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Graggle at 22:51, 21 April 2026

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Graggle at 00:03, 21 April 2026

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	So you want to see the statistics for your webpage?		So you want to see the statistics for your webpage?

Greenday at 20:14, 15 October 2016

2016-10-15T20:14:49Z

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	So you want to see the statistics for your webpage?		So you want to see the statistics for your webpage?

	To see the logs for all the webpages on redbrick, 'ssh murphy' and then look in '/var/log/apache2'. The logs are split up by year, date and type. So the access logs for the 8th of March 2008 would be found at '/var/log/apache2/2008/03/08-combined_log'. You can pipe any of the logs to 'grep /~username' to pick out information on your own page.
			'''This no longer works because of permissions'''
			<pre>To see the logs for all the webpages on redbrick, 'ssh <strike>murphy</strike> pyg' and then look in '/var/log/apache2'. The logs are split up by year, date and type. So the access logs for the 8th of March 2008 would be found at '/var/log/apache2/2008/03/08-combined_log'. You can pipe any of the logs to 'grep /~username' to pick out information on your own page.</pre>

	If your using a vhost (i.e. your own web domain) on redbrick you won't be able to pick out hits to your domain using the grep method above. You should ask the admins to generate logs for your domain. Sometime in the future, the combined logs may be configured to handle these web domains.		If your using a vhost (i.e. your own web domain) on redbrick you won't be able to pick out hits to your domain using the grep method above. You should ask the admins to generate logs for your domain. Sometime in the future, the combined logs may be configured to handle these web domains.

D fens: Fixed servername, paths and serveral script typos.

2008-04-19T21:39:00Z

Fixed servername, paths and serveral script typos.

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	So you want to see the statistics for your webpage?		So you want to see the statistics for your webpage?

	To see the logs for all the webpages on redbrick, 'ssh ~~deathray~~' and then look in '/~~local~~/~~web~~/~~logs~~'. The logs are split up by year, date and type. So the access logs for the 8th of ~~Decemeber 2004~~ would be found at '/~~local~~/~~web~~/~~logs~~/~~2005~~/12/08-combined_log'. You can pipe any of the logs to 'grep /~username' to pick out information on your own page.		To see the logs for all the webpages on redbrick, 'ssh murphy' and then look in '/var/log/apache2'. The logs are split up by year, date and type. So the access logs for the 8th of March 2008 would be found at '/var/log/apache2/2008/03/08-combined_log'. You can pipe any of the logs to 'grep /~username' to pick out information on your own page.

	If your using a vhost (i.e. your own web domain) on redbrick you won't be able to pick out hits to your domain using the grep method above. You should ask the admins to generate logs for your domain. Sometime in the future, the combined logs may be configured to handle these web domains.		If your using a vhost (i.e. your own web domain) on redbrick you won't be able to pick out hits to your domain using the grep method above. You should ask the admins to generate logs for your domain. Sometime in the future, the combined logs may be configured to handle these web domains.
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	Set the 'SiteDomain' option to 'SiteDomain="www.redbrick.dcu.ie"'		Set the 'SiteDomain' option to 'SiteDomain="www.redbrick.dcu.ie"'

	Set the 'LogFile' option to 'LogFile="/~~local~~/~~web~~/~~logs~~/%YYYY-0/%MM-0/%DD-0-combined_log"'.		Set the 'LogFile' option to 'LogFile="/var/log/apache2/%YYYY-0/%MM-0/%DD-0-combined_log"'.

	If you want to gather stats for more than a day, say the whole month, then replace the 'LogFile' option with this: 'LogFile="/pathtotools/logresolvemerge.pl /~~local~~/~~web~~/~~logs~~/MM-0/*-combined_log \|"'. Replace 'pathtotools' to point to where you installed the awstat tools directory. Be warned, this will slow down the update process by a few minutes. BTW, before 'logresolvemerge.pl' will run, you'll have to change the permissions to excutable, i.e. 'chmod 755 /pathtotools/logresolvemerge.pl'.		If you want to gather stats for more than a day, say the whole month, then replace the 'LogFile' option with this: 'LogFile="/pathtotools/logresolvemerge.pl /var/log/apache2/%YYYY-0/%MM-0/*-combined_log \|"'. Replace 'pathtotools' to point to where you installed the awstat tools directory. Be warned, this will slow down the update process by a few minutes. BTW, before 'logresolvemerge.pl' will run, you'll have to change the permissions to excutable, i.e. 'chmod 755 /pathtotools/logresolvemerge.pl'.

