Windows Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v5.62, by Dr. Herong Yang
Installing "Analog" - Web Log File Analysis Tool
This section provides a tutorial example on how to download and install 'Analog' for Web server log file analysis.
The Web server is doing a great job to record every HTTP request in the log file. You can open it in text editor and look at it. But Web server could receive hundreds or thousands of requests a day. The log file will have thousands of records. You definitely need a tool to analyze it and generate some statistics reports.
One of the most popular Web log file tool is called "analog". Here is its home page: http://www.analog.cx/. Here is how I downloaded and installed "analog" on my Windows system.
1. Go to http://www.analog.cs/ and download analog_60w32.zip. The file size is about 1717 KB.
2. Unzip analog_60w32.zip to c:\local\analog.
3. Test it in a command window:
>cd c:\local\analog >analog analog: analog version 6.0/Win32 analog: Warning E: Redirecting future diagnostic messages to error... (For help on all errors and warnings, see docs/errors.html)
4. Open c:\local\analog\report.html with Web browser. You should see a nice statistics report generated from a sample log file:
Web Server Statistics for [my organisation] Program started at Sun-dd-Mmm-yyyy 14:17. Analysed requests from Fri-31-Dec-1999 10:11 to Tue-04-Jan-2000 ... General Summary ...
Great, "analog" installed correctly.
Table of Contents
Introduction to Microsoft Windows
Introduction to Windows Explorer
Introduction to Internet Explorer
"Paint" Program and Computer Graphics
GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program
JPEG Image File Format Quality and Size
GIF Image File Format and Transparent Background
"WinZip" - ZIP File Compression Tool
"WinRAR" - RAR and ZIP File Compression Tool
FTP Server, Client and Commands
"FileZilla" - Free FTP Client and Server
►Web Server Log Files and Analysis Tool - "Analog"
Web Server Log File Samples - IIS and Apache
►Installing "Analog" - Web Log File Analysis Tool
Configuring "Analog" to Process Log Files
Processing Apache Log Files with "Analog"
Spyware Adware Detection and Removal
IE Addon Program Listing and Removal
Vundo (VirtuMonde/VirtuMundo) - vtsts.dll Removal
Trojan and Malware "Puper" Description and Removal
VSToolbar (VSAdd-in.dll) - Description and Removal
Spybot - Spyware Blocker, Detection and Removal
Setting Up and Using Crossover Cable Network
Home Network Gateway - DSL Modem/Wireless Router
Windows Task Manager - The System Performance Tool
"tasklist" Command Line Tool to List Process Information
"msconfig" - System Configuration Tool
Configuring and Managing System Services
Windows Registry Key and Value Management Tools