awstats how to backup on my own PC

GiorgosK · 9-30-07, 04:20 PM

I need to backup my stats and store them on my own PC

I have seen how you can ask for the stats of the current month (raw logs) to be bundled in a gz file, but how do I get stats from previous months ?

I think I should have set it from the beggining to compile monthly log files so I could not download them ... is there any way to get them back ?

I actually see my visitors at http:// username .powweb.com/stats/index.html
for past months, so they (the data) must be somewhere stored

Do I have to ask a powweb stuff maybe to copy them for me ?

dmacminn · 10-1-07, 09:49 AM

The raw stats logs [daily access] are retained 7 days, after that they roll-over; you generally need raw logs to use an analyser.

Webalizer prepares a report as required -- it keeps the key values it needs in a little history file (total hits, etc.) called webalizer.hist -- it simply looks up the previously processed values and carries them forward as needed each month -- so, in this case, the report files in html format for previous months are available if you have been running webalizer -- the detail files are not -- the reports show for one year in the view seen in the control panel, but if you view a monthly and adjust the date portion in the URL in your browser, you may be able to access previously run reports.

Neat Pete · 10-8-07, 07:42 AM

I have downloaded the raw logfile every day from PowWeb since May. If it's not there in your account, you have to be quick - as previously said, the logfiles are only kept for 7 days. As far as I can see, very few people do this sort of analysis at home. Everybody has their own idea of what they want, nobody agrees. I mailed my software to one man but he never used it - it's too much hassle for most people. A lot of people insist they want something, especially country analysis, but after they have seen it a few times, that it, they get bored. I have seen companies set up whole departments to collect stats for management whims - they never made a decision from the information.

I have found out all sorts of things about my visitors, including all the criminals now banned access, and all the defects in the PowWeb Webalizer config, that are shown in the raw log despite what support tells me. When there are bumps and dips I can see what's going on. Within days I can see the effect of altering wording on web pages as suggested in newsletters about Search Engines. I can also see what surfers are interested in, and I can see people responding to things that were on TV. Pictures from topical things like music festivals and bands playing have a life on the net of about four weeks, after that the punters want something newer. More generic pictures of things and places and illustrating broad subjects such as "the fifties" last for years and years. I can see hits from Sweden when Aussie soap operas are re-run on Swedish TV.

AwStats. I would presume it runs off summaries like Webalizer. I only have one site on AWStats (not on PowWeb, and it has few hits, so I only save the stats monthly. It's true AWStats seems to have a better or more modern grasp of analysis, but the problem is that everything is not in one report ready to save. Instead you have to go through the report and click on various links for the details you need. I save the main report plus six sub-reports once a month. PowWeb's AWStats shows Firefox as a browser, whereas PowWeb's Webaliser does not, despite the info clearly being in the log file and up-to-date Webalizer config files being available free on the web.

Either can be downloaded for home processing, but I found it more fun to write my own. Take your pick for home processing, I prefer Webalizer.

9-30-07, 04:20 PM	#1
GiorgosK Join Date: May 2007 Location: Greece Posts: 72 Reputation: 14	awstats how to backup on my own PC I need to backup my stats and store them on my own PC I have seen how you can ask for the stats of the current month (raw logs) to be bundled in a gz file, but how do I get stats from previous months ? I think I should have set it from the beggining to compile monthly log files so I could not download them ... is there any way to get them back ? I actually see my visitors at http:// username .powweb.com/stats/index.html for past months, so they (the data) must be somewhere stored Do I have to ask a powweb stuff maybe to copy them for me ?

10-1-07, 09:49 AM	#2
dmacminn PowWeb Staff Join Date: May 2006 Location: Planet Earth - for now! Posts: 1,298 Reputation: 189	The raw stats logs [daily access] are retained 7 days, after that they roll-over; you generally need raw logs to use an analyser. Webalizer prepares a report as required -- it keeps the key values it needs in a little history file (total hits, etc.) called webalizer.hist -- it simply looks up the previously processed values and carries them forward as needed each month -- so, in this case, the report files in html format for previous months are available if you have been running webalizer -- the detail files are not -- the reports show for one year in the view seen in the control panel, but if you view a monthly and adjust the date portion in the URL in your browser, you may be able to access previously run reports. __________________ Well, that's the way I see it -- for the moment!

10-8-07, 07:42 AM	#3
Neat Pete Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 458 Reputation: 57	I have downloaded the raw logfile every day from PowWeb since May. If it's not there in your account, you have to be quick - as previously said, the logfiles are only kept for 7 days. As far as I can see, very few people do this sort of analysis at home. Everybody has their own idea of what they want, nobody agrees. I mailed my software to one man but he never used it - it's too much hassle for most people. A lot of people insist they want something, especially country analysis, but after they have seen it a few times, that it, they get bored. I have seen companies set up whole departments to collect stats for management whims - they never made a decision from the information. I have found out all sorts of things about my visitors, including all the criminals now banned access, and all the defects in the PowWeb Webalizer config, that are shown in the raw log despite what support tells me. When there are bumps and dips I can see what's going on. Within days I can see the effect of altering wording on web pages as suggested in newsletters about Search Engines. I can also see what surfers are interested in, and I can see people responding to things that were on TV. Pictures from topical things like music festivals and bands playing have a life on the net of about four weeks, after that the punters want something newer. More generic pictures of things and places and illustrating broad subjects such as "the fifties" last for years and years. I can see hits from Sweden when Aussie soap operas are re-run on Swedish TV. AwStats. I would presume it runs off summaries like Webalizer. I only have one site on AWStats (not on PowWeb, and it has few hits, so I only save the stats monthly. It's true AWStats seems to have a better or more modern grasp of analysis, but the problem is that everything is not in one report ready to save. Instead you have to go through the report and click on various links for the details you need. I save the main report plus six sub-reports once a month. PowWeb's AWStats shows Firefox as a browser, whereas PowWeb's Webaliser does not, despite the info clearly being in the log file and up-to-date Webalizer config files being available free on the web. Either can be downloaded for home processing, but I found it more fun to write my own. Take your pick for home processing, I prefer Webalizer.