Editing AWStats

{{Short description|Web analytics reporting tool}}
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| name                   = AWStats
| logo                   = AWStats logo.svg
| screenshot             = File:March08awstats.jpg
| caption                = 
| author                 = Laurent Destailleur
| developer              =
| released               = {{start date and age|2000|05|02}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|reference|edit@end|P348}}
| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}
| latest_preview_version = 
| latest_preview_date    =
| operating_system       = [[Cross-platform]]
| programming language   = [[Perl]]
| genre                  = [[Web analytics]]
| license                = [[GPL|GNU General Public License]]
| website                = {{URL|http://www.awstats.org/}}
}}

'''AWStats''' ('''Advanced Web Statistics''') is an [[Open-source software|open source]] [[Web analytics]] reporting tool, suitable for analyzing [[Server log|data]] from [[Internet]] services such as [[web server|web]], [[streaming media]], [[mail server|mail]], and [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]] servers. AWStats [[parser|parses]] and analyzes [[server log]] files, producing [[HTML]] reports. Data is visually presented within reports by tables and bar graphs. Static reports can be created through a command line interface, and on-demand reporting is supported through a Web browser [[Common Gateway Interface|CGI]] program.<ref name="CALOMEL">{{cite web | url = https://calomel.org/ | title = Awstats: static generated reports of web logs | date = 2012-03-21 | publisher = CALOMEL | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150317142541/https://calomel.org/ | archive-date = 2015-03-17 | access-date = 2015-02-12 | url-status = bot: unknown }}</ref>

AWStats supports most major web server log file formats including [[Apache Software Foundation|Apache]] (NCSA combined/XLF/[[Extended Log Format|ELF]] log format or [[Common Log Format]] (CLF)), WebStar, [[Internet Information Services|IIS]] ([[World Wide Web Consortium|W3C]] log format), and many other common web server log formats.

Development was moved from [[SourceForge]] to [[GitHub]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://twitter.com/awstats_project/status/632239327976792064 | title = Source move announcement by AWStats author }}</ref>

==Cross-platform availability==
Written in [[Perl]], AWStats can be deployed on almost any [[operating system]]. It is a server-based website log analysis tool, with packages available for most [[Linux distribution]]s. AWStats can be installed on a [[workstation]], such as [[Microsoft Windows]], for local use in situations where log files can be downloaded from a remote server.<ref name="CALOMEL" />

==Licensing==
AWStats is licensed under the [[GNU General Public License]] (GPL).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.awstats.org/ | title = AWStats License / Copyright | date = 2012-03-21 | publisher = AWStats | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150209145305/http://www.awstats.org/ | archive-date = 2015-02-09 | access-date = 2015-02-12 | url-status = bot: unknown }}</ref>

==Support==
Proper web log analysis tool configuration and report interpretation requires a bit of technical and business knowledge. AWStats support resources include [[documentation]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/ | title = AWStats logfile analyzer 7.4 Documentation | publisher = AWStats | access-date = 2015-02-12}}</ref> and [[user community forums]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=43428 | title = AWStats (forum) | publisher = Source Forge | access-date = 2015-02-12}}</ref>

==Security considerations==
The on-demand [[Common Gateway Interface|CGI]] program has been the object of security exploits, as is the case of many [[Common Gateway Interface|CGI]] programs. Organizations wishing to provide public access to their Web analytics reports should consider generating static [[HTML]] reports. The on-demand facility can still be used by restricting its use to internal users. Precautions should be taken against [[referrer spam]]. Referrer spam filtering functionality was added in version 6.5.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_config.html#SkipReferrersBlackList | title = SkipReferrersBlackList: Version: 6.5+ | publisher = AWStats | access-date = 2015-02-12}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[List of web analytics software]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.awstats.org/ Official Website]

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