Issue #612, documentation fixes on statistics module.

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## Configure your logs
Reccomended to use syslog for logging. Then a separate loglevel is
It's recommended to use syslog for logging, then a separate loglevel is
dedicated to statistics. You need to get all statistics log entries
in one log file. Here is how I do it in syslog.conf:
@ -48,38 +48,38 @@ First enable the statistics module, as you enable any other module:
Then take the configuration template:
cp modules/statistics/config-templats/*.php config/
cp modules/statistics/config-templates/*.php config/
Configure the path of the log file:
'inputfile' => '/tmp/stat',
'inputfile' => '/var/log/simplesamlphp.stat',
Make sure the stat dir is writable. SimpleSAMLphp will write data here:
'statdir' => '/tmp/stats/',
'statdir' => '/var/lib/simplesamlphp/stats/',
### Configuring the syntax of the logfile
Syslog uses different date formats on different environments, so you need to do some manual tweaking to make sure that simpleSAMLphp knows how to interpret the logs.
There is three parameter values you need to make sure is correct.
There are three parameter values you need to make sure are correct.
'datestart' => 1,
'datelength' => 15,
'offsetspan' => 21,
The first `datestart` is 1 when the date start from the begginning of the line. The `datelength` parameter tells how many character long the date is.
The first `datestart` is 1 when the date starts from the beginning of the line. The `datelength` parameter tells how many characters long the date is.
The `offsetspan` parameter shows on which character the first column starts, such that the STAT keyword becomes in column number 3.
The `offsetspan` parameter shows on which character the first column starts, such that the STAT keyword becomes column number 3.
Use the `loganalyzer` script with the `--debug` parameter to debug whether your configuration is correct. Then it easy to see what is wrong. In example if the STAT keyword is not in column 3.
Use the `loganalyzer` script with the `--debug` parameter to debug whether your configuration is correct. If not, then it easy to see what is wrong, for example if the STAT keyword is not in column 3.
Here is example output:
Here is some example output:
$ cd modules/statistics/bin
$ ./loganalyzer.php --debug
Statistics directory : /tmp/stats/
Statistics directory : /var/lib/simplesamlphp/stats/
Input file : /Users/andreas/Desktop/simplesamlphp.log
Offset : 4237200
----------------------------------------
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In the debug output, please verify four things:
1. That the first field in the date parse line contains all the characters that are part of the timestamp, compare with the log line on the line above.
2. Verify that the second field in the date parse line is correct - corresponding to the input timestamp.
1. That the first field in the date parse line contains all the characters that are part of the timestamp, compared with the log line on the line above.
2. Verify that the second field in the date parse line is correct: corresponding to the input timestamp.
3. That the first `[0]` field contains all the characters from the first column.
4. That column `[3]` is STAT.
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cd modules/cron
touch enable
### Alternatively to use the cron module
### Alternative to using the cron module
Alternatively to use the cron module you can run the
script`statistics/bin/loganalyzer.php`.
As an alternative to using the cron module you can run the
script `statistics/bin/loganalyzer.php` manually.
## Presentation of the statistics
At the installation page there will be a link "show statitics", go there and if simpleSAMLphp finds the statistics files in the `statdir` generated from cron or the script you will see statistics. Enjoy.
At the Installation page there will be a link "show statistics", go there and if simpleSAMLphp finds the statistics files in the `statdir` generated from cron or the script you will see statistics. Enjoy.
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