Applies to: SmarterStats 4.x
W3C Extended Logs (the default for IIS)
The W3C Extended Log Format includes formatting information into the file, so SmarterStats can handle many variations of the logs.
More Information:
http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-logfile-960221.html
Required Fields for Proper Importing
http://portal.smartertools.com/KB/a171/which-log-file-fields-are-necessary-to-check-in-iis.aspx
Common Log Format (CLF)
Definition String in Apache
"%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b"
Fields
clientIP RemoteLoginName Username [d/MMM/yyyy:HH:mm:ss zz00] "Method URL ProtocolAndVersion" ProtocolStatus Bytes
Example
10.1.1.1 - - [5/Dec/2007:19:00:00 -0500] "GET /Default.htm HTTP/1.1" 200 2857
NCSA extended/combined log format
Definition String in Apache
"%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-agent}i\""
Fields
ClientIP RemoteLoginName Username [d/MMM/yyyy:HH:mm:ss zz00] "Method URL ProtocolAndVersion" ProtocolStatus Bytes "Referrer" "UserAgent"
Example
10.1.1.1 - - [5/Dec/2007:19:00:00 -0500] "GET /Default.htm HTTP/1.1" 200 2857 "http://www.google.com/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.2; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)"
For more information on Apache configuration, please see: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_log_config.html
IIS Log Format
For more Information please refer to:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/b344f84e-bc77-4019-859c-9d483bc85c77.mspx?mfr=true
Article ID: 181, Created On: 2/1/2008, Modified: 5/27/2010