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Configure awstats on debian webserver
AWStats on Debian
Install AWStats
aptitude update aptitude awstats
Configure the apache2 for awstats
Copy configuration file for apache2.
cp /usr/share/doc/awstats/examples/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/awstats
Then edit /etc/awstats/awstats.conf file and make sure the file contains (double check the apache2 word)
LogFile="/var/log/apache2/access.log" SiteDomain="mysite.org" LogFormat=1
Now change a permission on apache log file
chmod o+r /var/log/apache2/access.log
Make it a default that access.log has these permissions.
Locate the awstats_updateall.pl script (it is in /usr/share/doc/awstats/examples on debian) and make a symlink to /usr/local/bin for it.
Edit the /etc/logrotate.d/apache2 and make sure it has these lines
create 644 root adm prerotate nice /usr/local/bin/awstats_updateall.pl -awstatsprog=/usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl now endscript
Final file should look similar to :
/var/log/apache2/*.log { weekly missingok rotate 52 compress delaycompress notifempty create 644 root adm sharedscripts prerotate /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=awstats.conf -update endscript postrotate if [ -f /var/run/apache2.pid ]; then /etc/init.d/apache2 restart > /dev/null fi endscript }
Add the update command to cron.hourly:
nice /usr/local/bin/awstats_updateall.pl -awstatsprog=/usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl
Reload apache
/etc/init.d/apache2 reload
And visit:
http://localhost/cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config=awstat.conf or http://www.mysite.com/cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config=awstat.conf [Optional]
To make it easier to remember the address you can edit /etc/apache2/conf.d/awstats and add this line.
RedirectMatch ^/logs /cgi-bin/awstats.pl
Now you can access the awstats statistics by going to
http://www.mysite.com/logs
If you have a lot of old compressed logfiles that you would to include, set the logfile path to:
LogFile="zcat /var/log/apache2/servername.tld-access.log.*.gz |"
And update the database. This will incorporate all old log entries. Don't forget to switch back to the last logfile!
Ref: http://wiki.debian.org/Manual-Howto
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