	If you want only your logs you can use 'grep' to do it. Change 'LogFile' to 'LogFile="grep /~username /~~local~~/~~web~~/~~logs~~/MM-0/%DD-0-combined_log \|"' and change 'username' to your username to get only your hits. (Rememeber this does not work for vhosts though you can write a script that combines vhost logs with these logs etc.)		If you want only your logs you can use 'grep' to do it. Change 'LogFile' to 'LogFile="grep /~username /var/log/apache2/%MM-0/%DD-0-combined_log \|"' and change 'username' to your username to get only your hits. (Rememeber this does not work for vhosts though you can write a script that combines vhost logs with these logs etc.)

	If you've kept the same directory structure from the awstats archive and uploaded it to your web space in some subdirectory, you may notice none of the icons appear. Change the option 'DirIcons' to 'DirIcons="../icon"'.		If you've kept the same directory structure from the awstats archive and uploaded it to your web space in some subdirectory, you may notice none of the icons appear. Change the option 'DirIcons' to 'DirIcons="../icon"'.

D fens: Incorrect logfile format

2007-08-12T19:44:10Z

Incorrect logfile format

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	Set the 'SiteDomain' option to 'SiteDomain="www.redbrick.dcu.ie"'		Set the 'SiteDomain' option to 'SiteDomain="www.redbrick.dcu.ie"'

	Set the 'LogFile' option to 'LogFile="/local/web/logs/%MM-0/%DD-0-combined_log"'.		Set the 'LogFile' option to 'LogFile="/local/web/logs/%YYYY-0/%MM-0/%DD-0-combined_log"'.

	If you want to gather stats for more than a day, say the whole month, then replace the 'LogFile' option with this: 'LogFile="/pathtotools/logresolvemerge.pl /local/web/logs/MM-0/*-combined_log \|"'. Replace 'pathtotools' to point to where you installed the awstat tools directory. Be warned, this will slow down the update process by a few minutes. BTW, before 'logresolvemerge.pl' will run, you'll have to change the permissions to excutable, i.e. 'chmod 755 /pathtotools/logresolvemerge.pl'.		If you want to gather stats for more than a day, say the whole month, then replace the 'LogFile' option with this: 'LogFile="/pathtotools/logresolvemerge.pl /local/web/logs/MM-0/*-combined_log \|"'. Replace 'pathtotools' to point to where you installed the awstat tools directory. Be warned, this will slow down the update process by a few minutes. BTW, before 'logresolvemerge.pl' will run, you'll have to change the permissions to excutable, i.e. 'chmod 755 /pathtotools/logresolvemerge.pl'.

D fens: Incorrect

2007-08-12T19:41:32Z

Incorrect

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	Set the 'SiteDomain' option to 'SiteDomain="www.redbrick.dcu.ie"'		Set the 'SiteDomain' option to 'SiteDomain="www.redbrick.dcu.ie"'

	Set the 'LogFile' option to 'LogFile="/local/web/logs/MM-0/%DD-0-combined_log"'.		Set the 'LogFile' option to 'LogFile="/local/web/logs/%MM-0/%DD-0-combined_log"'.

	If you want to gather stats for more than a day, say the whole month, then replace the 'LogFile' option with this: 'LogFile="/pathtotools/logresolvemerge.pl /local/web/logs/MM-0/*-combined_log \|"'. Replace 'pathtotools' to point to where you installed the awstat tools directory. Be warned, this will slow down the update process by a few minutes. BTW, before 'logresolvemerge.pl' will run, you'll have to change the permissions to excutable, i.e. 'chmod 755 /pathtotools/logresolvemerge.pl'.		If you want to gather stats for more than a day, say the whole month, then replace the 'LogFile' option with this: 'LogFile="/pathtotools/logresolvemerge.pl /local/web/logs/MM-0/*-combined_log \|"'. Replace 'pathtotools' to point to where you installed the awstat tools directory. Be warned, this will slow down the update process by a few minutes. BTW, before 'logresolvemerge.pl' will run, you'll have to change the permissions to excutable, i.e. 'chmod 755 /pathtotools/logresolvemerge.pl'.
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	Make sure the permissions are correct on the awstats.pl script. 'chmod 755 /pathtoawstats/awstats.pl'.		Make sure the permissions are correct on the awstats.pl script. 'chmod 755 /pathtoawstats/awstats.pl'.

