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Tools for analyzing Apache log files

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Tools for analyzing Apache log files

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- There are many tools available for accessing Apache's log files, and honestly this topic could be a course unto itself. Instead, I'm going to focus on a couple popular open-source tools. AWStats is a very popular real-time access log analyzer with a rich history since 2000. Check out the home page for screenshots and links to a demo. GPL licensed and written in Purl, AWStats is available as a package on most Linux distributions and is easy to use. AWStats provides a web interface that produces graphs and summaries of when, who, what is viewed, how it was accessed, referrers, and more. AWStats can be a security risk if it's available publicly. So if it's installed on a server, make sure that access is restricted only to those who should be viewing it. GoAccess is similar to AWStats in that it's a real-time open source access log analyzer. But it's different in that it's a terminal application with a command line interface. This makes it a lot easier to secure as well compared to a…

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