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Configuring WebTrends
Configuring WebTrends Log Analyzer to work
with your Virtual Server is simple and easy. The directions below are based
on version 3.0d of WebTrends, but they should apply to other versions of
WebTrends, as well as Virtual WebTrends.
For each log file you want to analyze with WebTrends, you need to define a log
profile so that WebTrends can properly process the log. WebTrends has several
predefined sample log profiles which are visible in the main window of the program.
Each one is titled "Sample Log..." and refer to sample log files included with the
software or located at the WebTrends FTP site.
To create a new log profile for your Virtual Server's log files, do the following:
Click the Add
button on the WebTrends toolbar.
The Add Log Profile -- Title, URL
dialog box will appear. In the Description, Report Title
field enter a title/description for your log profile. In the Log File URL Path
designate ftp:// as the transfer protocol and enter the domain
name of your Virtual Server and the path and filename of your virtual
web server's access log file. Click the Login... button (the
Details... button in Virtual WebTrends) and enter your Virtual
Server's login name and password. Set the Log File Format
to be Auto-detect log file type. Click the Next >
button to continue.
Your WebTrends is now configured to contact your Virtual Server via FTP and
download your web server's transfer log file. WebTrends supports log file download
via HTTP, but FTP is easier to work with. WebTrends will automatically detect the
format of your web server's log files.
In the next dialog box, Add Log Profile -- DNS
Lookup, set WebTrends to lookup IP addresses Automatically.
If your web server is not currently doing reverse DNS lookups on the
IP addresses it is logging, WebTrends will now do the lookups for you,
so that your statistical reports will include the domain names of servers
accessing your web site. Click the Next > button to continue.
The Add Log Profile -- Home Page dialog
box will appear next. In the Home Page Directory fields
select http:// as the transfer protocol and enter your Virtual
Server's domain name in the text field, followed by a "/". It is not
necessary to enter a Login.... In the Home Page
field enter your Virtual Server's home page, which will probably be
index.html. Click the Next > button to continue.
The statistical report generated by WebTrends will include links back to pages at
your web site, using the information above.
You can just click the Next > button in
the Add Log Profile -- Filters dialog box, since it is not necessary to setup
any filters for normal operation of WebTrends. Click the Next
> button to continue.
In the Add Log Profile -- Database and Real-Time
dialog box, click the Finish button to complete the addition of
the new log profile. This dialog box will not appear if you are using
Virtual WebTrends.
WebTrends is now configured to download your web server log file and
generate a statistical report of the traffic at your web site To create
a statistical report of your Virtual web server traffic, do the following:
- Click the Report button on the WebTrends toolbar.
- Choose which type of report you want to generate from the Memorized Report Name
drop down menu in the Create Report dialog box which will
appear.
Each of the predefined report types contain different information
about your Virtual web server traffic. You may want to start by viewing
the Quick Summary report to get an idea of what a predefined
report contains. If you are using Virtual WebTrends you will not have
these predefined report types.
- Click on the Start button to generate the report.
- Unless you specify otherwise, WebTrends will place the complete report
on your PC. To setup the WebTrends to place the report on your web
site, click the Save As tab, choose ftp:// as the
transfer protocol, and enter your Virtual Server domain name and the
path to the destination file in the text field.
- Click the Memorize... button to save the new report setup.
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