It is an Open-Source tool, which helps us analyze Squid Proxy logs & generates reports in HTML format with all the information from logs presented in nice & easy to understand format.
& It gives information about User’s IP addresses , total & individually used bandwidth etc with access to Daily, Weekly & Monthly reports.<\/p>\n
Installation<\/strong> $ sudo apt-get install -y gcc lighttpd sarg<\/p>\n Now that’s the installation is complete, we will configure it as per our needs by making changes in configuration file<\/p>\n $ sudo nano \/etc\/sarg\/sarg.conf<\/p>\n Firstly, uncomment the line starting with access_log & add path for squid access log. Next, provide output directory for reports next to line starting with output_dir & also select your desired time format, change line with date_format<\/p>\n #—————————————————————-sarg.conf————————————————————-<\/em> & lastly , set overwrite report to yes<\/p>\n #————————————————————–sarg.conf—————————————————————<\/em><\/p>\n # # TAG: overwrite_report yes|no $ sudo mkdir \/var\/www\/html\/squid-reports<\/p>\n Generating report<\/strong> $ sudo sarg -x<\/p>\n Note: It may take a while depending on number of users accessing squid proxy.<\/p>\n Accessing report<\/strong><\/p>\n To access the report, enter below mentioned URL in web-browser Now, we have all the squid analyzed logs in nice, sorted &easy to understand format<\/p>\n Note: you can also create a cron–job to schedule a report being generated automatically at the time of your choosing.<\/p>\n $ sudo crontab -e<\/p>\n Add for example this line at the end<\/p>\n * *\/4 * * * \/usr\/bin\/sarg -x<\/p>\n This will generate a report every 4th hour.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Credits<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is an Open-Source tool, which helps us analyze Squid Proxy logs & generates reports in HTML format with all the information from logs presented in nice & easy to understand format.& It gives information about User’s IP addresses , … Continue reading
The process for installing sarg on Centos\/Redhat is a bit complicated, as it needs to be compiled from source. To do that, firstly we need to install required packages to download & compile the package<\/p>\n
# TAG: access_log file
# Where is the access.log file
#
#
access_log \/var\/log\/squid\/access.log
Add output directory
# TAG: output_dir
# The reports will be saved in that directory
#
#
output_dir \/var\/www\/html\/squid-reports
Set the correct date format
# TAG: date_format
# Date format in reports: e (European=dd\/mm\/yy), u (American=mm\/dd\/yy), w (Weekly=yy.ww)
#
date_format e
#——————————————————————————————————————————————–<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n
# yes – if report date already exist then will be overwritten.
# no – if report date already exist then will be renamed to filename.n, filename.n+1
#
overwrite_report yes
##——————————————————————————————————————————————<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n
To create squid analysis report, we have to enter following command<\/p>\n
http:\/\/IP-Address of server\/squid-reports<\/em><\/p>\n