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https://github.com/aetherknight/awstats-config-helper

Scripts to help configure AWStats for multiple domains.
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Scripts to help configure AWStats for multiple domains.

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AWStats Config Helpers

======================



* **Author:** William (B.J.) Snow Orvis 

* **License:** MIT (feel free to modify and redistribute, but please give me

  credit. See LICENSE for the text of the license)



This Rakefile and associated ruby code is intended to make it easier to

configure AWStats for multiple domains. At present, there are two main tasks,

and several supplemental tasks:



* `rake aws:gen:conf`   - Generates configuration files for multiple domains

* `rake aws:gen:list`   - Generates a basic html page that lists links to each

  AWStats page for each configuration

* `rake aws:gen`        - Runs both of the above tasks

* `rake spec`           - Runs rspec tests for code in `lib` (hidden if rspec

  is not installed)



The tasks are configured using `config.yml`. It has three main sections:



* **defaults**  - Default options for each service-type--domain-name pair.

* **configs**   - A yaml list where each entry corresponds to a generated

  config file.

* **html_list** - Some settings for `aws:gen:list`.



The `config.yml` file should be tailored to your own configuration. It comes

set up close to what I use on my personal web server, and some of the settings

and paths in it may not work for you.



There are also two erb template files, `awstats.model.conf.erb` and

`index.html.erb`. The former is the (verbose) sample `awstats.model.conf` that

comes with awstats, and it is provided as an example of how to add the erb

syntax, but it will probably work for most configurations.



Overview

--------



`rake aws:gen:conf` makes it easier to generate several AWStats config files

from a single template.



First, there is the `awstats.model.conf.erb` template file. All of the

generated configuration files will be based on it. It should look like a

standard awstats configuration script, but some of the parameters should be set

to an erb string rather than an actual value. For example, a line like:



    LogFormat="<%= logformat %>"



is not a valid LogFormat declaration, but the `<%= logformat %>` placeholder

will get replaced with a value from the current host configuration.



Next is the `config.yml` meta-configuration file. It sets up some default

settings for the generated configurations and then specifies the configuration

for each service--domain pair. Read over the default `config.yml` file for an

explanation of many of its settings, as well as examples of how it gets used.



Creating a new Domain

---------------------



To specify a config file to be generated/regenerated, add/edit some lines like:



    configs:

    ...

    - domain: mydomain

      service: http

      something: some specific value



as part of the list of configurations. There should be one such block for

each config file you want created. Within the `awstats.model.conf.erb` template

file, each left-hand parameter will get replaced with a right-hand value in the

final output. If the block does not specify a value used in the template file,

a value from the default section will get used instead (and if it does not

exist there either, an error will occur).



Adding an Extra Variable Parameter

----------------------------------



It is also possible to add your own attributes to the template file and

config.yml.  Suppose you will have more than one LogType amongst your derived

configuration files. In order to add this, you will need to edit

`awstats.model.conf.erb` so that:



    LogType="<%= logtype %>"



Add a default value:



    defaults:

    ...

    logtype: W



And specify the change for the non-default cases:



    configs:

    ...

    - domain: somedomain

      service: smtp

      logtype: M



After these changes have been made, run `rake aws:gen:conf` to regenerate the

config files with the new changes.



Original Inspiration

--------------------



Since rewriting this tool to use Rake and ERB, it does not really look anything

like the following projects anymore. However, they are still worth mentioning.



* http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/

* http://www.mattdorn.com/content/automating-awstats-configuration-for-multiple-domains/