AWStats is a free web analytics tool that generates advanced web statistics and graphical interpretation of data for websites. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install AWStats on Kali Linux Latest.
Before installing AWStats, it is recommended to update the Kali Linux system to ensure that all packages are up to date.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
To install AWStats on Kali Linux Latest, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install awstats
After installation, you need to configure AWStats to work with your website. The configuration file is located at /etc/awstats/awstats.conf . Use the following command to open the configuration file in a text editor:
sudo nano /etc/awstats/awstats.conf
You will need to modify the following settings:
SiteDomain: Enter the domain name for your website.LogFile: Enter the path to the server's access log file. By default, the log file is located at /var/log/apache/access.log .LogFormat: Set this to the format of your server's access log. By default, it is set to %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b.Once you have modified the settings, save and close the file.
AWStats is now configured to run reports for your website. To generate a report, use the following command:
sudo /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=your_website -update
Replace your_website with the name of your website as specified in the configuration file. This command will generate a report for the current month.
If you want to generate reports for other months, use the following command:
sudo /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=your_website -month=xx -year=yyyy
Replace xx with the month in two-digit format (e.g. 01 for January) and yyyy with the year (e.g. 2022).
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install and configure AWStats on Kali Linux Latest. You can now use AWStats to generate detailed reports about your website's traffic and usage statistics.
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