What are AWStats files?

What are AWStats files?

AWStats is an open source Web analytics reporting tool, suitable for analyzing data from Internet services such as web, streaming media, mail, and FTP servers. AWStats parses and analyzes server log files, producing HTML reports. Data is visually presented within reports by tables and bar graphs.

Does AWStats use cookies?

AWStats is a cPanel tool which enables you to track the visits on a certain website. To use AWStats you do not need to perform setup or add code to the website. Also, this tool does not use HTTP cookies or JavaScript code from the visitors’ browsers. Instead, AWStats tracks visitors based on their IP addresses.

How does AWStats work?

AWStats works as a CGI and shows you all information contained in logs via graphical web pages. AWStats shows you the number of visits, visits duration, last visits, unique visitors and their country, OS/Browser type, most viewed pages, search engine and used keywords used to find your site etc.

How do I read AWStats?

In the “Metrics” section, click the “Awstats” link or icon. If there are multiple domains in your account, you will be prompted to choose the domain for which you would like to see stats. Click the “View” link for the domain. As you can see right off the bat, there’s a lot of information to take in.

How do I configure AWStats?

Installing and Configuring AwStats Package

1. Install AwStats package.
2. Enable the CGI module in Apache.
3. Restart Apache.
4. Duplicate the AwStats default configuration file to one with your domain name.
5. Edit the your AwStats domain name configuration file.
6. Update the settings shown below.
7. Save and close the file.

What is AWStats Apache?

AWStats is a free and very powerful tool that creating statics by analyzing Apache log files, ftp or mail servers. AWStats log analyzer works on CGI or command line interface and generate graphical statics from log files.

Are AwStats accurate?

AWStats has the capability of detecting visits from humans and non-humans and at the same time it classifies them as Viewed and Not Viewed traffic respectively. AWStats maintains a list of IPs that belong to spiders or crawlers, but this list might not always be exhaustive, so, it is not cent per cent accurate.

What is a 206 hit?

206 Hits: partially downloaded files due to such events as viewing a few pages of a PDF file in the browser or interrupted downloads.

How do I install AWStats on Windows?

Download the AWStats zip package from Sourceforge. Create a folder called ‘awstats’ in your ‘C:inetpubwwwroot’ folder and extract the following files from the downloaded zip file to this folder: /wwwroot/icon.

How do I install AwStats on Windows?

How do I export AWStats?

Exporting Data out of AWStats

1. Open a New Excel Book and Save it.
2. Go to Data Tab.
3. Click on From Web.
4. Enter the URL of the page (AWStats-From where we want to import the data)
5. Select (Check) the table.
6. Hit Import.

Where do AWStats install?

Open your browser and point it to http://SERVER/cgi-bin/awstats.pl (where SERVER is either the IP address or domain of your hosting server). You should see the AWStats page, with newly added data. If you see no data, wait about 10 minutes (which is how often the cronjob runs) and data will appear (Figure A).

What kind of log files can AWStats analyze?

* Can analyze a lot of log formats: Apache NCSA combined log files (XLF/ELF) or common (CLF), IIS log files (W3C), WebStar native log files and other web, proxy, wap or streaming servers log files (but also ftp or mail log files). See AWStats F.A.Q. for examples.

Where are statistics database files saved in AWStats?

AWStats statistics database files are saved in directory defined by the DirData parameter in configuration file. With data in log file “/pathtoyourlog/yourlog.log”… Phase 1 : First bypass old records, searching new record… Searching new records from beginning of log file…

Which is AWStats report shows the current month?

The period shown by AWStats reports is by default the current month. However if you use AWStats as a CGI you can click on the “year” link to have a report for all the year. In such a report, period is a full year, so Unique Visitors are number of hosts that have made at least 1 hit on 1 page of your web site during the year.

How does AWStats work from the command line?

As AWStats works from the command line but also as a CGI, it can work with all web hosting providers which allow Perl, CGI and log access. You can browse AWStats demo (real-time update feature has been disabled) to see a sample of most important information AWStats shows you…