From version 1.50, you can use the freeware software MRTG to produce +really nice graphical statistics on your web site. For an example +try +http://www.gb7mbc.net/mrtg/stats.html.
-In the /spider/msg directory you will find a file called badmsg.pl.issue. Rename -this to badmsg.pl and edit the file. The original looks something like this .... +
The following should help you get it all working.
+ +First you need to download the latest version of MRTG from +http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/. +You will also need the following files..
+libpng-1.0.14.tar.gz
+zlib-1.1.4.tar.gz
+gd-1.8.3.tar.gz
+
+Login to your machine as the root user, put all the downloaded files +in /usr/local/src/ (or wherever you prefer) and untar and compile them. +All the information to compile and install these sources come with them. +After compilation and installation, you will find MRTG in /usr/local/mrtg-2.
-# the list of regexes for messages that we won't store having -# received them (bear in mind that we must receive them fully before -# we can bin them) - - -# The format of each line is as follows - -# type source pattern -# P/B/F T/F/O/S regex - -# type: P - private, B - bulletin (msg), F - file (ak1a bull) -# source: T - to field, F - from field, O - origin, S - subject -# pattern: a perl regex on the field requested - -# Currently only type B and P msgs are affected by this code. -# -# The list is read from the top down, the first pattern that matches -# causes the action to be taken. - -# The pattern can be undef or 0 in which case it will always be selected -# for the action specified - +Now copy all the files in /usr/local/src/mrtg-2.9.22/images/ to +/spider/html/mrtg/
+You now need to make 2 symbolic links like below...
++
+
+ln -s /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/mrtg /usr/bin/mrtg
+ln -s /usr/local/mrtg-2/lib/mrtg2 /usr/lib/mrtg2
+
+Now login to the cluster with your sysop callsign and run the command +"mrtg all".
-@badmsg = ( -'B', 'T', 'SALE', -'B', 'T', 'WANTED', -'B', 'S', 'WANTED', -'B', 'S', 'SALE', -'B', 'S', 'WTB', -'B', 'S', 'WTS', -'B', 'T', 'FS', -); +Now you are nearly there! Login as the sysop user and change to the +/spider/html/mrtg/ directory. Now run the command indexmaker as +shown below...
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+
+indexmaker --output stats.html --columns=1 --title "MRTG statistics for GB7DJK" ../../mrtg/mrtg.cfg
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I think this is fairly self explanatory. It is simply a list of subject -headers that we do not want to pass on to either the users of the cluster or -the other cluster nodes that we are linked to. This is usually because of -rules and regulations pertaining to items for sale etc in a particular country. -
-
Changing the callsign for your own cluster callsign of course!
-From version 1.47, this method is replaced by the command set/baddx -
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In the same way as mail, there are some types of spot we do not wish to pass on -to users or linked cluster nodes. In the /spider/data directory you will find -a file called baddx.pl.issue. Rename this to baddx.pl and edit the file. The -original looks like this .... +
And finally you need to login as the root user and create one last +symbolic link. Where this points will depend on where your html +documents are kept. For RedHat systems you use...
-
-# the list of dx spot addresses that we don't store and don't pass on
-
-
-package DXProt;
-
-@baddx = qw
-
- FROG
- SALE
- FORSALE
- WANTED
- P1RATE
- PIRATE
- TEST
- DXTEST
- NIL
- NOCALL
-);
+ln -s /home/sysop/spider/html/mrtg /home/httpd/html/mrtg
-
Again, this is simply a list of names we do not want to see in the spotted -field of a DX callout. -
-
-
Create a file in /spider/data called badwords. The format is quite -simple. Lines beginning with # are ignored so comments can be added. An -example file is below ... +
+and for SuSE systems...
-# Below is a list of words we do not wish to see on the cluster
-grunge grunged grunging
-splodge splodger splodging
-grince
-fluffle
+ln -s /home/sysop/spider/html/mrtg /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/mrtg
Multiple words can be used on the same line as shown. Obviously these -are just examples :-) +
+If you now point your browser to your website as below it should all +be happening!
-
You can reload the file from the cluster prompt as sysop with load/badwords. +
+
+http://www.xxx.xxx/mrtg/stats.html
+
+Of course, to get the stats to update, you need to add some information +in the spider crontab file as below...
+
+
+# Update stats for mrtg on website
+00,05,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * run_cmd('mrtg all')
+
+This will update the site every 5 minutes.
+