AWStats is a free and open-source web analytics tool that allows you to analyze and generate reports based on the traffic of your website. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install AWStats on NixOS Latest.
Before installing AWStats, it is important to update your system's package manager.
sudo nix-channel --update
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.pkgs
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
AWStats requires a web server to function properly. In this tutorial, we will be using Apache as our web server.
sudo nix-env -i apache
To install AWStats, run the following command:
sudo nix-env -i awstats
After installing AWStats, navigate to /etc/awstats directory and copy the awstats.model.conf file to awstats.conf.
cd /etc/awstats/
sudo cp awstats.model.conf awstats.conf
Next, open the awstats.conf file and modify the following parameters to match your system's configuration and needs:
LogFile="/var/log/httpd/access_log"
SiteDomain="example.com”
HostAliases="localhost 127.0.0.1 REGEX[^.*$]"
You can find more configuration options from the official AWStats documentation.
Once everything is configured properly, run the following command to generate the AWStats report:
awstats -update -config=example.com
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured AWStats on NixOS Latest. You can now access the generated reports by visiting http://localhost/cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config=example.com in your favorite web browser.
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