How to view AWStats without logging into cPanel

Updated 2 years ago by Ben Oates

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.

This is an advanced topic. If it doesn't work out, then please re-read the instructions and make sure you have followed them correctly. Your raw stats are normally stored in your home-directory/access-logs directory.

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/
Download the latest stable release of AWStats from SourceForge (external link opens in a new window).
Extract the downloaded file locally.
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:

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

In the uploaded cgi-bin directory set the file permissions for awredir.pl and awstats.pl files to 755
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.
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.

How to view AWStats without logging into cPanel

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