Urchin
The Urchin Web Log Analyzer is an efficient,
fast, and easy to use web log analysis and reporting tool. Urchin
installs directly on your Virtual Server and creates HTML-based graphical
reports of your web server traffic. It offers several special features such
as multi-language reporting, Virtual
Subhosting support, and even e-commerce log reporting. Urchin also
features a special domain-lookup utility which resolves IP addresses into
domains without creating a load on your Virtual Server.
NOTE: You may track up to 25 unique Web sites (or Virtual Subhosts) with
Urchin's advanced Web traffic reporting technology. Additional licenses can be
obtained from Quantified
Systems Inc.
Installation
Do the following, depending on your Virtual Server O/S.
Usage
Urchin has already been compiled and configured for your Virtual Server,
including any Virtual Subhosts with log files. Since Urchin should not
be run on the same log files more than once, it is set up to automatically
archive your log files when it runs. It does this by renaming the log
files, but does not delete or compress them. You can either Rotate
the Log Files separately, or use the Urchin configuration file
(~/usr/local/urchin/config) to configure alternate methods of archiving
log files.
To run Urchin and create your first report, type the following while connected to your Virtual Server.
% ~/usr/local/urchin/urchin
This will create your reports at the following location.
http://YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/urchin/YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME
You can also see a system report for the entire Virtual Server by viewing this URL:
http://YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/urchin/system/
You can configure your Virtual Server to run Urchin automatically. The
following is an example of a Cron
entry that will run Urchin at 11:50 PM every Sunday night:
50 23 * * 7 /usr/local/bin/virtual /usr/local/urchin/urchin
Urchin samples
Urchin's easy-to-use reports counter the dryness of most web stats
programs. Urchin 3 features intuitive, browser-based reports with instantly
familiar smalltextation. Reports start with basic information and get more
detailed the deeper you go.
Try it here
Documentation
See the Urchin Support
site for more documentation.
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