Log File Location

In this dialog you can define location of raw log files. Web Log Storming supports three types of locations: Local, FTP and HTTP. Available options depend on this location selection.

Add prefix

Any text entered here will be added to file names found in these log files. This way you can easily analyze logs from several websites into combined stats and distinguish them by this prefix. A prefix behaves like a directory.

Examples: website1 (for one log file location)

website2 (for second log file location)

All files from the first website will be represented as /website1/*.*, and from the second as /website2/*.*.

Local

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Select folder where you keep your log files (recursive option possible).

Examples: C:\Log Files\*.log

C:\Log Files\2004*.zip

FTP(S)

Note: SFTP (FTP over SSH) is not yet supported, but FTPS (FTP over TLS/SSL) is.

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FTP server address and Port	Enter the FTP server address and port
Passive	Turn on if you need to connect to the FTP server in passive mode
Resume if possible	If this option is turned on, Web Log Storming will try to resume downloading a log file instead of downloading the whole file again. Note that resuming is not always possible (depending on server configuration)
FTP path to log files	Enter the path on FTP server where log files are located
Username and Password	Enter username and password needed to login on the FTP server
Local path to store downloaded log files	Enter the local path where downloaded files will be saved. If you leave this field empty, log files will be saved in the default folder ("…\Application Data\Web Log Storming\Cache")
Delete files from the FTP server older than	If this option is checked, software will automatically delete remote log files that match wildcard above and that are older than specified number of days

HTTP

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URL to log file	Type the exact URL to the log file (wildcards are not supported, due to nature of HTTP server)
Username and Password	Enter the username and password needed to login on the HTTP server. If your server doesn't require login, leave these two fields empty
Local path to store downloaded log files	Enter the local path where downloaded files will be saved. If you leave this field empty, log files will be saved in the default folder ("…\Application Data\Web Log Storming\Cache")