# Setup GoAccess Web Log Analyzer on Linux

## What is GoAccess?

GoAccess is an open source real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal in *nix systems or through your browser. It provides fast and valuable HTTP statistics for system administrators that require a visual server report on the fly. - https://goaccess.io/

## Installing GoAccess

1. Log into the Linux host
2. Run the following commands in a terminal window:
   # update software respositories
   sudo apt update
   # install available software updates
   sudo apt upgrade -y
   # install prerequesities
   sudo apt install gnupg2 -y
   # add goaccess gpg key
   wget -O - https://deb.goaccess.io/gnugpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
   # add goaccess apt repository
   echo "deb http://deb.goaccess.io/ $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/goaccess.list
   # update software repositories again
   sudo apt update
   # install goaccess
   sudo apt install goaccess -y
   # install apache2
   sudo apt install apache2 -y
   # enable the real-time dashboard
   sudo goaccess /var/log/apache2/access.log --log-format=COMBINED -a -o /var/www/html/monitor.html --real-time-html

## View GoAccess Web Dashboard

1. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/monitor.html