Which log format can AWStats analyze ?
AWStats setup knows predefined log format you can use to make AWStats config easier. However, you can define your own log format, that’s the reason why AWStats can analyze nearly all web, wap and proxy server log files. Some FTP servers are also supported. The only requirement is “Your log file must contain required information”. This is example of possible log format: Apache combined log format (known as NCSA combined log format or XLF or ELF format) (See FAQ for this format) IIS 5.0+ log format (known as W3C format) Webstar native log format ProFTP server … Apache common log format (AWStats can now analyze such log files but such log files does not contain all information AWStats is looking for. The problem is in the content, not in the format). I think analyzing common log files is not interesting because there is a lot of missing information: no way to filter robots, find search engines, keywords, os, browser. But a lot of users asked me for it, so AWStats support it. However, a
