From: eldy <>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 13:28:45 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Updated documentation.
X-Git-Tag: AWSTATS_WEBMIN_1_0_RELEASE~71
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=aa97f58ac25a4031ac39b62aafa2ea3b305d1e28;p=thirdparty%2FAWStats.git
Updated documentation.
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diff --git a/docs/awstats_changelog.txt b/docs/awstats_changelog.txt
index 8a5040d7..c4fabc7e 100644
--- a/docs/awstats_changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/awstats_changelog.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Fixes:
New features/improvements:
- Added 'rawlog' plugin to add a form to show raw log content with filter
capabilities.
+- Added a dynamic exclude filter on CGI full list report pages.
- Added maillogconvert.pl for analyzing mail log files (better support
for sendmail, postfix and qmail log files).
- Added -addfilenum option in logresolvemerge.pl
diff --git a/docs/awstats_setup.html b/docs/awstats_setup.html
index e6c968ae..bc681318 100644
--- a/docs/awstats_setup.html
+++ b/docs/awstats_setup.html
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ This new file must be stored in
* Step 1-6
Edit this new config file with your own setup :
-- Change LogType value with "W" for analyzing
-web server log files, "M" for mail log files, "F" for ftp log files, "O" otherwise.
- Change LogFile value with full path of your web server log file (You
can also use a relative path from your awstats.pl directory).
+- Change LogType value with "W" for analyzing
+web server log files, "M" for mail log files, "F" for ftp log files, "O" otherwise.
- Check if LogFormat has the value "1" (it means "NCSA apache combined/ELF/XLF log format").
- Change DirIcons parameter to reflect relative path of icon directory.
- Edit SiteDomain parameter with the main domain name or the intranet
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ This new file must be stored in
* Step 1-5
Edit this new config file with your own setup :
-- Change LogType value with "W" for analyzing
-web server log files, "M" for mail log files, "F" for ftp log files, "O" otherwise.
- Change LogFile value with full path of your web server log file (You
can also use a relative path from your awstats.pl directory).
+- Change LogType value with "W" for analyzing
+web server log files, "M" for mail log files, "F" for ftp log files, "O" otherwise.
- Change LogFormat to value "2" (it means "IIS Extended W3C log format").
- Change DirIcons parameter to reflect relative path of icon directory.
- Edit SiteDomain parameter with the main domain name or the intranet
@@ -207,21 +207,11 @@ Even if AWStats allows "real-time" statistics with its "update from browser feat
section Read Statistics), you should run an update process from a scheduler (command is same than
first process) frequently.
-You can add instructions in your crontab (Unix/Linux) or your task scheduler (for
-Windows), to launch frequently this Awstats update process.
-For sites with:
-- 10,000 visitors a month Launch AWStats once a day
-- 50,000 visitors a month Launch AWStats once every 4 hours
-- 250,000 visitors a month Launch AWStats once an hour
-- 1,000,000 visitors a month Launch AWStats once an hour
-This is ABSOLUTELY necessary to keep good performances.
-See AWStats Benchmark page for more accurate information.
-
-!!! Warning, if you don't use (or can't use with IIS) the PurgeLogFile parameter,
-it's very important that you don't forget to purge/rotate your log file yourself (or setup your web server to do it)
-frequently (You can find help for this on FAQ-SET550).
-Even if AWStats never analyzes twice the same log record, the more often you clean your log file, the
-faster AWStats will be.
+You have two choice:
+- Include the update in your logrotate process. See FAQ-COM120 for this.
+- Or add instructions in your crontab (Unix/Linux) or your task scheduler (for
+Windows), to launch frequently this Awstats update process. See FAQ-COM130 for this.
+See AWStats Benchmark page for recommanded update/logrotate frequency.