Analytics and other software

noone

Just out of curiosity, does anyone do analytics for their sites that doesn't use an off-site service like Google Analytics? If so, what's a good suggested for something that is only self hosted?
In the 10 years I've had stuff online, even though I don't really maintain a website like I should, I've never really monitored to see what types of traffic I'm getting. I occasionally scan the access log to see what kind of user agents I get from stuff l link on forums and that's about it.

Also, any suggestions for a lighter weight blogging platform that is not Wordpress? Besides going all the way back to bare bones HTML, I can't seem to find anything decent on my own.
Side note: I'm rerolling my production webserver actually this weekend, so I'm considering using lighthttpd or Ngnix instead of Apache. Any other suggestions for that?

dosbox

I really don't have any suggestions in regards to analytics and blog software.

noone wrote:

Side note: I'm rerolling my production webserver actually this weekend, so I'm considering using lighthttpd or Ngnix instead of Apache. Any other suggestions for that?

Just make sure you use SSL and don't run vulnerable versions of Bash and OpenSSL.

Josh

Just curious but why not Apache?

calvinb

Bloat. Not very fast.

OpenBSD has a new httpd to replace nginx - seems nice.

noone

dosbox wrote:

Just make sure you use SSL and don't run vulnerable versions of Bash and OpenSSL.

That's what automatic updates are for:

Ami ~ $ env x='() { :;}; echo vulnerable' bash -c "echo this is a test"
bash: warning: x: ignoring function definition attempt
bash: error importing function definition for `x'
this is a test

Ukyo ~ $ env x='() { :;}; echo vulnerable' bash -c "echo this is a test"
bash: warning: x: ignoring function definition attempt
bash: error importing function definition for `x'
this is a test

BlueSun

noone wrote:

Side note: I'm rerolling my production webserver actually this weekend, so I'm considering using lighthttpd or Ngnix instead of Apache. Any other suggestions for that?

nginx gets my vote. Still new to it myself, but I've been liking it.

BOD

Been using awstats for a while out of curiosity, I seem to get some rather interesting search engine keywords.

TCPMeta

i came across a few Analytics scripts on hotscripts.com. I think also ISPConfig has a Analytics tool as well. WTStats is a good tool.

I myself prefer lighttpd over nginx.

Kirk

I mostly use Google Analytics. I've seen Awstats, it's decent.

For httpd, I am still a fan of Apache for multi-purpose servers, but I prefer NGINX for static sites.

Unfortunately WordPress is something I'm still using also.

noone

TCPMeta wrote:

i came across a few Analytics scripts on hotscripts.com. I think also ISPConfig has a Analytics tool as well. WTStats is a good tool.

I myself prefer lighttpd over nginx.

I used ispconfig ages ago. It was a beast to set up and maintain. Not worth a small site really.
I think I'll have a go with awstats when I finish rolling my new production server. I'm not a fan of linking stuff offsite to do the work for me. Can't trust it.

stitch

For what it is worth both WinWorld and GoPut.IT are rolled out on nginx. I can see where Apache would be better suitable in a multiple use environment especially when multiple users are in play, but nginx+php-fpm scales far better even with dynamic content than Apache. With this whole "cloud" metaphor I think nginx will see more relevance as folks migrate to dedicating VMs to specific sites rather than cramming multiple sites on one server.

As for analytics, bbclone or Google Analytics. I'm trying to really move away from Google but damn their analytics are very insightful.