File not found if using config file

[poblabs]

Hi there, I've installed goaccess using yum on CentOS 6.6.

I've defined a custom log format and log file using /etc/goaccess.conf. I get the error below when I just run goaccess. Here's my config:

/etc/goaccess.conf

date-format %d/%b/%Y
log-format %v %h %^[%d:%^] "%r" %s %b
log-file /var/log/httpd/all_sites-access_log

I get this error:

GoAccess - version 0.8.2 - Jul 25 2014 01:55:08

Fatal error has occurred
Error occured at: parser.c - parse_log - 1071
No such file or directory

The log file does exist. If I run goaccess -f /var/log/httpd/all_sites-access_log it works right away.

Any thoughts?

I also have a 2nd question on if it's possible to view which site is being accessed in real time based off the %v VirtualHost? Right now I see a lot of stats, which is great, but it's not displaying the %v VirtualHost anywhere, so it's a little tough to follow

Thanks!

[allinurl]

Sounds like your sysconfdir is pointing to a different directory. Have you tried running goaccess with -p? e.g.,:

goaccess -p /etc/goaccess.conf

At this point goaccess does not show stats based on the virtualhost, however, I've been working on this #23 and I hope to have an implementation soon.

[poblabs]

Yes, when I specify the conf file with -p, I get the same problem below.

I am to believe the config file is being called because it pulls my custom log-format, it excludes a range of IPs. It's just not finding the log-file within.

goaccess -p /etc/goaccess.conf

GoAccess - version 0.8.2 - Jul 25 2014 01:55:08

Fatal error has occurred
Error occured at: parser.c - parse_log - 1071
No such file or directory

Thanks for the update on the VirtualHost. I'm looking forward to that.

[allinurl]

Interesting, if in fact the config file is being read, then perhaps it could be rights problem. Would you be able to run strace on it?, it will output all the system calls (yum install strace):

strace -Ff -tt goaccess

You should see an open call in there with the output of it. Thanks!

[poblabs]

Here's the open when trying to open the logfile. Looks like it doesn't like the formatting from the config file? (since it should be all_sites-access_log)

[pid 11669] 14:41:37.209167 open("/var/log/httpd/all-sites-access-log", O_RDONLY <unfinished ...>

[poblabs]

Also, just to double check, here's the output from the config file:

[root@energy html]# cat /etc/goaccess.conf | grep log-file
#log-file /var/log/apache2/access.log
log-file /var/log/httpd/all_sites-access_log

[root@energy html]# ls -al /var/log/httpd/all_sites-access_log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 414524 Dec 21 14:45 /var/log/httpd/all_sites-access_log

[allinurl]

Got it. When reading the config file, underscores are replaced by dashes (here) for backwards compatibility.

I'll have a fix for this, in the meantime, you will need to rename the log file or specify it with -f.

[allinurl]

This has been fixed. Feel free to build from dev. It will be pushed out on the upcoming version.

Thanks again for reporting it!

[poblabs]

Glad you were able to figure it out. I might not play with dev since i installed from rpm.

Looking forward to both updates (VirtualHost and this fix)

[antonioreyna]

i have the same problem on mac

[allinurl]

@antonioreyna this should work fine on the latest release.

[Jason-mor]

the version 1.3_1, i have the same problem on mac.

[allinurl]

@Jason-mor Can you please attach your config file and would you be able to run it through strace and attach the output as well? Thanks.