Configure awstats for zeus

Install and configure awstats on a zeus webserver.

Install awstats

Download and extract awstats to /usr/local

Rename extracted directory to awstats

Configure awstats

Copy the default configuration file awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.model.conf to /etc/awstats/. Rename this file by replacing ‘model’ with your website name, ie awstats.www.gemini.edu.

Open this file and edit the following:

Move the DirData from the awstats directory to your site log directory:

Modify the /etc/awstats configuration file with new location:

Configure awstats_misc_tracker.js

Enabling the javascript code to run will track useful things about a client like screen resolution, and browser plugins.

Add the following to the head element your root index web page:

Modify the config script:

Configure Geographical Tracking

Install the Geo::IPfree perl module using cpan:

Modify the config script:

Configure zeus logging

Make sure the log format is NCSA Combined

Configure zeus cgi

You must create a directory alias for the awstats cgi-bin:

Requests for…

/stats/cgi-bin/

Are mapped to…

/usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/

Configure zeus url mappings

There are several aliases required for awstats directories:

Requests for…Are mapped to…

<td>
  /usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/
</td>

<td>
  /usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/
</td>

<td>
  /usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/icon/
</td>

Add awstats in cron

Import log files into awstats

To import log files, each log file must be imported chronologically. If not, the stats for the month will be inaccurate:

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