AWStats Documentation - Configuration directives and parameters
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# AWStats configuration directives/options

Each directive available in the AWStats config file (.conf) is listed here (with examples and default values).
Notes To include an environment variable in any parameter (AWStats will replace it with its value when reading it), follow the example:
Parameter="__ENVNAME__"
DIRECTIVES IN MAIN SETUP SECTION (Required to make AWStats work)

- LogFile
- LogType
- LogFormat
- LogSeparator
- DNSLookup
- DynamicDNSLookup
- DirData
- DirCgi
- DirIcons
- SiteDomain
- HostAliases
- AllowToUpdateStatsFromBrowser
- AllowFullYearView

DIRECTIVES IN OPTIONAL SETUP SECTION (Not required but increase AWStats features)

- EnableLockForUpdate
- DNSStaticCacheFile
- DNSLastUpdateCacheFile
- SkipDNSLookupFor
- AllowAccessFromWebToAuthenticatedUsersOnly
- AllowAccessFromWebToFollowingAuthenticatedUsers
- AllowAccessFromWebToFollowingIPAddresses
- CreateDirDataIfNotExists
- BuildHistoryFormat
- BuildReportFormat
- SaveDatabaseFilesWithPermissionsForEveryone
- PurgeLogFile
- ArchiveLogRecords
- KeepBackupOfHistoricFiles
- DefaultFile
- SkipHosts
- SkipUserAgents
- SkipFiles
- OnlyHosts
- OnlyUserAgents
- OnlyUsers
- OnlyFiles
- NotPageList
- ValidHTTPCodes
- ValidSMTPCodes
- AuthenticatedUsersNotCaseSensitive
- URLNotCaseSensitive
- URLWithAnchor
- URLQuerySeparators
- URLWithQuery
- URLWithQueryWithOnlyFollowingParameters
- URLWithQueryWithoutFollowingParameters
- URLReferrerWithQuery
- WarningMessages
- ErrorMessages
- DebugMessages
- NbOfLinesForCorruptedLog
- SplitSearchString
- WrapperScript
- DecodeUA
- MiscTrackerUrl

DIRECTIVES IN OPTIONAL ACCURACY SETUP SECTION (Not required but increase AWStats features)

- LevelForBrowsersDetection
- LevelForOSDetection
- LevelForRefererAnalyze
- LevelForRobotsDetection
- LevelForSearchEnginesDetection
- LevelForKeywordsDetection
- LevelForFileTypesDetection
- LevelForWormsDetection

DIRECTIVES IN OPTIONAL APPEARANCE SETUP SECTION (Not required but increase AWStats features)

- UseFramesWhenCGI
- DetailedReportsOnNewWindows
- Expires
- MaxRowsInHTMLOutput
- Lang
- DirLang
- ShowHeader
- ShowMenu
- ShowSummary
- ShowMonthStats
- ShowDaysOfMonthStats
- ShowDaysOfWeekStats
- ShowHoursStats
- ShowDomainsStats
- ShowHostsStats
- ShowAuthenticatedUsers
- ShowRobotsStats
- ShowWormsStats
- ShowSessionsStats
- ShowPagesStats
- ShowCompressionStats
- ShowFileTypesStats
- ShowFileSizesStats
- ShowDownloadsStats
- ShowOSStats
- ShowBrowsersStats
- ShowScreenSizeStats
- ShowOriginStats
- ShowKeyphrasesStats
- ShowKeywordsStats
- ShowMiscStats
- ShowHTTPErrorsStats
- ShowSMTPErrorsStats
- ShowClusterStats
- AddDataArrayMonthStats
- AddDataArrayShowDaysOfMonthStats
- AddDataArrayShowDaysOfWeekStats
- AddDataArrayShowHoursStats
- IncludeInternalLinksInOriginSection
- MaxNbOfDomain
- MinHitDomain
- MaxNbOfHostsShown
- MinHitHost
- MaxNbOfLoginShown
- MinHitLogin
- MaxNbOfRobotShown
- MinHitRobot
- MaxNbOfDownloadsShown
- MinHitDownloads
- MaxNbOfPageShown
- MaxNbOfOsShown
- MinHitOs
- MaxNbOfBrowsersShown
- MinHitBrowser
- MinHitFile
- MaxNbOfScreenSizesShown
- MinHitScreenSize
- MaxNbOfRefererShown
- MinHitRefer
- MaxNbOfKeywordsShown
- MinHitKeyword
- FirstDayOfWeek
- ShowFlagLinks
- ShowLinksOnUrl
- MaxLengthOfURL
- ShowLinksToWhoIs
- UseHTTPSLinksForUrl
- LinksToWhoIs
- LinksToIPWhoIs
- HTMLHeadSection
- HTMLEndSection
- BarWidth
- BarHeight
- Logo
- LogoLink
- StyleSheet
- color_Background
- color_TableBGTitle
- color_TableTitle
- color_TableBG
- color_TableRowTitle
- color_TableBGRowTitle
- color_TableBorder
- color_text
- color_titletext
- color_weekend
- color_link
- color_hover
- color_u
- color_v
- color_p
- color_h
- color_k
- color_s
- color_e
- color_x

