AWStats - Ready-to-Use Web Log Analysis Appliance

This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for cloudimg support services.

## AWStats Web Log Analyzer - Complete Appliance by cloudimg AWStats is the long-established open source log file analyser that turns raw server logs into rich, readable statistics reports. This image delivers it as a fully configured appliance on AWS - no manual installation, no Perl dependency hunting, no directory wiring, and no authentication setup required. Launch an instance and browse to your reports. ## What You Get Point AWStats at a web, FTP, or mail server log and it produces a full graphical breakdown of your traffic: - Visits and unique visitors, pages and hits, bandwidth consumed

• Session duration, entry pages, and exit pages
• Browsers, operating systems, and screen resolutions
• Search engines and keywords that brought visitors
• Referring sites and downloaded files
• HTTP status codes and robot vs. human traffic breakdown Because it reads the log files your server already writes, it needs no tracking script, no cookies, and no third-party service. It reports on every request - including visitors who block JavaScript-based analytics - making it ideal for teams that need complete, privacy-respecting traffic data. ## Who This Is For - Sysadmins and DevOps engineers who want graphical traffic reports without deploying a SaaS tracker or managing cookie consent banners
• Agencies and hosting providers consolidating logs from multiple client domains into a single analysis platform
• GDPR-conscious organizations in Europe that need web analytics without third-party data sharing or client-side cookies
• Small and mid-size teams running FTP or mail servers alongside web servers who want unified log reporting ## Scenario: Privacy-First E-Commerce Analytics A European e-commerce team subject to GDPR needs traffic analytics but cannot deploy third-party cookies or share visitor data with external services. They launch this AWStats appliance, point it at their Apache access log, and within minutes have a full visitor report covering every request - including those from browsers with ad-blockers enabled - without any cookie consent requirement. ## Application Stack Building this by hand means installing Apache, installing Perl and its required modules, deploying and configuring AWStats, wiring up icon and data directories so graphs render correctly, scheduling log processing via cron, and configuring authentication before exposing reports. This image completes all of that before first boot: - AWStats 7.x/ behind Apache with mod_cgid
• Log processing scheduled automatically every ten minutes
• Password authentication enabled from the moment the instance starts
• Demonstration report pre-populated against the current date on first boot ## Secure By Default On first boot, a one-shot service generates a fresh password unique to that instance and writes it to a root-only file. No shared or default password ships in the image. Log processing cannot be triggered from a browser, and raw statistics data is not reachable over the web. The entire reporting site sits behind HTTP Basic authentication. Unlike images that ship with default credentials or expose admin interfaces without protection, this appliance is locked down from the first second it runs. ## Ready To Use The instance analyses its own web server log out of the box, so it begins reporting on real traffic immediately. A fully populated demonstration report lets you explore every screen and chart the moment you sign in - no sample data import needed. ## Getting Started 1. Launch the AMI from AWS Marketplace

2. Browse to your instance's public address

3. Sign in with the generated credentials (found in a root-only file on the instance)

4. Explore the demo report or wait ten minutes for your first real traffic report For a detailed walkthrough of log format configuration, adding additional sites, and report customization, contact cloudimg support. ## 24/7 cloudimg Support Technical support by email and live chat covers AWStats deployment guidance, log format configuration for web, FTP, and mail server logs, adding and configuring additional sites and log sources, report interpretation, and analyser administration and upgrades. ## Use Cases - Self-hosted web analytics from the logs your server already writes - no JavaScript tag, no cookie consent, no sampling

• Consolidated log analysis for organizations running web, FTP, and mail servers that want a single reporting interface
• Compliance-friendly analytics for regulated industries where visitor data must not leave your infrastructure AWStats is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3. All product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Use of them does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by them.