Once Webalizer has been installed in the system we must add the following lines into the httpd.conf file of Apache to be able to locate and use it features.
Edit the
httpd.conffile, vi/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.confand add the following lines between the section tags <IfModule mod_alias.c> and </IfModule>:Alias /usage/ "/home/httpd/usage/" <Directory "/home/httpd/usage"> Options None AllowOverride None Order deny,allow Deny from all Allow from 192.168.1.0/24 </Directory>Don't forget to restart your Apache web server once you have added the above lines to its
httpd.conffile:[root@deep ] /# /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restartShutting down http: [ OK ] Starting httpd: [ OK ]
Now it's time to run the program to generate reports, html and graphics in the default Webalizer directory so that we can see them in our web browser interface. This step is required just the first time you install
and use Webalizer, since it's preferable to use a cron job to automate this task in the future. To run Webalizer manually, to generate reports, use the following command:
[root@deep ] /# /usr/bin/webalizer
Webalizer V1.30-04 (Linux 2.2.14) English
Using logfile /var/log/httpd/access_log
Creating output in /home/httpd/usage
Hostname for reports is 'deep.openna.com'
History file not found...
Previous run data not found...
Saving current run data... [03/06/2000 04:42:03]
Generating report for March 2000
Generating summary report
Saving history information...
81 records (2 ignored) in 0.31 seconds
At this stage, we should verify that Webalizer is working on the system. To do that, point your web browser to the following address: http://my-web-server/usage/.
The my-web-server is the address where your Apache web server lives, and usage is the directory that host all the Webalizer reports files.
