How to Set Up Webalizer
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Introduction
Webalizer creates and keeps track of user traffic on a website.
Instructions
- Install Webalizer
yum -y install webalizer
- Create configuration files for websites. Replace everything in '<>' with appropriate values.
cp /etc/webalizer.conf /etc/webalizer.d/<website_name>.conf vim /etc/webalizer.d/<website_name>.conf //Here are the important values to uncomment and replace. LogFile /var/log/httpd/<website_name>/access_log OutputDir /var/www/usage/<website_name>/ HistoryName /var/lib/webalizer/<website_name>/webalizer.hist IncrementalName /var/lib/webalizer/<website_name>/webalizer.current ReportTitle Usage Statistics for <website_name> HostName <website_name>
- Create all the directories
mkdir -p /var/log/httpd/<website_name> mkdir -p /var/www/usage/<website_name> mkdir -p /var/lib/webalizer/<website_name>
- Once a configuration file is set up and the directories are made. Manually run webalizer to test.
webalizer -pc /etc/webalizer.d/<website_name>.conf
- If it works, create automation script
vim /etc/webalizer.d/cronwebalizer.csh //Paste these lines #!/bin/csh -f # cronwebalizer.csh cd /etc/webalizer.d/ foreach i(*.conf) echo "time webalizer -pc "$i time webalizer -pc $i end
- Add script to crontab
crontab -e //Paste this line. Webalizer will run every Saturday at 6am 0 6 * * SAT /etc/webalizer.d/cronwebalizer.csh crontab -l