nginx log_format for AWStats
I had difficulty finding what to set nginx's log_format to in order to make AWStats read our Web server logs. Searching the Internet didn't return anything that worked, so now I've worked it out for myself I thought to post the solution here.
Our nginx config file is located in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf, yours may be somewhere else. In nginx.conf I added:
log_format main
'$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
'$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
'"$http_user_agent"';
access_log /var/log/nginx/$host.access.log main;This is a double-whammie, it sets the log_format to the same as Apache (something AWStats understands) and creates a separate log file for each virtual host (site on the server).
Lastly, set the LogFormat in your to AWStats config file(s) to 1. Note: the name of the AWStats config file usually changes per-site; ours are stored in /etc/awstats.
Questions, comments and cries of, ‘UrDoingItWrong™’ are welcome.
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