Re: [cpx] Urchin

[Jared Betteridge <jbetteridge@xxxxxxxxx>]

CPX uses savelogs to do its own log rotation. So if you use CPX (and 
savelogs), you'll want to disable the log rotation in Urchin.  When you 
specify the log source in urchin, you should append a '*' at the end so 
it will include all the rotated logs as well. For example:

/www/logs/USER/access_log*

Urchin 5 is smart enough that if it gets run more than once on the same 
log file it will ignore the hits it has already processed.  If you don't 
include the '*', then savelogs might run before urchin runs, and 
urchin's statistics will not accurate.  However if you have urchin 
process the current log file and past rotated logs, then you'll be sure 
to have accurate statistics. You also won't have to coordinate urchin 
with when CPX rotates the logs.

You only must make sure that urchin is run more often then however many 
days worth of rotated logs you configured CPX to keep.  So if you have 
urchin run daily, and CPX configured to keep 1 week's worth of rotated 
logs, then you would be fine.

--
Jared Betteridge

Jonathan Duncan wrote:
> How does CPX work with Urchin, as far as the log files go?  I know CPX 
> installs savelogs, but does it set it up so that Urchin can still use 
> the logs?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Jonathan Duncan
> http://www.nacnud.com
>
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