	Now, as per the original instructions for [http://awstats.sourceforge.net/ AWStats], you can do a initial update of the logs (i.e. 'awstats.pl -config'www.redbrick.dcu.ie -update'). This must be done on 'deathray' just like the configure script. This will compile the stats from the logs selected by the 'LogFile' option.		Now, as per the original instructions for [http://awstats.sourceforge.net/ AWStats], you can do a initial update of the logs (i.e. 'awstats.pl -config=www.redbrick.dcu.ie -update'). This must be done on 'deathray' just like the configure script. This will compile the stats from the logs selected by the 'LogFile' option.

	You can then generate static html pages or load it all up dynamically as per the awstat setup documentation.		You can then generate static html pages or load it all up dynamically as per the awstat setup documentation.

Receive at 01:43, 20 April 2007

2007-04-20T01:43:18Z

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	You can then generate static html pages or load it all up dynamically as per the awstat setup documentation.		You can then generate static html pages or load it all up dynamically as per the awstat setup documentation.


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Ryaner: Fixed log name

2006-04-13T20:10:26Z

Fixed log name

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	So you want to see the statistics for your webpage?		So you want to see the statistics for your webpage?

	To see the logs for all the webpages on redbrick, 'ssh deathray' and then look in '/local/web/logs'. The logs are split up by year, date and type. So the access logs for the 8th of Decemeber 2004 would be found at '/local/web/logs/~~2004~~/12/08-~~access_log~~'. You can pipe any of the logs to 'grep /~username' to pick out information on your own page.		To see the logs for all the webpages on redbrick, 'ssh deathray' and then look in '/local/web/logs'. The logs are split up by year, date and type. So the access logs for the 8th of Decemeber 2004 would be found at '/local/web/logs/2005/12/08-combined_log'. You can pipe any of the logs to 'grep /~username' to pick out information on your own page.

	If your using a vhost (i.e. your own web domain) on redbrick you won't be able to pick out hits to your domain using the grep method above. You should ask the admins to generate logs for your domain. Sometime in the future, the combined logs may be configured to handle these web domains.		If your using a vhost (i.e. your own web domain) on redbrick you won't be able to pick out hits to your domain using the grep method above. You should ask the admins to generate logs for your domain. Sometime in the future, the combined logs may be configured to handle these web domains.

Cammy: Fixing some syntax

2005-10-06T09:49:34Z

Fixing some syntax

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	If your using a vhost (i.e. your own web domain) on redbrick you won't be able to pick out hits to your domain using the grep method above. You should ask the admins to generate logs for your domain. Sometime in the future, the combined logs may be configured to handle these web domains.		If your using a vhost (i.e. your own web domain) on redbrick you won't be able to pick out hits to your domain using the grep method above. You should ask the admins to generate logs for your domain. Sometime in the future, the combined logs may be configured to handle these web domains.

	If you want a more graphical representation, you can use a tool like [#Using_AWStats awstats]. [User:Ryaner\|] generates [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~ryaner/logs/rb/ awstats for all of Redbrick].		If you want a more graphical representation, you can use a tool like [[#Using_AWStats\|awstats]]. [[User:Ryaner\|ryaner]] generates [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~ryaner/logs/rb/ awstats for all of Redbrick].

	==Using AWStats==		==Using AWStats==

Cammy: Updated with new syntax

2005-08-24T11:56:11Z

Updated with new syntax

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	~~== ==~~

	So you want to see the statistics for your webpage?		So you want to see the statistics for your webpage?

	To see the logs for all the webpages on redbrick, =ssh deathray= and then look in =/local/web/logs=. The logs are split up by year, date and type. So the access logs for the 8th of Decemeber 2004 would be found at =/local/web/logs/2004/12/08-access_log=. You can pipe any of the logs to =grep /~username= to pick out information on your own page.		To see the logs for all the webpages on redbrick, 'ssh deathray' and then look in '/local/web/logs'. The logs are split up by year, date and type. So the access logs for the 8th of Decemeber 2004 would be found at '/local/web/logs/2004/12/08-access_log'. You can pipe any of the logs to 'grep /~username' to pick out information on your own page.