DIRECTIVES FOR PLUGINS

- LoadPlugin

DIRECTIVES IN EXTRA SECTIONS

- ExtraSectionNameX
- ExtraSectionCodeFilterX
- ExtraSectionConditionX
- ExtraSectionFirstColumnTitleX
- ExtraSectionFirstColumnValuesX
- ExtraSectionFirstColumnFormatX
- ExtraSectionStatTypesX
- ExtraSectionAddAverageRowX
- ExtraSectionAddSumRowX
- MaxNbOfExtraX
- MinHitExtraX
- ExtraTrackedRowsLimit

INCLUDES

- Include

LogFile
Version : 1.0+
3.1+ for tags %YYYY-n,%YY-n,%MM-n,%DD-n,%HH-n
3.2+ for tag %WM-n
4.0+ for tag %DW-n
4.1+ for tag %NS-n
5.0+ for tag %WY-n
5.1+ for tag %Wm-n, %Wy-n, %Dw-n
# "LogFile" contains the web, ftp or mail server logfile to analyze.
# You can use a full path or relative path from awstats.pl directory.
# Example: "/var/log/apache/access.log"
# Example: "../logs/mycombinedlog.log"
# You can also use tags in this filename if you need a dynamic file name
# depending on date or time (Replacement is made by AWStats at the beginning
# of its execution). This is available tags :
# %YYYY-n is replaced with 4 digits year we were n hours ago
# %YY-n is replaced with 2 digits year we were n hours ago
# %MM-n is replaced with month we were n hours ago
# %MO-n is replaced with 3 letters month we were n hours ago
# %DD-n is replaced with day we were n hours ago
# %HH-n is replaced with hour we were n hours ago
# %NS-n is replaced with number of seconds at 00:00 since 1970
# %WM-n is replaced with the week number in month (1-5)
# %Wm-n is replaced with the week number in month (0-4)
# %WY-n is replaced with the week number in year (01-52)
# %Wy-n is replaced with the week number in year (00-51)
# %DW-n is replaced with the day number in week (1-7, 1=sunday)
# use n=24 if you need (1-7, 1=monday)
# %Dw-n is replaced with the day number in week (0-6, 0=sunday)
# use n=24 if you need (0-6, 0=monday)
# Use 0 for n if you need current year, month, day, hour...
# Example: "/var/log/access_log.%YYYY-0%MM-0%DD-0.log"
# Example: "C:/WINNT/system32/LogFiles/W3SVC1/ex%YY-24%MM-24%DD-24.log"
# You can also use a pipe if log file come from a pipe.
# Example: "gzip -cd /var/log/apache/access.log.gz |"
# If there is several log files from load balancing servers :
# Example: "/pathtotools/logresolvemerge.pl *.log |"
#
LogFile="/var/log/httpd/mylog.log"

LogType
Version : 5.7+
# Enter the log file type you want to analyze.
# Possible values:
# W - For a web log file
# M - For a mail log file
# F - For a ftp log file
# Example: W
# Default: W
#
LogType=W

