How do I get AWstats to analyze old log files?

Question

I have many old log files (apache) and they span 3 different VPS servers I\'ve had so there are different sets with the same name:

old vps 1 (jan. 2012 - mar. 2012) -> a

Answer 1

You can use the logresolvemerge.pl tool (see FAQ-COM350). Either you change the LogFile Option in the .conf file, or (for a one-time run) use it as argument in an update.

LogFile="/path/to/logresolvemerge.pl access.log* |"

An example (on a debian based system) for a command line update:

/usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -update -config="example.com" -LogFile="/usr/share/awstats/tools/logresolvemerge.pl /var/log/apache2/access.log* |"

Remark: It is possible, that you need to clean the existing statistic-data. See FAQ-COM500.

Answer 2

In Windows, I had to use the following entry: (added "PERL", path to my install folder, and inclue *.log before the pipe)

LogFile="PERL C:/AWSTATS/tools/logresolvemerge.pl C:/AWSTATS/wwwroot/cgi-bin/stats/logFiles/*.log |"

Answer 3

For an IIS installation on Windows you can run the following on Command Prompt:

perl "D:/Websites/My Website/Stats/cgi-bin/awstats.pl" -update -config="mywebsite.com" -LogFile="perl \"D:/Websites/My Website/Stats/tools/logresolvemerge.pl\" C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC1\*.log |"

Based on:

1. perl being on your PATH environment variable
2. Your website being stored in D:/Websites/My Website
3. The contents of AWStats' wwwroot folder being stored in a folder named Stats one level deeper
4. AWStats' tools folder being stored within that folder (you might want to only do this temporarily so that they can't be accessed via a web browser)
5. Your config file being named awstats.mywebsite.com.conf

Answer 4

If you need a Windows version of this for either the command line or a site configuration file, you can use exactly the same syntax style:

LogFile="C:/WebRoot/MYSITE~1/traffic/aws/tools/logresolvemerge.pl C:/MYPROG~1/Apache24/logs/access/access_log.* |"

Note the use of DOS short names for folders with spaces. You can obtain DOS short names for a file or folder with dir /x from the command line (DOS prompt).