : perl-libwww-perl-6.02-3.fc16.noarch 6/8 Installing : perl-Switch-2.16-1.fc16.noarch 7/8 Installing : awstats-7.0-6.fc16.noarch 8/8 Installed: awstats.noarch 0:7.0-6.fc16 Dependency Installed: perl-File-Listing.noarch 0:6.02-3.fc16 perl-HTTP-Cookies.noarch 0:6.00-3.fc16 perl-HTTP-Daemon.noarch 0:6.00-3.fc16 perl-HTTP-Negotiate.noarch 0:6.00-3.fc16 perl-Switch.noarch 0:2.16-1.fc16 perl-WWW-RobotRules.noarch 0:6.01-3.fc16 perl-libwww-perl.noarch 0:6.02-3.fc16 Complete!
Change the awstats virtualhost configuration file for fedora16.ehowstuff.local
[root@fedora16 ~]# vi /etc/awstats/awstats.fedora16.ehowstuff.local.conf
Modify at line 122 for log format in httpd.conf is ‘combined’ Set here ‘1’ and line 168 to set IP address to exclude :
.. .. LogFormat=1 .. .. .. HostAliases="localhost 127.0.0.1 REGEX[fedora16\.ehowstuff\.local$] REGEX[^192\.168\.1\.]" .. ..
Modify awstat main configuration file, awstats.conf :
[root@fedora16 ~]# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/awstats.conf
Add Alias “Alias /report “/usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/”” and “Allow 192.168.1.0/24” :
Alias /awstatsclasses "/usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/classes/"
Alias /awstatscss "/usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/css/"
Alias /awstatsicons "/usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/icon/"
ScriptAlias /awstats/ "/usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/"
Alias /report "/usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/"
#
# This is to permit URL access to scripts/files in AWStats directory.
#
Options None
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.0/24
# Additional Perl modules
SetEnv PERL5LIB /usr/share/awstats/lib:/usr/share/awstats/plugins
Restart the Apache httpd service :
[root@fedora16 ~]# systemctl restart httpd.service
Generate reports
[root@fedora16 ~]# /usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=fedora16.ehowstuff.local -update
Output :
Create/Update database for config "/etc/awstats/awstats.fedora16.ehowstuff.local.conf" by AWStats version 7.0 (build 1.971) From data in log file "/var/log/httpd/access_log"... Phase 1 : First bypass old records, searching new record... Searching new records from beginning of log file... Jumped lines in file: 0 Parsed lines in file: 0 Found 0 dropped records, Found 0 comments, Found 0 blank records, Found 0 corrupted records, Found 0 old records, Found 0 new qualified records.
Generate HTML from reports :
[root@fedora16 ~]# /usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=fedora16.ehowstuff.local -output -staticlink > /usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/index.html
Change cron’s setting :
[root@fedora16 ~]# vi /etc/cron.hourly/awstats
#!/bin/bash exec /usr/share/awstats/tools/awstats_updateall.pl now -configdir="/etc/awstats" -awstatsprog="/usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl" >/dev/null exit 0
Change to the following. Uncomment and add the following lines. The new cron’ setting should as below :
#!/bin/bash #exec /usr/share/awstats/tools/awstats_updateall.pl now -configdir="/etc/awstats" -awstatsprog="/usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl" >/dev/null /usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=fedora16.ehowstuff.local -update > /dev/null /usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=fedora16.ehowstuff.local -output -staticlink > /usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/index.html exit 0
