Anileve Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 Has anyone worked with Log Analyzers to process server logs (proxy in my case)? I am having trouble configuring the software. I tried using Analog http://www.analog.cx/ but the config file was much too tedious. Then I switched to SmarterStats http://www.smartertools.com/ which has a user friendly graphical interface, but I seem to have trouble with that configuration as well. The output data file is blank. My institution is using Web Trends, but I have to wait for them to set up a separate profile for me and I need to compose my statistical report fast, so I am trying to set something up in the meantime. What do you use and what are the essential configuration elements? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 I usually just write a litte script to get whatever I'm looking for out of a log. Either that, or I just grep for a specific pattern I might be looking for. For other stuff, I usually only care about counts and for that, I got a web counter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anileve Posted January 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 I usually just write a litte script to get whatever I'm looking for out of a log. Either that, or I just grep for a specific pattern I might be looking for. For other stuff, I usually only care about counts and for that, I got a web counter. style_images/master/snapback.png Aha, Sip jan, tsavet tanem! How does that help my problem exactly? Are you offering to write a program for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 Eve, why not just download the 30 day trial version of web trends in the mean time? I have used AnalogX before - is this the same thing. I did not look at the site you sent yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 Aha, Sip jan, tsavet tanem! How does that help my problem exactly? Are you offering to write a program for me? Depends on how complicated it is. If you just need a quick thing to extract some particular piece of info, it'll probably take me 5 minutes to write it for ya. It all depends on what info you are trying to analyze and how complicated the data is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anileve Posted January 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 Eve, why not just download the 30 day trial version of web trends in the mean time? I have used AnalogX before - is this the same thing. I did not look at the site you sent yet style_images/master/snapback.png No, I think the one I've mentioned is something else. It's "The most popular logfile analyser in the world." It reminds me of the squid config file in Linux for some reason. I stay away from anything that resembles shell scripting. WebTrends trial v. was definitely an option, but I started looking for something along the lines of a freeware, just in case I decide to use it in the future. I know that I have to specify the categories, I am not looking for a user activity but just for the number of hits for electronic databases we provide. I was accessing an administrative module of every vendor to retrieve usage statistics but after about a 7th one I got fed up. I want to go to one location from which I can retrieve the necessary information. Man, I am a total blockhead when it comes to system maintenance and management. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anileve Posted January 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 Depends on how complicated it is. If you just need a quick thing to extract some particular piece of info, it'll probably take me 5 minutes to write it for ya. It all depends on what info you are trying to analyze and how complicated the data is. style_images/master/snapback.png I need the links of the databases and the number of searches per each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvestaked Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 Results from log analysis: 1) Long 2) Hard 3) Containing sticky substance I think I will get a job with a logging company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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vava Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 I've been using Urchin actually - but I'm not sure if there's a windows version out there - must be... I like it - easy to use and cfg. But it's not free. Most of the free log analysis programs I've tried have been rather disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dir-xx Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 (edited) test... Edited March 10, 2005 by dir-xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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