Hack The Sec-Leading Resource Of Linux Tutorial: AWStats

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How to Install AWStats (Apache Log Analyzer) on Ubuntu, Debian & LinuxMint</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">AWStats</span> 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.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This tutorial will help you to install AWStats Apache Log Analyzer on Ubuntu, Debian and LinuxMint systems.. This article has been tested with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS only.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'roboto slab'; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bolder; line-height: 34px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Step 1 – Install AWStats & Apache Package</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">AWStats required Apache web server to be running. If you don’t have Apache install Use below commands to install Apache2 web server and awstats packages. It will also install all other required dependencies.</span></div>
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Step 2 – Configure Apache</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now create Apache configuration file for awstats setup. Use your favorite text editor and edit a new file /etc/apache2/conf-available/awstats.conf.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now add the following configuration</span></div>
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Alias /awstats-icon/ /usr/share/awstats/icon/
Alias /awstatsclasses/ /usr/share/java/awstats/

<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin/">
    Options None
    AllowOverride None
    <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
        # Apache 2.4 
        Require host 192.168.0.0/24
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
        # Apache 2.2
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from 192.168.0.0/24
        Allow from ::1
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</Directory>

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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now enable CGI module (if not enabled) and Also enable Awstats apache configuration.</span></div>
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$ sudo a2enconf awstats
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Restart Apache service to reload new settings</span></div>
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Step 3 – Create AWStats Configuration File</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It’s required to create a configuration file for each of your website for which statics need to generate. Copy AWStats example configuration file with new name and make changes as below.</span></div>
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$ sudo vim /etc/awstats/awstats.<span style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.3em;">hackthesec.co.in</span><span style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.3em;">.conf</span></pre>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Update below settings in <span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">awstats.hackthesec.co.in.conf</span> file</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><orange style="color: orange;">SiteDomain</orange></span>="<span style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.3em;">hackthesec.co.in</span><span style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.3em;">"</span>
<span style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><orange style="color: orange;">HostAliases</orange></span>="<span style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.3em;">hackthesec.co.in</span><span style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.3em;"> www.</span><span style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.3em;">hackthesec.co.in</span><span style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.3em;">"</span></pre>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now execute following command to update logs files</span></div>
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Step 4 – Access AWStats in Browser</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Use your server ip address or domain name to access AWStats statics. Change domain name at the end of url as per your settings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><green style="color: green;">    Congratulation’s</green><green style="color: green;">!</green> you have successfully configured AWStats for you website.</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hackthesec.co.in/" target="_blank"><span style="color: white;">hackthesec</span></a></span></div>
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How to Install AWStats (Apache Log Analyzer) on Ubuntu, Debian & LinuxMint

How to Install AWStats (Apache Log Analyzer) on Ubuntu, Debian & LinuxMint AWStats is a free and very powerful tool that creating statics by analyzing Apache log files, ftp or mail servers. AWStats l…