[Web4lib] Moving AWSTATS to a new server

[Andrew Hankinson]

Hi Nina,

AWStats takes its info directly from your server's log files and  
creates its own file based on the stats.  It parses the logs  
periodically (once a day, or whenever you click the 'update' button)  
and adds the numbers it gets to its internal counts.  This file  
should be in plain text, so it's very simple to back up.

When you move servers, then, you should do two things:
1. Make sure you pull over the file with AWStats' records in it and
2. Make sure AWStats knows where on your system to find your server  
logs, and that your server is formatting its logs correctly.

If you're using the same version on your old and new systems, your  
data should remain intact and it should begin happily parsing the  
data once again.

More specific info can be found here:
http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/index.html

Specifically:
http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_setup.html

Cheers!
Andrew

On 15-Oct-07, at 2:30 PM, McHale, Nina wrote:

> Hey, all,
>
> We're moving web servers, and our campus IT support isn't sure what  
> will
> happen to our implementation of AWSTATS when we move. We have web  
> stats
> from the past 4 years in our current setup, and I'm loathe to lose  
> that,
> so I'm asking:
>
> Does anyone have experience with moving web analytics (AWSTATS or
> otherwise) from one server to the other? Are the log files lost? Is
> there an easy way to back them up prior to the move?
>
> I know I should be discussing these things with our IT folks, but I
> wanted to get more info first.
>
> We also run Google Analytics, which is hosted and doesn't care  
> where our
> files live, but the data captured there only goes back to mid-2006.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Nina
>
> Nina McHale, MA/MSLS
> Assistant Professor, Web Librarian
> Auraria Library
>
> Serving the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences
> Center-Downtown Campus,
> Metropolitan State College
> and the Community College of Denver
>
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> Denver, Colorado 80204
> 303-556-4729
>
> nina.mchale at cudenver.edu
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Andrew Hankinson
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