Analog 6.0

Building a Web Server, for Windows

Requirements

• [Optional] Generating reports via on-line form...
  • Perl
  • \cgi-bin

Download

• Home : http://www.analog.cx/
• Package(win32 binary) : analog_60w32.zip

Documentation

• Documentation: http://www.analog.cx/docs/Readme.html

Our Configuration

• Install to : C:\www\analog
• Server webroot : C:\www\webroot
• Generated report location, via analog.exe : http://localhost/stats/Report.html
• [Optional] Generate report via on-line form : http://localhost/stats/anlgform.html
  • Server cgi-bin : C:\www\cgi-bin
  • Perl.exe : C:\www\perl\bin\perl.exe

Setup

• Unpack to C:\www\analog
• Create directory C:\www\webroot\stats
  [base directory of generated reports]
• Place directory C:\www\analog\images under directory C:\www\webroot\stats
  [analog will look into C:\www\webroot\stats\images for its static image files]
• [Optional] on-line form files
  • Move file C:\www\analog\anlgform.html to directory C:\www\webroot\stats
  • Move file C:\www\analog\anlgform.pl to directory C:\www\cgi-bin

Configuration

• Edit the following fields under file C:\www\analog\analog.cnf
  • LOGFILE C:\www\Apache2\logs\access.log
    [location of the main Apache log file]
  • OUTFILE C:\www\webroot\stats\Report.html
    [location of generated report]
  • HOSTNAME "[my Apache2 system Report]"
    [specify title of generated report]
  • IMAGEDIR images/
    [directory that contains analog's static image files, relative to OUTFILE (URL)]

[Optional] Configuration, on-line form

• Edit C:\www\cgi-bin\anlgform.pl
  • Replace the 1st line: #!/usr/bin/perl
    with #!C:/www/perl/bin/perl.exe
  • Replace line: # Windows: $analog = 'C:\program files\analog 6.0\analog.exe';
    with $analog = 'C:\www\analog\analog.exe';
• Edit C:\www\webroot\stats\anlgform.html
  • Make the following changes, replacing the original lines...
    
    <h1><!-- img src="/images/analogo.gif" alt="" --> Analog form interface</h1>
    <h1><img src="/stats/images/analogo.gif" alt=""> Analog form interface</h1>
    
    <!-- This version is in British English. Forms in other languages can be -->
    <!-- found in the "lang" folder or directory. -->
    
    <!-- Make the edits below. You also need to edit anlgform.pl. -->
    
    <!-- First, uncomment the img tag above, edited if necessary. -->
    
    <!-- Next, uncomment the following line, edited to reflect the correct -->
    <!-- location of anlgform.pl in you server's filespace. -->
    <!-- form action="/cgi-bin/anlgform.pl" method="POST" -->
    <form action="/cgi-bin/anlgform.pl" method="POST">
    
    <!-- Many systems will want the IMAGEDIR to be different on the form -->
    <!-- than from the command line, because it should not be within /cgi-bin/ -->
    <!-- input type=hidden name="IMAGEDIR" value="/images/" -->
    <input type=hidden name="IMAGEDIR" value="/stats/images/">
    
    <!-- Some users will want to set their logfile like this. -->
    <!-- input type=hidden name="LOGFILE" value="/usr/local/etc/httpd/logs/access_log" -->
    <input type=hidden name="LOGFILE" value="C:/www/Apache2/logs/access.log">
    
    <!-- After you've made these edits, you can remove the "strong" lines below -->
    
    <hr>
    <h2>1. Report choices</h2>
    
    <strong><font color=red>N.B. This form will not work - e.g. the buttons may
    not even appear - until you've configured it according to the instructions.
    When you've configured it, you should remove this paragraph.<br>
    </font></strong>
    Delete the above <strong> block

Generating Reports

• For analog.exe generated Report.html
  • Run C:\www\analog\analog.exe
  • Access URL http://localhost/stats/Report.html
• For cgi-bin generated online report
  • Access URL http://localhost/stats/anlgform.html