Awstats
We use Awstats to monitor statistics on our site on OSE Server. This is preferred to using google analytics because [a] we care about the privacy of our users, [b] we prefer self-hosted FLOSS to closed-source SaaS [c] we prefer to utilize FLOSS over shipping our user's demographics to a third-party (one of the largest multinational corporations) that profits directly from this data
We investigated the use of Piwik as an alternative to awstats in 2017, but found too many security concerns to justify the few benefits over awstats.
Graph History Screenshots
When screenshots of awstats graphs are uploaded to this wiki, they should be added to Category: Awstats Graphs.
To protect our user's privacy, the graphs uploaded to this wiki should not contain IP addresses
These graphs can also be helpful when determining the hardware provisioning requirements for future architecture of the OSE IT Infrastructure over time, as well as monitoring our outreach.
Useful Commands
Below are some useful commands for working with munin on our server
# restart munin (ie: after updating plugin configs) service munin-node restart # regenerate the graph images and html static pages sudo -u munin /usr/bin/munin-cron
Example
Below is an example screenshot of the daily & weely graphs provided by Munin, taken after the wiki was migrated to hetzner2 in May 2018. Note that Munin also provides monthly & yearly graphs as well.