LogFormat
Version : 2.1+
3.1+ for tags %host,%logname,%time1,%time2,%methodurl,%methodurlnoprot,%method,%url, %query,%code,%bytesd,%refererquot,%referer,%uaquot,%ua,%other
3.2+ for tags %gzipin,%gzipout
4.0+ for tags %gzipratio,%syslog
4.1+ for tag %virtualname
5.6+ for tag %deflateratio
6.1+ for tag %time4
6.2+ for tag %time3
# Enter here your log format (Must agree with your web server. See setup
# instructions in README.txt to know how to configure your web server to have
# the required log format).
# Possible values: 1,2,3,4 or "your_own_personalized_log_format"
# 1 - Apache or Lotus Notes/Domino native combined log format (NCSA combined/XLF/ELF log format)
# 2 - IIS or ISA format (IIS W3C log format). See FAQ-COM115 For ISA.
# 3 - Webstar native log format.
# 4 - Apache or Squid native common log format (NCSA common/CLF log format)
# With LogFormat=4, some features (browsers, os, keywords...) can't work.
# "your_own_personalized_log_format" = If your log is ftp, mail or other format,
# you must use following keys to define the log format string (See FAQ for
# ftp, mail or exotic web log format examples):
# %host Client hostname or IP address (or Sender host for mail log)
# %host_r Receiver hostname or IP address (for mail log)
# %lognamequot Authenticated login/user with format: "alex"
# %logname Authenticated login/user with format: alex
# %time1 Date and time with format: [dd/mon/yyyy:hh:mm:ss +0000] or [dd/mon/yyyy:hh:mm:ss]
# %time2 Date and time with format: yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss
# %time3 Date and time with format: Mon dd hh:mm:ss or Mon dd hh:mm:ss yyyy
# %time4 Date and time with unix timestamp format: dddddddddd
# %time5 Date and time with format iso: yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss, with optional timezone specification (ignored)
# %methodurl Method and URL with format: "GET /index.html HTTP/x.x"
# %methodurlnoprot Method and URL with format: "GET /index.html"
# %method Method with format: GET
# %url URL only with format: /index.html
# %query Query string (used by URLWithQuery option)
# %code Return code status (with format for web log: 999)
# %bytesd Size of document in bytes
# %refererquot Referer page with format: "http://from.com/from.htm"
# %referer Referer page with format: http://from.com/from.htm
# %uaquot User agent with format: "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible, ...)"
# %ua User agent with format: Mozilla/4.0_(compatible...)
# %gzipin mod_gzip compression input bytes: In:XXX
# %gzipout mod_gzip compression output bytes & ratio: Out:YYY:ZZpct.
# %gzipratio mod_gzip compression ratio: ZZpct.
# %deflateratio mod_deflate compression ratio with format: (ZZ)
# %email EMail sender (for mail log)
# %email_r EMail receiver (for mail log)
# %virtualname Web sever virtual hostname. Use this tag when same log
# contains data of several virtual web servers. AWStats
# will discard records not in SiteDomain nor HostAliases
# %cluster If log file is provided from several computers (merged by
# logresolvemerge.pl), this tag define field of cluster id.
# %extraX Another field that you plan to use for building a
# personalized report with ExtraSection feature (See later).
# If your log format has some fields not included in this list, use
# %other Means another field
# %otherquot Means another not used double quoted field
# If your log format has some literal strings, which precede data fields, use
# status=%code Means your log files have HTTP status logged as "status=200"
# Literal strings that follow data field must be separated from said data fields by space.
#
# Examples for Apache combined logs (following two examples are equivalent):
# LogFormat = 1
# LogFormat = "%host %other %logname %time1 %methodurl %code %bytesd %refererquot %uaquot"
#
# Example for IIS:
# LogFormat = 2
#
LogFormat=1

LogSeparator
Version : 5.0+
# If your log field's separator is not a space, you can change this parameter.
# This parameter is not used if LogFormat is a predefined value (1,2,3,4)
# Example: " "
# Example: "\t"
# Example: "|"
# Default: " "
#
LogSeparator=" "

