How do I get the site activity log file(s)?
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Ask your site webmaster to get the log files for you
Usually, standard logs of the site visits are automatically generated on
the server. It is the administrator of the site host who usually takes care
about the generation server log files. Typically, they are automatically extracted to customer log
files and stored in a secured directory (such as 'stats') of your site.
Note: on some installations, the webmaster has to extract the log files
manually from the automatically generated server log file.
Using external loggers |
What data should be included in the log files?
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At the minimum, each record of log file should include:
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Client IP
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Client-Server URI
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Time and date
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It is strongly recommended that the log files will also include the following
fields:
- Server-Client-size
- Referrer
- User agent
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To secure the privacy of your site visitors, the log file must not include
any private information that may identify the site visitors.
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For best results, ask your webmaster to exclude sessions originated by
your site development team (This requirement is important mainly for low
traffic sites).
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Format of log files
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The log files should be provided in any of the standard formats. Examples
are:
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Space delimited spreadsheet format (typical to NT servers)
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Unix server standard format
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Since the inclusion of most data fields in server log files is optional,
it is recommended that the the file format will be specified at the top
of the log file(s).
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Size of log files
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In order to achieve statistically significant results, the log file
should be about 10 Mbytes in size (before compression). You
can also send several smaller files, as long as they sum up to about 10M. |
Compressing the log file
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To reduce communication load, the log file(s) should be zipped
before being sent over for evaluation. Typical compression factor for server log
files is about 1:10. This means that the size of the compressed
file should be about 1M. |
Security warrantee
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ErgoLight will save your log files in a
secured storage and will not send or sell it to a third party without your
explicit permission. |
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