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PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS VERY OLD ARCHIVE INFORMATION AND MAY NOT FUNCTION ON NEW SERVERS

Urchin
Urchin The Urchin Web Log Analyzer is an efficient, fast, and easy to use Web log analysis and reporting tool. Urchin installs directly on your Virtual Server and creates HTML-based graphical reports of your Web server traffic. It offers several special features such as multi-language reporting, Virtual Subhosting support, and even e-commerce log reporting. Urchin also features a special domain-lookup utility which resolves IP addresses into domains without creating a load on your Virtual Server.

NOTE: You may track up to 25 unique Web sites (or Virtual Subhosts) with Urchin's advanced Web traffic reporting technology. Additional licenses can be obtained from Quantified Systems Inc.

Installation
Do the following, depending on your Virtual Server O/S. 

% vinstall urchin

Usage
Urchin has already been compiled and configured for your Virtual Server, including any Virtual Subhosts with log files. Since Urchin should not be run on the same log files more than once, it is set up to automatically archive your log files when it runs. It does this by renaming the log files, but does not delete or compress them. You can either Rotate the Log Files separately, or use the Urchin configuration file (~/usr/local/urchin/config) to configure alternate methods of archiving log files.

To run Urchin and create your first report type the following while connected to your Virtual Server. 

% ~/usr/local/urchin/urchin

This will create your reports at the following location.

http://YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/urchin/YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME

You can also see a system report for the entire Virtual Server by viewing this URL:

http://YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/urchin/system/

You can configure your Virtual Server to run Urchin automatically. The following is an example of a Cron entry that will run Urchin at 11:50 PM every Sunday night: 

50 23 * * 7 $HOME/usr/local/urchin/urchin

When Urchin runs, it generates a report of its activity. If you want to keep a log file of Urchin's activity, you can redirect the report to a file on your Virtual Server by using the following cron entry: 

50 23 * * 0 $HOME/usr/local/urchin/urchin > $HOME/var/log/urchin 2>&1

Documentation
See the Urchin Virtual Server Support site.



PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS OLD ARCHIVE INFORMATION AND MAY NOT FUNCTION ON NEW SERVERS