DNSLookup
Version : 1.0+ (5.0+ for value 2)
# If you want to have hosts reported by name instead of ip address, AWStats
# need to make reverse DNS lookups (if not already done in your log file).
# With DNSLookup to 0, all hosts will be reported by their IP addresses and
# not by the full hostname of visitors (except if names are already available
# in log file).
# If you want/need to set DNSLookup to 1, don't forget that this will reduce
# dramatically AWStats update process speed. Do not use on large web sites.
# Note: Reverse DNS lookup is done on IPv4 only (Enable ipv6 plugin for IPv6).
# Note: Result of DNS Lookup can be used to build the Country report. However
# it is highly recommanded to enable the plugin 'geoipfree' or 'geoip' to
# have an accurate Country report with no need of DNS Lookup.
# Possible values:
# 0 - No DNS Lookup
# 1 - DNS Lookup is fully enabled
# 2 - DNS Lookup is made only from static DNS cache file (if it exists)
# Default: 2
#
DNSLookup=2

DynamicDNSLookup
Version : 7.5+
# For very large sites, setting DNSLookup to 0 (or 2) might be the only
# reasonable choice. DynamicDNSLookup allows to resolve host names for
# items shown in html tables only, when data is output on reports instead
# of resolving once during log analysis step.
# Possible values:
# 0 - No dynamic DNS lookup
# 1 - Dynamic DNS lookup enabled
# 2 - Dynamic DNS lookup enabled (including static DNS cache file as a second
# source)
# Default: 0
#
DynamicDNSLookup=0

DirData
Version : 1.0+
# When AWStats updates its statistics, it stores results of its analysis in
# files (AWStats database). All those files are written in the directory
# defined by the "DirData" parameter. Set this value to the directory where
# you want AWStats to save its database and working files into.
# Warning: If you want to be able to use the "AllowToUpdateStatsFromBrowser"
# feature (see later), you need write permissions by webserver user on this
# directory.
# Example: "/var/www/awstats/data"
# Example: "../data"
# Example: "C:/awstats_data_dir"
# Default: "." (means same directory as awstats.pl)
#
DirData="."

DirCgi
Version : 1.0+
# Relative or absolute web URL of your awstats cgi-bin directory.
# This parameter is used only when AWStats is ran from command line
# with -output option (to generate links in HTML reported page).
# Example: "/awstats"
# Default: "/cgi-bin" (means awstats.pl is in "/yourwwwroot/cgi-bin")
#
DirCgi="/cgi-bin"

DirIcons
Version : 1.0+
# Relative or absolute web URL of your awstats icon directory.
# If you build static reports ("... -output > outputpath/output.html"), enter
# path of icon directory relative to the output directory 'outputpath'.
# Example: "/awstatsicons"
# Example: "../icon"
# Default: "/icon" (means you must copy icon directories in "/mywwwroot/icon")
#
DirIcons="/icon"

SiteDomain
Version : 3.2+
# "SiteDomain" must contain the main domain name or the main intranet web
# server name used to reach the web site.
# If you share the same log file for several virtual web servers, this
# parameter is used to tell AWStats to filter record that contains records for
# this virtual host name only (So check that this virtual hostname can be
# found in your log file and use a personalized log format that include the
# %virtualname tag).
# But for multi hosting a better solution is to have one log file for each
# virtual web server. In this case, this parameter is only used to generate
# full URL's links when ShowLinksOnUrl option is set to 1.
# If analysing mail log, enter here the domain name of mail server.
# Example: "myintranetserver"
# Example: "www.domain.com"
# Example: "ftp.domain.com"
# Example: "domain.com"
#
SiteDomain=""

HostAliases
Version : 1.0+ (5.6+ for REGEX syntax)
# Enter here all other possible domain names, addresses or virtual host
# aliases someone can use to access your site. Try to keep only the minimum
# number of possible names/addresses to have the best performances.
# You can repeat the "SiteDomain" value in this list.
# This parameter is used to analyze referer field in log file and to help
# AWStats to know if a referer URL is a local URL of same site or an URL of
# another site.
# Note: Use space between each value.
# Note: You can use regular expression values writing value with REGEX[value].
# Example: "www.myserver.com localhost 127.0.0.1 REGEX[\.mydomain\.(net|org)$]"
#
HostAliases="localhost 127.0.0.1 REGEX[^.*\.myserver\.com$]"

