AWStats
http://awstats.sourceforge.net/
Goal: Install AWStats 5.9 on a Sun Cobalt server and configure to auto
generate reports for all virtual domains hosted on the server.
Note: Also tested on FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE with AWStats 6.1
1. Verify Apache version ...
> httpd -v
Server version: Apache/1.3.20 Sun Cobalt (Unix)
Server built: Jul 23 2001 14:55:10
On FreeBSD used:
> /www/apache/bin/httpd -v
Server version: Apache/1.3.26 (Unix)
Server built: Aug 27 2002 01:38:46
2. Verify shared module support ...
> httpd -l
Compiled-in modules:
http_core.c
mod_so.c
mod_perl.c
suexec: enabled; valid wrapper /usr/sbin/suexec
On FreeBSD:
>/www/apache/bin/httpd -l
Compiled-in modules:
http_core.c
mod_so.c
suexec: disabled; invalid wrapper /www/apache/bin/suexec
In both cases we're looking for the presence of mod_so.c
3 . Download and unpack AWStats software ...
> cd /root
> mkdir archive
> cd archive
> wget http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/awstats/awstats-5.9.tgz
FreeBSD was missing the wget command so I did the download like this:
> lynx -source http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge\
/awstats/awstats-6.1.tgz > awstats-6.1.tgz
Now unpack the distribution:
> tar -xvzf awstats-5.9.tgz
> cd awstats-5.9
or on FreeBSD:
> tar -xvzf awstats-6.1.tgz
> cd awstats-6.1
4. Install AWStats software ...
> mv wwwroot /home/awstats
> cp tools/awstats_buildstaticpages.pl /home/awstats/cgi-bin
5. Install run script ...
> cd /root/archive
> wget http://www.reliablepenguin.com/clients/misc/awstats.run.pl
or on FreeBSD:
> lynx -source http://www.reliablepenguin.com/\
clients/misc/awstats.run.pl > awstats.run.pl
You might need to edit this script and adjust the SITE_BASE variable to match your install.
On FreeBSD the path to grep had to be changed to /usr/bin/grep at the start of the script.
Next do:
> chmod 755 awstats.run.pl
> cp awstats.run.pl /usr/local/sbin
6. Install config template ...
> cd /home/awstats/cgi-bin
> wget http://www.reliablepenguin.com/clients/misc/awstats.template.conf
or on FreeBSD:
> lynx -source http://www.reliablepenguin.com/\
clients/misc/awstats.template.conf > awstats.template.conf
The template config file sets the following:
LogFile="/home/sites/#SITE#/logs/web"
LogType=W
LogFormat=1
SiteDomain="#SITE#"
DNSLookup=0
DirCgi="/awstats/cgi-bin"
DirIcons="/awstats/icon"
For FreeBSD the template must be edited to set the following:
LogFile="/www/logs/#SITE#-access.log"
7. Setup apache ....
Edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and add the following lines
to the end of the file just before any virtual definitions:
Alias /awstats/icon /home/awstats/icon
Alias /awstats/js /home/awstats/js
Alias /aswtats/css /home/awstats/css
On FreeBSD the httpd.conf file is located in /usr/www/apache/conf/
8. Setup logrotate ...
Edit /etc/logrotate.d/apache and add the indicated line.
/var/log/httpd/access {
prerotate
/usr/local/sbin/split_logs web < /var/log/httpd/access
ADD --> /usr/local/sbin/awstats.run.pl >> /var/log/awstats.log
endscript
missingok
postrotate
/usr/bin/killall -HUP httpd 2> /dev/null || true
endscript
daily
}
The logrotate setup was not needed on the FreeBSD server. Instead a cronjob did the trick.
That does it!
Notes:
Basic awstats operations:
a. Initialize the database with logs ...
> /awstats.pl -config=your.domain -update
b. Run reports ...
> /home/awstats/cgi-bin/awstats_buildstaticpages.pl \
-config=your.domain \
-dir=/home/sites/your.domain/web/awstats/reports \
-awstatsprog=/home/awstats/cgi-bin/awstats.pl
