AWStats is a free and powerful tool for analyzing web server logs. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install AWStats on Fedora CoreOS using the terminal.
Step 1: Update your system
Before installing any software packages, it is always a good practice to update your system. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo dnf update
Step 2: Install AWStats
To install AWStats on Fedora CoreOS, run the following command:
sudo dnf install awstats
Step 3: Configure AWStats
After installing AWStats, you need to configure it according to your web server settings. The main configuration file of AWStats is located at /etc/awstats/awstats.conf. You can use your favorite text editor to modify this file.
Open the file using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/awstats/awstats.conf
In this file, you can edit the following parameters:
LogFile: This is the location of your web server log file. You need to set this path to the location of your Apache or Nginx log file.SiteDomain: This is the domain name of your website. You can set this to your website domain name.HostAliases: If you have multiple host names for your website, you can set them here.You can also customize many other settings in this file. When you are done editing, save the changes and close the file.
Step 4: Generate AWStats Report
After configuring AWStats, you can generate the report by running the following command:
sudo /usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -update -config=example.com
Replace example.com with your website domain name. This command will generate the AWStats report for your website.
Step 5: View AWStats Report
To view the AWStats report, you need to deploy it on a web server. The easiest way to do this is to copy the wwwroot directory to your web server root directory. In Fedora CoreOS, the default web server root directory is /var/www/html. You can copy the wwwroot directory to this location using the following command:
sudo cp -r /usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/ /var/www/html/awstats
After copying, you can access the AWStats report by navigating to http://your-server-ip/awstats/awstats.pl?config=example.com in your web browser. Replace your-server-ip with the IP address of your server and example.com with your website domain name.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured AWStats on Fedora CoreOS.
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