a9x-webstatistics 1.9.3b4

Web Statistics and Analytics Package

Web Statistics and Analytics

This package produces web statistics and analytical output based on nginx access log files.

Live Examples

Visit the live examples on logikfabrik.com.

Installation

pip install a9x-webstatistics

Requirements on Linux / Unix

• access log file from web server
  • standard access log file from nginx, freenginx or apache
  • access log file in json format
• python3.9 onwards
• optional: maxmind db which need to be download by end user after registration

Deployment on Linux / Unix

#!/bin/sh

export LOG=/usr/local/www/webstats.log
export PATH=/usr/local/www/django5/envpy311/bin:$PATH

python3.11 -m a9x_webstatistics.main \
   --infile /var/log/nginx-access.log \
   --geoip /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb \
   --domain https://www.logikfabrik.com \
   --statfile /usr/local/www/lf_static/webstatsLF24.json &> $LOG

python3.11 -m a9x_webstatistics.gencockpit \
   --infile /usr/local/www/lf_static/webstatsLF24.json \
   --outfile /usr/local/www/lf_static/webstatsLF24.html &>> $LOG

Cron-Job Entry for Linux / FreeBSD:

#minute hour    mday    month   wday    who     command
13,58   *       *       *       *       dj1     /usr/local/www/cronjobs/cron_webstatistics.sh

Installation on Windows

# install on windows:

## install a virtual env for python
python -m venv c:\temp\webstatsenv

## activate env
c:\temp\webstatsenv\Scripts\activate.bat

## install a9x-webstatistics
pip install a9x-webstatistics
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip list

Deployment on Windows

# run
c:
cd \temp
wget -URI https://www.logikfabrik.com/wlog/access.log -OutFile access.log

## active env
c:\temp\webstatsenv\Scripts\activate.bat

## create calculate statistics
## there are no country statistics created as not geoip defined
python -m a9x_webstatistics.main --infile access.log --statfile webstatsLF.json

## create html file for webstatistics
python -m a9x_webstatistics.gencockpit --infile webstatsLF.json --outfile webstatsLF.html

Extended Example

#!/bin/sh

export LOG=/usr/local/www/webstats.log
export PATH=/usr/local/www/django5/envpy311/bin:$PATH

_YEARNUM="$(date +'%Y')";
_MONTHNUM="$(date +'%m')";

# make a archive copy for every month:
cp /usr/local/www/lf_static/webstatsLF24.json /usr/local/www/lf_static/webstatsLF24$_YEARNUM$_MONTHNUM.json
cp /usr/local/www/lf_static/webstatsLF24.html /usr/local/www/lf_static/webstatsLF24$_YEARNUM$_MONTHNUM.html

# updates all packages:
pip install -U `pip list --outdated | awk 'NR > 2 {print $1}'` >> $LOG


python3.11 -m a9x_webstatistics.main \
   --infile /var/log/nginx-access.log \
   --geoip /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb \
   --domain https://www.logikfabrik.com \
   --statfile /usr/local/www/lf_static/webstatsLF24.json &> $LOG

python3.11 -m a9x_webstatistics.gencockpit \
   --infile /usr/local/www/lf_static/webstatsLF24.json \
   --outfile /usr/local/www/lf_static/webstatsLF24.html &>> $LOG

Supported Access Log Formats

Nginx Combined Format

predefined combined format: access_log /.../logs/nginx-access.log combined;

Nginx Json Format

log_format a9x_logs escape=json '{'
  '"tl":"$time_local",'
  '"ip":"$remote_addr",'                 # must; client IP
  '"rq":"$request_uri",'                 # must; full original request URI (with arguments)
  '"qs":"$query_string",'                # optional
  '"st":"$status",'                      # must; response status code
  '"ru":"$remote_user",'                 # optional; client HTTP username
  '"bs":"$bytes_sent", '                 # must; the number of bytes sent to a client
  '"rf":"$http_referer",'                # optional;
  '"rt":"$upstream_response_time", '     # optional; time spend receiving upstream body
  '"sc":"$scheme", '                     # optional; http or https
  '"ua":"$http_user_agent",'             # optional
  '"cs":"$upstream_cache_status",'       # optional
  '"al":"$http_accept_language",'        # optional
'}';

access_log     /.../log/nginx-access-log.json a9x_logs buffer=1k;

Apache Combined Format

CustomLog /.../log/apache2/apache_access.log combined