AllowToUpdateStatsFromBrowser
Version : 3.0+
# When this parameter is set to 1, AWStats add a button on report page to
# allow to "update" statistics from a web browser. Warning, when "update" is
# made from a browser, AWStats is ran as a CGI by the web server user
# defined in your web server (user "nobody" by default with Apache, "IUSR_XXX"
# with IIS), so the "DirData" directory and all already existing history files
# (awstatsMMYYYY[.xxx].txt) must be writable by this user. Change permissions
# if required.
# Warning: Update process can be long so you might experience "time out"
# browser errors if you don't launch AWStats enough frequently.
# When set to 0, update is only made when AWStats is ran from the command
# line interface (or a task scheduler).
# Possible values: 0 or 1
# Default: 0
#
AllowToUpdateStatsFromBrowser=0

AllowFullYearView
Version : 5.9+
# AWStats save and sort its database on a month basis, this allows to build
# build a report quickly. However, if you choose the -month=all from command
# line or value '-Year-' from CGI combo form to have a report for all year,
# AWStats needs to reload all data for full year, and resort them completely,
# requiring a large amount of time, memory and CPU. This might be a problem
# for web hosting providers that offer AWStats for large sites on shared
# servers to non CPU cautious customers.
# For this reason, the 'full year' is only enable on Command Line by default.
# You can change this by setting this parameter to 0, 1, 2 or 3.
# Possible values:
# 0 - Never allowed
# 1 - Allowed on CLI only, -Year- value in combo is not visible
# 2 - Allowed on CLI only, -Year- value in combo is visible but not allowed
# 3 - Possible on CLI and CGI
# Default: 2
#
AllowFullYearView=2

EnableLockForUpdate
Version : 5.0+
# When the update process run, AWStats can set a lock file in TEMP or TMP
# directory. This lock is to avoid to have 2 update processes running at the
# same time to prevent unknown conflicts problems and avoid DoS attacks when
# AllowToUpdateStatsFromBrowser is set to 1.
# Because, when you use lock file, you can experience sometimes problems in
# lock file not correctly removed (killed process for example requires that
# you remove the file manualy), this option is not enabled by default (Do
# not enable this option with no console server access).
# Possible values: 0 or 1
# Default: 0
#
EnableLockForUpdate=0

DNSStaticCacheFile
Version : 5.0+
# AWStats can do reverse DNS lookups through a static DNS cache file that was
# previously created manually. If no path is given in static DNS cache file
# name, AWStats will search DirData directory. This file is never changed.
# This option is not used if DNSLookup=0.
# Note: DNS cache file format is 'minsince1970 ipaddress resolved_hostname'
# or just 'ipaddress resolved_hostname'
# Example: "/mydnscachedir/dnscache"
# Default: "dnscache.txt"
#
DNSStaticCacheFile="dnscache.txt"

DNSLastUpdateCacheFile
Version : 5.0+
# AWStats can do reverse DNS lookups through a DNS cache file that was created
# by a previous run of AWStats. This file is erased and recreated after each
# statistics update process. You don't need to create and/or edit it.
# AWStats will read and save this file in DirData directory.
# This option is used only if DNSLookup=1.
# Note: If a DNSStaticCacheFile is available, AWStats will check for DNS
# lookup in DNSLastUpdateCacheFile after checking into DNSStaticCacheFile.
# Example: "/mydnscachedir/dnscachelastupdate"
# Default: "dnscachelastupdate.txt"
#
DNSLastUpdateCacheFile="dnscachelastupdate.txt"

SkipDNSLookupFor
Version : 3.0+ (5.6+ for REGEX syntax)
# You can specify specific IP addresses that should NOT be looked up in DNS.
# This option is used only if DNSLookup=1.
# Note: Use space between each value.
# Note: You can use regular expression values writing value with REGEX[value].
# Change : Effective for new updates only
# Example: "123.123.123.123 REGEX[^192\.168\.]"
# Default: ""
#
SkipDNSLookupFor=""

AllowAccessFromWebToAuthenticatedUsersOnly
Version : 4.0+
# The following two parameters allow you to protect a config file from being
# read by AWStats when called from a browser if web user has not been
# authenticated. Your AWStats program must be in a web protected "realm" (With
# Apache, you can use .htaccess files to do so. With other web servers, see
# your server setup manual).
# Change : Effective immediatly
# Possible values: 0 or 1
# Default: 0
#
AllowAccessFromWebToAuthenticatedUsersOnly=0

