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| author | Christian Cleberg <hello@cleberg.net> | 2024-04-29 14:18:55 -0500 |
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| committer | Christian Cleberg <hello@cleberg.net> | 2024-04-29 14:18:55 -0500 |
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diff --git a/content/blog/2023-06-08-goaccess-geoip.md b/content/blog/2023-06-08-goaccess-geoip.md index 1fc2008..5cce686 100644 --- a/content/blog/2023-06-08-goaccess-geoip.md +++ b/content/blog/2023-06-08-goaccess-geoip.md @@ -7,22 +7,21 @@ draft = false # Overview -[GoAccess](https://goaccess.io/) is an open source real-time web log -analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal in \*nix systems -or through your browser. +[GoAccess](https://goaccess.io/) is an open source real-time web log analyzer +and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal in *nix systems or through your +browser. # Installation -To start, you\'ll need to install GoAccess for your OS. Here\'s an -example for Debian-based distros: +To start, you'll need to install GoAccess for your OS. Here's an example for +Debian-based distros: ```sh sudo apt install goaccess ``` -Next, find any number of the MaxMind GeoIP database files on GitHub or -another file hosting website. We\'re going to use P3TERX\'s version in -this example: +Next, find any number of the MaxMind GeoIP database files on GitHub or another +file hosting website. We're going to use P3TERX's version in this example: ```sh wget https://github.com/P3TERX/GeoLite.mmdb/raw/download/GeoLite2-City.mmdb @@ -32,16 +31,15 @@ Be sure to save this file in an easy to remember location! # Usage -In order to utilize the full capabilities of GoAccess and MMDB, start -with the command template below and customize as necessary. This will -export an HTML view of the GoAccess dashboard, showing all relevant -information related to that site\'s access log. You can also omit the -`-o output.html` parameter if you prefer to view the data -within the CLI instead of creating an HTML file. +In order to utilize the full capabilities of GoAccess and MMDB, start with the +command template below and customize as necessary. This will export an HTML view +of the GoAccess dashboard, showing all relevant information related to that +site's access log. You can also omit the `-o output.html` parameter if you +prefer to view the data within the CLI instead of creating an HTML file. -With the addition of the GeoIP Database parameter, section -`16 - Geo Location` will be added with the various countries -that are associated with the collected IP addresses. +With the addition of the GeoIP Database parameter, section `16 - Geo Location` +will be added with the various countries that are associated with the collected +IP addresses. ```sh zcat /var/log/nginx/example.access.log.*.gz | goaccess \ @@ -60,11 +58,11 @@ See below for an example of the HTML output:  -You can also see the GeoIP card created by the integration of the -MaxMind database information. +You can also see the GeoIP card created by the integration of the MaxMind +database information.  -That\'s all there is to it! Informational data is provided in an -organized fashion with minimal effort. +That's all there is to it! Informational data is provided in an organized +fashion with minimal effort. |