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W3Perl  is a Web log analyzer that can also read  Squid   log files. It allows to output a lot of statistical data in graphical or text format. An administration interface is available to manage the package.

SQUID Frequently Asked Questions Squid Log Files

access.log

Most log file analysis program are based on the entries in access.log. Currently, there are two file formats possible for the log file, depending on your configuration for the emulate_httpd_log option. By default, Squid will log in its native log file format. If the above option is enabled, Squid will log in the common log file format as defined by the CERN web daemon.

The common log file format contains other information than the native log file, and less. The native format contains more information for the admin interested in cache evaluation.

AWStats Documentation - FAQs

FAQ-ABO100 : WHICH SERVER LOG FILES OR OS ARE SUPPORTED ?
AWStats can works with :
 
  • All web server able to write log file with a combined log format (XLF/ELF) like Apache, a common log format (CLF) like Apache or Squid, a W3C log format like IIS 5.0 or higher, or any other log format that contains all information AWStats expect to find.
     

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    [Apr 13, 2012] Squidalyser – Freecode

    Written in Perl

    Squidalyser is a Squid log file analyzer that is designed to allow per-user scrutiny. It allows a non-technical user to extract information about Web usage patterns including the type of information downloaded, the sites visited, the graphics downloaded, and the amount of information (per-byte or per-file) accessed. All functions are accessed through a Web interface.

    [Apr 13, 2012] proxy-report.pl – Freecode

    Written in Perl

    proxy-report.pl generates a list of requested server addresses (simplified URLs) from your Squid proxy server log files. Requests for each URL are summarized on a per day basis. This script can generate reports based on the IP of the user. It also automatically handles gzipped files. URL exclusion patterns are supported. A sample report is available on the home page.

    [Jan 05, 2012] W3Perl 3.135

    W3Perl is a Web logfile analyzer. But it can also read FTP/Squid or mail logfiles. It allows most statistical data to be ouput with graphical and textual information. An administration interface is available ... to manage the package.

    [Jul 27, 2011] SAWstats vitki.net

    SAWstats is an improved version of AWstats with the following additional features:

    AWstats is a great tool for parsing and analysis of web logs with nice web interface, but after years it still lacks Squid support, so I decided to fork. The name "SAWstats" stands for "Severely Advanced Web Statistics".

    Planned features:

    Similar projects:

    CNstats is a flexible and versatile system for accumulation and analysis of the site attendance statistics. See demo site and nulled version.

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    Calamaris

    Calamaris Calamaris is a Perl script that parses the logfiles of a wide variety of Web proxy servers and generates reports about peak-usage, request-methods, status-report of incoming and outgoing requests, second and top-level destinations, content-types, and performance.

    parses logfiles from Squid, NetCache, Inktomi Traffic Server, Oops! proxy server, Novell Internet Caching System, Compaq Tasksmart or Netscape/iplanet Web Proxy Server and generates a report. Written in perl5.

    About: Calamaris parses the logfiles of a wide variety of Web proxy servers and generates reports about peak-usage, request-methods, status-report of incoming and outgoing requests, second and top-level destinations, content-types, and performance.

    Changes: There are bugfixes regarding %-URLs and syntactically wrong HTML output. A function to use Calamaris' output in server side includes has been added.

    Calamaris parses the Squid Native Log and generates reports about Peak-usage, Request-Methods, Status-report of incoming and outgoing requests, second and Top-level destinations, content-types and performance.

    Squij Squij analyses Squid 1.x and 2.x logfiles to provide information about how your refresh_patterns are performing, enabling you to tune them for better efficiency (both in traffic and freshness).

    Squid2MySQL

    Squid2MySQL

    Squid2MySQL is an accounting system for squid. It includes monthly, daily, and timed detail levels, and uses MySQL for log storage.

    Eugene V. Chernyshev <evc (at) chat (dot) ru> [contact developer]

    Squid-Log-Analyzer


    [What's the Squid-Log-Analyzer?] [How to install/Download] [Help/FAQ] [Info] Squid-Log-Analyzer is a smal perl-script, which analyses the file access.log generated by the Squid-Proxy-Server. I hope this tool will be useful. You may use and distribute it for free under the terms of the GNU general public license. See the README file and the head of the script for more information about the license.
    At first, you have to download the package. (6 KB) After downloading the package place it in a warm dry place in your PC, unzip and untar it (e.g. with: tar -xzf squid-log-analyzer-0.6.tar.gz) cd into the directory (cd squid-log-analyzer-0.6) and execute the program with ./run
    A file called squidlog.htm is generated, you may open it with your favourite web-browser.
    Propably you like to change some options: just edit the squid-log-analyzer.conf file. It is well commented. You should be able to edit it with any texteditor. If there are any problems with the problem look at the Help-section.

    Help

    Q: There is no file called squidlog.htm generated./The program says: "./run: ./squid-log-analyzer.pl: File or directory not found".
    A: You have to set the location of the perl interpreter. Open the file squid-log-analyzer.pl and edit the first line. (#!/usr/local/bin/perl should work) If you don't know where your perl editor is type: "whereis perl". If you don't have perl installed, get it from
    Perl.com

    Q: Q: There is no file called squidlog.htm generated./ The program says: "tail: /var/log/squid/access.log: File or directory not found".
    A: You have to set the location of your access.log file. Edit squid-log-analyzer.conf. If you don't know where you're access.log file is:
    try: locate access.log
    or: find / -name access.log
    on rpm-based systems (RedHat, SuSE,...) you could also use: rpm -ql squid | grep access.log

    If you have any other problem, please contact me. (see Info

    This program is developed by Olaf Schubert.
    If you've got any comments, suggestions, or you would like to help me please mail me.

    Pwebstats

    pwebstats Documentation Installation. By Martin Gleeson includes support for Squid's native log format. In particular squid2common.pl will convert it to the common httpd log format. Requires fly, to create the graphs. You can use one of the precompiled binaries by downloading one from the fly web page or compile it from the source code.

    1. Requirements.
    2. Obtaining the source.
    3. Installing pwebstats.

    pwebstats is available via anonymous ftp.\

    Please choose the site closest to you.

    in Unix compress format:
    pwebstats-1.3.8.tar.Z (138k) [FTP/Australia] [FTP/USA] [HTTP/USA]
    or in GNU zip format:
    pwebstats-1.3.8.tar.gz (69k) [FTP/Australia] [FTP/USA] [HTTP/USA]
    or in PK zip format:
    pwebstats-1.3.8.zip (131k) [FTP/Australia] [FTP/USA] [HTTP/USA]



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