Netscape Server Logfile Analyzer

What can I do with this form?

This form is an interface to Netscape's Logfile Analyzer. Place it and the analyzer binary in a directory accessible to your server and you can use it to get valuable information from your log files.

Remember that the analyzer also has a powerful command line interface, so that you can set up a cron job to run nightly and produce these reports.

System information

Here is where you tell the analyzer where to find the log files, and what your server's name is.

Server Name

List here the name of your server, as you want it to appear on the report.

Server name:

Output type

Output in HTML
Output in plain text

Output / Input files

Specify here the log file you wish to analyze (required) as either an absolute path or as a relative path from the location of this form. You can also specify an output file - or, if you leave that entry blank, the results will be printed to your screen.


   Log file:  
Output file:

What to report

The logfile analyzer can produce many different statistics about your server's load and usage patterns. You can configure exactly what you want to see, and what you don't want to see. You can even configure the order in which you see it. Generating less information also makes the analysis use less memory.

Totals

The logfile analyzer can generate totals of certain statistics on your server, such as the total number of requests made during the period in the log file, total number of unique URL's, and total number of unique hosts. It can also track how many kilobytes were transferred, and how many kilobytes were saved by Netscape's cache.


 Do not generate totals.
 Generate totals for:
   Total hits
   304 (Not Modified) status codes
   302 (Redirects) status codes
   404 (Not Found) status codes
   500 (Server Error) status codes
   Total unique URL's
   Total unique hosts
   Total kilobytes transferred
   Total kilobytes saved by caches

Time statistics

This section allows you to list the times of the day when your server handled the heaviest load. It also lists how many connections occurred during that time and how much data was sent.


 Do not generate time statistics.
 Generate time statistics:
   Find top  seconds of log
   Find top  minutes of log
   Find top  hours of log

Generate lists

You can also have the server generate a list of how many times each URL on your server was accessed, and make a list of all the hostnames and IP addresses that accessed your server. You can have it list only a certain number of entries, or, you can have it only list the item if more than a certain number of requests were made for (or by) it.


 Do not generate any lists.
 Generate lists of:
   Most commonly accessed URLs:
      most commonly accessed URLs.
     URLs that were accessed more than  times.

   Hosts most often accessing your server:
      hosts most often accessing your server.
     Hosts that accessed yout server more than  times.

Output Order

Finally, you can control the order in which the analyzer prints the data. Enter a "1" for the first item to print, a "2" in the second, and a "3" in the third. If the item should not be printed, don't include its number.


   Find totals
   Time statistics
   Make lists