AllowAccessFromWebToFollowingAuthenticatedUsers
Version : 4.0+
# This parameter gives the list of all authorized authenticated users to view
# statistics for this domain/config file. This parameter is used only if
# AllowAccessToAuthenticatedUsersOnly is set to 1.
# Change : Effective immediatly
# Example: "user1 user2"
# Default: ""
#
AllowAccessFromWebToFollowingAuthenticatedUsers=""

AllowAccessFromWebToFollowingIPAddresses
Version : 5.0+
# When this parameter is defined to something, the IP address of the user that
# read its statistics from a browser (when AWStats is used as a CGI) is
# checked and must match one of the IP address values or ranges.
# Change : Effective immediatly
# Example: "127.0.0.1 123.123.123.1-123.123.123.255"
# Default: ""
#
AllowAccessFromWebToFollowingIPAddresses=""

CreateDirDataIfNotExists
Version : 4.0+
# If the "DirData" directory (see above) does not exists, AWStats return an
# error. However, you can ask AWStats to create it.
# This option can be used by some Web Hosting Providers that has defined a
# dynamic value for DirData (for example DirData="/home/__REMOTE_USER__") and
# don't want to have to create a new directory each time they add a new user.
# Change : Effective immediatly
# Possible values: 0 or 1
# Default: 0
#
CreateDirDataIfNotExists=1

BuildHistoryFormat
Version : 6.0+
# You can choose in which format the Awstats history database is saved.
# Note: Using "xml" format make AWStats building database files three times
# larger than using "text" format.
# Change : Database format is switched after next update
# Possible values: text or xml
# Default: text
#
BuildHistoryFormat=text

BuildReportFormat
Version : 6.0+
# If you prefer having the report output pages be built as XML compliant pages
# instead of simple HTML pages, you can set this to 'xhtml' (May not works
# properly with old browsers).
# Possible values: html or xhtml
# Default: html
#
BuildReportFormat=html

SaveDatabaseFilesWithPermissionsForEveryone
Version : 4.0+
# AWStats databases can be updated from command line of from a browser (when
# used as a cgi program). So AWStats database files need write permission
# for both command line user and default web server user (nobody for Unix,
# IUSR_xxx for IIS/Windows,...).
# To avoid permission's problems between update process (run by an admin user)
# and CGI process (ran by a low level user), AWStats can save its database
# files with read and write permissions for everyone.
# By default, AWStats keep default user permissions on updated files. If you
# set AllowToUpdateStatsFromBrowser to 1, you can change this parameter to 1.
# Change : Effective for new updates only
# Possible values: 0 or 1
# Default: 0
#
SaveDatabaseFilesWithPermissionsForEveryone=0

PurgeLogFile
Version : 2.23+
# AWStats can purge log file, after analyzing it. Note that AWStats is able
# to detect new lines in a log file, to process only them, so you can launch
# AWStats as often as you want, even with this parameter to 0.
# With 0, no purge is made, so you must use a scheduled task or a web server
# that make this purge frequently.
# With 1, the purge of the log file is made each time AWStats is ran.
# This parameter doesn't work with IIS (This web server doesn't let its log
# file to be purged).
# Possible values: 0 or 1
# Default: 0
#
PurgeLogFile=0

ArchiveLogRecords
Version : 2.1+ (6.4+ to use tags for suffix)
# When PurgeLogFile is setup to 1, AWStats will clean your log file after
# processing it. You can however keep an archive file of all processed log
# records by setting this parameter (For example if you want to use another
# log analyzer). The archived log file is saved in "DirData" with name
# awstats_archive.configname[.suffix].log
# This parameter is not used if PurgeLogFile=0
# Change : Effective for new updates only
# Possible values: 0, 1, or tags (See LogFile parameter) for suffix
# Example: 1
# Example: %YYYY%MM%DD
# Default: 0
#
ArchiveLogRecords=0

KeepBackupOfHistoricFiles
Version : 3.2+
# Each time you run the update process, AWStats overwrite the 'historic file'
# for the month (awstatsMMYYYY[.*].txt) with the updated one.
# When write errors occurs (IO, disk full,...), this historic file can be
# corrupted and must be deleted. Because this file contains information of all
# past processed log files, you will loose old stats if removed. So you can
# ask AWStats to save last non corrupted file in a .bak file. This file is
# stored in "DirData" directory with other 'historic files'.
# Possible values: 0 or 1
# Default: 0
#
KeepBackupOfHistoricFiles=0

