Step 2 : Build/Update Statistics
 
* Step 2-1:
 
The first analyze/update of statistics should be made the first time manually from the command line since first time, process may be long and it's easier to solve problems (if you don't have Command Line access, just go to Step 2-2). The AWStats update command line is:
awstats.pl -config=myvirtualhostname -update
 
AWStats will read the config file awstats.myvirtualhostname.conf (or if not found, awstats.conf) and create/update its database with all summary information issued from analyzed log file.
AWStats database files are saved in directory defined by DirData parameter in config file.
When update is finished, you should get on screen a result like this:
 
Update for config "/etc/awstats/awstats.myvirtualhostname.conf"
With data in log file "/pathtoyourlog/yourlog.log"...
Phase 1 : First bypass old records, searching new record...
Searching new records from beginning of log file...
Phase 2 : Now process new records (Flush history on disk after 20000 hosts)...
Jumped lines in file: 0
Parsed lines in file: 225730
 Found 122 dropped records,
 Found 87 corrupted records,
 Found 0 old records,
 Found 225521 new qualifed records.