	If your using a vhost (i.e. your own web domain) on redbrick you won't be able to pick out hits to your domain using the grep method above. You should ask the admins to generate logs for your domain. Sometime in the future, the combined logs may be configured to handle these web domains.		If your using a vhost (i.e. your own web domain) on redbrick you won't be able to pick out hits to your domain using the grep method above. You should ask the admins to generate logs for your domain. Sometime in the future, the combined logs may be configured to handle these web domains.

	If you want a more graphical representation, you can use a tool like [#Using_AWStats awstats]. [~~http~~:~~//www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~ryaner/~~ Ryaner] generates [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~ryaner/logs/rb/ awstats for all of Redbrick].		If you want a more graphical representation, you can use a tool like [#Using_AWStats awstats]. [User:Ryaner\|] generates [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~ryaner/logs/rb/ awstats for all of Redbrick].

	=== Using AWStats ===		==Using AWStats==

	Install [http://awstats.sourceforge.net/ AWstats] into your webpage as instructed but you will use different options for when you run =awstats_configure.pl=. You must run =awstats_configure.pl= on =deathray=.		Install [http://awstats.sourceforge.net/ AWstats] into your webpage as instructed but you will use different options for when you run 'awstats_configure.pl'. You must run 'awstats_configure.pl' on 'deathray'.

	For =Do you want to continue setup from this NON standard directory [yN] ?= answer =y=.		For 'Do you want to continue setup from this NON standard directory [yN] ?' answer 'y'.

	For =Config file path ('none' to skip web server setup):= answer =none=.		For 'Config file path ('none' to skip web server setup):' answer 'none'.

	For =Do you want me to build a new AWStats config/profile file (required if first install) [y/N] ?= answer =y=.		For 'Do you want me to build a new AWStats config/profile file (required if first install) [y/N] ?' answer 'y'.
	~~For =Your web site, virtual server or profile name:= answer =www.redbrick.dcu.ie=~~.

	For =Directory path to store config file(s) (Enter for default):= answer the directory containing the =awstats.pl=. This might be something like =/webtree/c/cammy/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin=. This directory will be where the profile is created.		For 'Your web site, virtual server or profile name:' answer 'www.redbrick.dcu.ie'.

			For 'Directory path to store config file(s) (Enter for default):' answer the directory containing the 'awstats.pl'. This might be something like '/webtree/c/cammy/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin'. This directory will be where the profile is created.

	Let the script finish.		Let the script finish.

	Now there should be a =awstats.www.redbrick.dcu.ie.conf= created in the same directory as =awstats.pl= (depending on your options). You'll need to configure a few things within it to get it to work. Open it in your favourite text editor.		Now there should be a 'awstats.www.redbrick.dcu.ie.conf' created in the same directory as 'awstats.pl' (depending on your options). You'll need to configure a few things within it to get it to work. Open it in your favourite text editor.

	Set the ~~=[[Rbwiki_DirData\|~~DirData~~]]=~~ option to ~~=[[Rbwiki_DirData\|~~DirData~~]]=~~"."=. This will generate the data files in the same place as the =awstats.pl= script. The default location is invalid.		Set the 'DirData' option to 'DirData'"."'. This will generate the data files in the same place as the 'awstats.pl' script. The default location is invalid.

	Set the ~~=[[Rbwiki_SiteDoman\|SiteDoman]]=~~ option to ~~=[[Rbwiki_SiteDoman\|SiteDoman]]~~="www.redbrick.dcu.ie"=		Set the 'SiteDomain' option to 'SiteDomain="www.redbrick.dcu.ie"'

	Set the ~~=[[Rbwiki_LogFile\|~~LogFile~~]]=~~ option to ~~=[[Rbwiki_LogFile\|~~LogFile]]="/local/web/logs/MM-0/%DD-0-combined_log"=.		Set the 'LogFile' option to 'LogFile="/local/web/logs/MM-0/%DD-0-combined_log"'.

