Cannot get domain.com/awstats to run ...

September 3, 2013 13.6k views
layne.heiny
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layne.heiny
Hi, DO droplet ubuntu Installed awstats fine but when trying to load the site URL in the browser then the page returns a 404 error. APC control panel loads fine as well as phpmyadmin will load. http://www.tuxreports.com/awstats/awstats.pl Followed this guide to install: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AWStats Is the correct lines to add to the /etc/apache2/sites-available/domain.com file? Alias /awstatsclasses "/usr/share/awstats/lib/" Alias /awstatsicons/ "/usr/share/awstats/icon/" Alias /awstatscss "/usr/share/doc/awstats/examples/css" ScriptAlias /awstats/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ Options ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch Any ideas?
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layne.heiny September 3, 2013
Redid the sites-available/domain file then restarted the apache2 service.

Error: Couldn't open config file "awstats.www.tuxreports.com.conf" nor "awstats.conf". Please read the documentation for directories where the configuration file should be located.

- Did you use the correct URL ?
Example: http://localhost/awstats/awstats.pl?config=mysite
Example: http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config=mysite
- Did you create your config file 'awstats.www.tuxreports.com.conf' ?
If not, you can run "awstats_configure.pl" from command line, or create it manually.

Check config file, permissions and AWStats documentation (in 'docs' directory)
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kamaln7 MOD September 3, 2013
Read the error: 

- Did you create your config file 'awstats.www.tuxreports.com.conf' ? 

If not, you can run "awstats_configure.pl" from command line, or create it manually.

The article you linked above says how to properly create that config file. Did you follow that part?
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layne.heiny September 4, 2013
Yes. Actually, I changed ownership for the files to www-data and now things work, including setting up the area for requiring a user ID and password (.htpasswd).

Hopefully this helps the next person struggling to get awstats working.
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lennon January 5, 2014
It most certainly did help! Can't believe I overlooked it, but the ownership was indeed my cause :(
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