![]() What is AWStats?ĪWStats is a tool for analyzing a web server’s technical log to compile data and report on the site’s traffic in a clear and easily understandable way. Most other log analyzers just count the number of lines in the log file to determine the number of visits. For many reasons, this way of calculating traffic produces incorrect conclusions. AWStats is different as it uses several dedicated algorithms for more accurate results. What information is analyzed by AWStats, and how is it beneficial to site owners?ĪWStats needs only one web server log file to function but can compile data from several log files and several web servers as if it was a single server file. These log files contain a lot of information, including number of visited pages and images downloaded as well as when, from which IP address, and by which browser, the site was accessed. AWStats uses this information to deduce if your site’s traffic is real, a worm, or a robot – and presents this information in a graphical view. Modifying AWStat’s engine to analyze other log files was easy, so the tool was enhanced to analyze email servers (reporting input and output emails) and media server logs (detailing time spent on media files, from where, when, etc.). Since AWStats was developed in Perl, it will run on all platforms and operating systems. What log formats can be analyzed, and is there a limit of log size?ĪWStats can analyze any log file as long as it a text file. Our configuration tool can define the format of the log file, so any format, even custom files, are supported. In 2005, France’s leading TV and media company needed a solution to analyze their web sites’ traffic. All the existing tools were either too slow or unable to process their large log files. When they approached AWStats, I worked on a solution that could analyze these exceptionally large files without increasing memory consumption and still maintain a high level of performance. Is it possible to run AWStats if you do not have access to your site’s log files? Thanks to this upgrading, AWStats can analyze any log file of any size. ![]() While AWStats does not require any changes to your web site, it does need access to the log file to run your reports. If necessary, log files can be downloaded, and statistics can be processed locally. How is AWStats different than other log analyzers?Ī lot of the features built into AWStats assure you more accurate results compared to other log analyzers. ![]()
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