[TriLUG] Re: [lug] web log analyzer

[ryan.wheaton at attbi.com]

Yea, I figured that something like this was the best answer, but I didn't know 
enough about log analyzers to know if there was a better solution out there.  
Thanks again for all your help guys.

-ryan
> I've got to agree with the man from Germany helping out the man from
> Colorado.  Use rsync just before running the analyzer.  The net result
> will be as if the logs were local.
> 
> Ryan must be very tired.  Take care - Jon (in North Carolina)
> 
> On Tue, 2003-04-15 at 08:05, rm at fabula.de wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 10:36:34PM -0600, ryan wrote:
> > > hello,
> > > 
> > > I'm looking into setting up a web log analyzer for our web site that is 
> > > located off site in a hosting facility.  What I was hoping to accomplish 
> > > was to set up a linux box that would monitor the logs remotely on site 
> > > (of the IIS web server at the hosting facility).  
> > 
> > Hmm, how exactly do you plan to "monitor" the logs? And how "up-to-date"
> > does the info have to be? One possible way would be to have a cronjob
> > that uses 'rsync' to copy the log files to your local box (since logfiles
> > change only at the end this would be a rather bandwitdh savy way of
> > syncing). But beware: if you use logrotation on the remote server you need
> > a bit more logic!
> > 
> > hth Ralf Mattes
> > 
> > > I've looked into both 
> > > awstats and analog, and the installs for both pieces of software seem 
> > > quite straightforward when installing on the same machine where the logs 
> > > are located, but can't seem to find any docs for what I'm trying to do. 
> > > Does anyone have a similar set up for what I'm trying to achieve, or do 
> > > I just need to suck it up and install the log analyzers locally on my 
> > > web servers?  thanks again in advance.  seems like you guys are always 
> > > bailing me out whenever i've hit a wall...  :-)
> > > 
> > > v/r
> > > -ryan
> > > 
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