Log Session Analysis

March 20th, 2005

A CGI application that analyzes Apache logs and finds pertinent session information. I currently have a number of features:

• Support for multiple apache logs (browsable by day).
• Support for Gzip'd logs.
• Ability to block unwanted IP addresses.
• Ability to block unwanted useragents (bots, etc.)
• Ability to ignore certain filetypes.
• Customizable support for search engines.
• Support for RSS feed reader detection.
• Results are groups by RSS feeds, Search Engine referrals, Direct Hits, and Off-site referrals.
• All results are grouped by user, then by session type, only presenting unique sessions.

I'm still in the process of cleaning up the code, but I will be releasing it soon.

Links

• Session Analysis Demo

Tags: analysis, apache, perl, logs, statistics

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Slashdot Cache

March 31st, 2004

This utility scours your apache web logs, looking for sites that seem to be sending a lot of traffic in your direction. The process then makes a request for the pages and makes a static copy of the page. Hooks can then be made into Apache to redirect users to this new static version. This was built when a CSH member's PHP web site was Slashdotted, causing the server to crash under the load.

Downloads

• sdcache-v0.1.tar.gz

Tags: apache, perl

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