How to view AWStats without logging into cPanel

AWStats is a log analyser that can be accessed via your hosting account's cPanel to view your hosting access logs graphically.

It is, however, also possible to have your stats visible on a web page, so they can be viewed without logging in to cPanel.

1. We strongly recommend you create a subdomain (e.g. stats.mydomain.com) to host your stats website. Make a note of the physical path of the virtual root for your subdomain. This will be something like public_html/subdomain/
   
   
   
   If you wish to place your AWStats in your cPanel's primary domain then the physical path in your home directory will be just public_html/
2. Download the latest stable release of AWStats from SourceForge (external link opens in a new window).
3. Extract the downloaded file locally.
4. Upload the extracted cgi-bin and icon directories into the virtual root of your domain. If you were installing AWStats into the public_html/ folder it should end up looking something like this once you have finished copying the files and directories:

undefined └── public_html ├── cgi-bin │ ├── awdownloadcsv.pl │ ├── awredir.pl │ ├── awstats.model.conf │ ├── awstats.pl │ ├── lang │ ├── lib │ └── plugins └── icon ├── browser ├── clock ├── cpu ├── flags ├── mime ├── os └── other

1. In the uploaded cgi-bin directory set the file permissions for awredir.pl and awstats.pl files to 755
2. Download a copy of the existing cPanel AWStats config file from your home directory at tmp/awstats/awstats.mydomain.conf (replace mydomain with your own domain name to determine what yours is called).
   (For https stats use the folder tmp/awstats/ssl/awstats.mydomain.conf)
   
   
   
   Edit this file and look for the line beginning with DirIcons, which probably looks like this:
   DirIcons="/images/awstats"
   Just change this to:
   DirIcons="/icon"
   Then, save the file, and upload it to the cgi-bin directory, overwriting the existing one.
3. You should now be able to browse to your stats at
   https://stats.mydomain.com/cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config=mydomain
   Replace stats.mydomain.com with your stats domain name (e.g. stats.mydomain.com if you created a subdomain, or just mydomain.com if you elected to install in /public_html)
   Replace mydomain.com on the end with the domain the stats relate to.

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Updated on: 24/01/2024