	Tip: If you want to gather stats for more than a day, say the whole month, then replace the ~~=[[Rbwiki_LogFile\|~~LogFile~~]]=~~ option with this: ~~=[[Rbwiki_LogFile\|~~LogFile]]="/pathtotools/logresolvemerge.pl /local/web/logs/MM-0/*-combined_log \|"=. Replace =pathtotools= to point to where you installed the awstat tools directory. Be warned, this will slow down the update process by a few minutes. BTW, before =logresolvemerge.pl= will run, you'll have to change the permissions to excutable, i.e. =chmod 755 /pathtotools/logresolvemerge.pl=.		If you want to gather stats for more than a day, say the whole month, then replace the 'LogFile' option with this: 'LogFile="/pathtotools/logresolvemerge.pl /local/web/logs/MM-0/*-combined_log \|"'. Replace 'pathtotools' to point to where you installed the awstat tools directory. Be warned, this will slow down the update process by a few minutes. BTW, before 'logresolvemerge.pl' will run, you'll have to change the permissions to excutable, i.e. 'chmod 755 /pathtotools/logresolvemerge.pl'.

	Tip: If you want only your logs you can use =grep= to do it. Change ~~=[[Rbwiki_LogFile\|~~LogFile~~]]=~~ to ~~=[[Rbwiki_LogFile\|~~LogFile]]="grep /~username /local/web/logs/MM-0/%DD-0-combined_log \|"= and change =username= to your username to get only your hits. (Rememeber this does not work for vhosts though you can write a script that combines vhost logs with these logs etc.)		If you want only your logs you can use 'grep' to do it. Change 'LogFile' to 'LogFile="grep /~username /local/web/logs/MM-0/%DD-0-combined_log \|"' and change 'username' to your username to get only your hits. (Rememeber this does not work for vhosts though you can write a script that combines vhost logs with these logs etc.)

	Tip: If you've kept the same directory structure from the awstats archive and uploaded it to your web space in some subdirectory, you may notice none of the icons appear. Change the option ~~=[[Rbwiki_DirIcons\|~~DirIcons~~]]=~~ to ~~=[[Rbwiki_DirIcons\|~~DirIcons]]="../icon"=.		If you've kept the same directory structure from the awstats archive and uploaded it to your web space in some subdirectory, you may notice none of the icons appear. Change the option 'DirIcons' to 'DirIcons="../icon"'.

	There are also a number of plugins avaliable on Redbrick that can be used by awstats. Update the ~~=[[Rbwiki_LoadPlugin\|~~LoadPlugin~~]]=~~ options with these settings:		There are also a number of plugins avaliable on Redbrick that can be used by awstats. Update the 'LoadPlugin' options with these settings:

	~~<pre>~~		LoadPlugin="ipv6"
	~~[[Rbwiki_LoadPlugin\|~~LoadPlugin]]="ipv6"		LoadPlugin="hashfiles"
	~~[[Rbwiki_LoadPlugin\|~~LoadPlugin]]="hashfiles"		LoadPlugin="geoip GEOIP_STANDARD"
	~~[[Rbwiki_LoadPlugin\|~~LoadPlugin]]="geoip GEOIP_STANDARD"
	~~</pre>~~

	Of course, you can also set or change any other options you want.		Of course, you can also set or change any other options you want.

	Make sure the permissions are correct on the awstats.pl script. =chmod 755 /pathtoawstats/awstats.pl=.		Make sure the permissions are correct on the awstats.pl script. 'chmod 755 /pathtoawstats/awstats.pl'.

	Now, as per the original instructions for [http://awstats.sourceforge.net/ AWStats], you can do a initial update of the logs (i.e. =awstats.pl -config=www.redbrick.dcu.ie -update=). This must be done on =deathray= just like the configure script. This will compile the stats from the logs selected by the ~~=[[Rbwiki_LogFile\|~~LogFile~~]]=~~ option.		Now, as per the original instructions for [http://awstats.sourceforge.net/ AWStats], you can do a initial update of the logs (i.e. 'awstats.pl -config'www.redbrick.dcu.ie -update'). This must be done on 'deathray' just like the configure script. This will compile the stats from the logs selected by the 'LogFile' option.

	You can then generate static html pages or load it all up dynamically as per the awstat setup documentation.		You can then generate static html pages or load it all up dynamically as per the awstat setup documentation.