DefaultFile
Version : 1.0+ (5.0+ can accept several values)
# Default index page name for your web server.
# Change : Effective for new updates only
# Example: "index.php index.html default.html"
# Default: "index.html"
#
DefaultFile="index.html"

SkipHosts
Version : 1.0+ (5.6+ for REGEX syntax)
# Do not include access from clients that match following criteria.
# If your log file contains IP adresses in host field, you must enter here
# matching IP adresses criteria.
# If DNS lookup is already done in your log file, you must enter here hostname
# criteria, else enter ip address criteria.
# The opposite parameter of "SkipHosts" is "OnlyHosts".
# Note: Use space between each value.
# Note: You can use regular expression values writing value with REGEX[value].
# Change : Effective for new updates only
# Example: "127.0.0.1 REGEX[^192\.168\.] REGEX[^10\.0\.0\.]"
# Example: "localhost REGEX[^.*\.localdomain$]"
# Default: ""
#
SkipHosts=""

SkipUserAgents
Version : 5.1+ (5.6+ for REGEX syntax)
# Do not include access from clients with a user agent that match following
# criteria. If you want to exclude a robot, you should update the robots.pm
# file instead of this parameter.
# The opposite parameter of "SkipUserAgents" is "OnlyUserAgents".
# Note: Use space between each value. This parameter is not case sensitive.
# Note: You can use regular expression values writing value with REGEX[value].
# Change : Effective for new updates only
# Example: "konqueror REGEX[ua_test_v\d\.\d]"
# Default: ""
#
SkipUserAgents=""

SkipFiles
Version : 1.0+ (5.6+ for REGEX syntax)
# Use SkipFiles to ignore access to URLs that match one of following entries.
# You can enter a list of not important URLs (like framed menus, hidden pages,
# etc...) to exclude them from statistics. You must enter here exact relative
# URL as found in log file, or a matching REGEX value. Check apply on URL with
# all its query paramaters.
# For example, to ignore /badpage.php, just add "/badpage.php". To ignore all
# pages in a particular directory, add "REGEX[^\/directorytoexclude]".
# The opposite parameter of "SkipFiles" is "OnlyFiles".
# Note: Use space between each value. This parameter is or not case sensitive
# depending on URLNotCaseSensitive parameter.
# Note: You can use regular expression values writing value with REGEX[value].
# Change : Effective for new updates only
# Example: "/badpage.php /page.php?param=x REGEX[^\/excludedirectory]"
# Default: ""
#
SkipFiles=""

SkipReferrersBlackList
Version : 6.5+
# Use SkipReferrersBlackList if you want to exclude records coming from a SPAM
# referrer. Parameter must receive a local file name containing rules applied
# on referrer field. If parameter is empty, no filter is applied.
# An example of such a file is available in lib/blacklist.txt
# You can download updated version at http://www.jayallen.org/comment_spam/
# Change : Effective for new updates only
# Example: "/mylibpath/blacklist.txt"
# Default: ""
# WARNING!! Using this feature make AWStats running very slower (5 times slower
# with black list file provided with AWStats !
#
SkipReferrersBlackList=""

OnlyHosts
Version : 5.2+ (5.6+ for REGEX syntax)
# Include in stats, only accesses from hosts that match one of following
# entries. For example, if you want AWStats to filter access to keep only
# stats for visits from particular hosts, you can add those hosts names in
# this parameter.
# If DNS lookup is already done in your log file, you must enter here hostname
# criteria, else enter ip address criteria.
# The opposite parameter of "OnlyHosts" is "SkipHosts".
# Note: Use space between each value. This parameter is not case sensitive.
# Note: You can use regular expression values writing value with REGEX[value].
# Change : Effective for new updates only
# Example: "127.0.0.1 REGEX[^192\.168\.] REGEX[^10\.0\.0\.]"
# Default: ""
#
OnlyHosts=""

