NAME Apache::DBILogger - Tracks what's being transferred in a DBI database SYNOPSIS # Place this in your Apache's httpd.conf file PerlLogHandler Apache::DBILogger PerlSetVar DBILogger_data_source DBI:mysql:httpdlog PerlSetVar DBILogger_username httpduser PerlSetVar DBILogger_password secret Create a database with a table named B like this: CREATE TABLE requests ( id mediumint(9) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL auto_increment, server varchar(127) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL, bytes mediumint(9) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL, user varchar(15), filename varchar(200), remotehost varchar(150), remoteip varchar(15) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL, status smallint(6) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL, timeserved datetime DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00' NOT NULL, urlpath varchar(200) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL, referer varchar(250), useragent varchar(250), PRIMARY KEY (id), KEY server_idx (server) ); Its recommended that you include use Apache::DBI; use DBI; use Apache::DBILogger; in your startup.pl script. Please read the Apache::DBI documentation for further information. DESCRIPTION This module tracks what's being transfered by the Apache web server in a SQL database (everything with a DBI/DBD driver). This allows to get statistics (of almost everything) without having to parse the log files (like the Apache::Traffic module, just in a "real" database, and with a lot more logged information). After installation, follow the instructions in the synopsis and restart the server. The statistics are then available in the database. See the section VIEWING STATISTICS for more details. PREREQUISITES You need to have compiled mod_perl with the LogHandler hook in order to use this module. Additionally, the following modules are required: o DBI o Date::Format INSTALLATION To install this module, move into the directory where this file is located and type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install This will install the module into the Perl library directory. Once installed, you will need to modify your web server's configuration file so it knows to use Apache::DBILogger during the logging phase. VIEWING STATISTICS I haven't made any pretty scripts og web interfaces to the log- database yet, so you're on your own. :-) For a start try: hit count and total bytes transfered from the virtual server www.company.com `select count(id),sum(bytes) from requests where server="www.company.com"' hit count and total bytes from all servers, ordered by number of hits `select server,count(id) as hits,sum(bytes) from requests group by server order by hits desc' count of hits from macintosh users `select count(id) from requests where useragent like "%Mac%"' hits and total bytes in the last 30 days `select count(id),sum(bytes) from requests where server="www.company.com" and TO_DAYS(NOW()) - TO_DAYS(timeserved) <= 30' hits and total bytes from www.company.com on mondays. `select count(id),sum(bytes) from requests where server="www.company.com" and dayofweek(timeserved) = 2' See your sql server documentation of more examples. I'm a happy mySQL user, so I would continue on http://www.tcx.se/Manual_chapter/manual_toc.html SUPPORT This module is supported via the mod_perl mailinglist (modperl@listproc.itribe.net). I would like to know which databases this module have been tested on, so please mail me if you try it. AUTHOR Copyright (C) 1998, Ask Bjoern Hansen . All rights reserved. This module is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. SEE ALSO perl(1), mod_perl(3)