On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 03:38:04PM -0700, brynn wrote:
However, my opinion is that server side analytics should be sufficient. For that, I like Webalyzer. I don't know if it costs to install it....I suppose it probably does. But there could be open source server side analytics.
But Bryce is setting up the server, as far as I understand. So I would think it would be up to him and the board.
Serverside analytics should be fine, I've used webalyzer and one or two others. They're straightforward and free.
I haven't heard of privacy concerns regarding making webalizer's interface public, but I suppose it could be placed in a password protected space, I doubt the information would be of legitimate interest to people outside the project.
The access logs have IP addresses, so I suppose there could be some concerns about those, but those issues exist regardless of whether the logs are analyzed or not. IIRC webalyzer caches its processed results, so the logs can be rotated and discarded after some period, and I would think that should address most of the concerns.
Anyway, if anyone wishes to do the legwork of setting up a FOSS analyser like Webalyzer with Ansible, I'd have no qualms about it myself.
Bryce