OnlyUserAgents
Version : 5.8+
# Include in stats, only accesses from user agent that match one of following
# entries. For example, if you want AWStats to filter access to keep only
# stats for visits from particular browsers, you can add their user agents
# string in this parameter.
# The opposite parameter of "OnlyUserAgents" is "SkipUserAgents".
# Note: Use space between each value. This parameter is not case sensitive.
# Note: You can use regular expression values writing value with REGEX[value].
# Change : Effective for new updates only
# Example: "msie"
# Default: ""
#
OnlyUserAgents=""

OnlyUsers
Version : 6.8+
# Include in stats, only accesses from authenticated users that match one of
# following entries. For example, if you want AWStats to filter access to keep
# only stats for authenticated users, you can add those users names in
# this parameter. Useful for statistics for per user ftp logs.
# Note: Use space between each value. This parameter is not case sensitive.
# Note: You can use regular expression values writing value with REGEX[value].
# Change : Effective for new updates only
# Example: "john bob REGEX[^testusers]"
# Default: ""
#
OnlyUsers=""

OnlyFiles
Version : 3.0+ (5.6+ for REGEX syntax)
# Include in stats, only accesses to URLs that match one of following entries.
# For example, if you want AWStats to filter access to keep only stats that
# match a particular string, like a particular directory, you can add this
# directory name in this parameter.
# The opposite parameter of "OnlyFiles" is "SkipFiles".
# Note: Use space between each value. This parameter is or not case sensitive
# depending on URLNotCaseSensitive parameter.
# Note: You can use regular expression values writing value with REGEX[value].
# Change : Effective for new updates only
# Example: "REGEX[marketing_directory] REGEX[office\/.*\.(csv|sxw)$]"
# Default: ""
#
OnlyFiles=""

NotPageList
Version : 3.2+
# Add here a list of kind of url (file extension) that must be counted as
# "Hit only" and not as a "Hit" and "Page/Download". You can set here all
# images extensions as they are hit downloaded that must be counted but they
# are not viewed pages. URLs with such extensions are not included in the TOP
# Pages/URL report.
# Note: If you want to exclude particular URLs from stats (No Pages and no
# Hits reported), you must use SkipFiles parameter.
# Example: "css js class gif jpg jpeg png bmp rss xml swf zip arj gz z wav mp3 wma mpg"
# Example: ""
# Default: "css js class gif jpg jpeg png bmp rss xml swf"
#
NotPageList="css js class gif jpg jpeg png bmp rss xml swf"

ValidHTTPCodes
Version : 4.0+
# By default, AWStats considers that records found in log file are successful
# hits if HTTP code returned by server is a valid HTTP code (200 and 304).
# Any other code are reported in HTTP error chart.
# However in some specific environment, with web server HTTP redirection,
# you can choose to also accept other codes.
# Example: "200 304 302 305"
# Default: "200 304"
#
ValidHTTPCodes="200 304"
This is examples of current HTTP codes
#[Miscellaneous successes]
"2xx", "[Miscellaneous successes]",
"200", "OK", # HTTP request OK
"201", "Created",
"202", "Request recorded, will be executed later",
"203", "Non-authoritative information",
"204", "Request executed",
"205", "Reset document",
"206", "Partial Content",
#[Miscellaneous redirections]
"3xx", "[Miscellaneous redirections]",
"300", "Multiple documents available",
"301", "Moved Permanently",
"302", "Found",
"303", "See other document",
"304", "Not Modified since last retrieval", # HTTP request OK
"305", "Use proxy",
"306", "Switch proxy",
"307", "Document moved temporarily",
#[Miscellaneous client/user errors]
"4xx", "[Miscellaneous client/user errors]",
"400", "Bad Request",
"401", "Unauthorized",
"402", "Payment required",
"403", "Forbidden",
"404", "Document Not Found",
"405", "Method not allowed",
"406", "ocument not acceptable to client",
"407", "Proxy authentication required",
"408", "Request Timeout",
"409", "Request conflicts with state of resource",
"410", "Document gone permanently",
"411", "Length required",
"412", "Precondition failed",
"413", "Request too long",
"414", "Requested filename too long",
"415", "Unsupported media type",
"416", "Requested range not valid",
"417", "Failed",
#[Miscellaneous server errors]
"5xx", "[Miscellaneous server errors]",
"500", "Internal server Error",
"501", "Not implemented",
"502", "Received bad response from real server",
"503", "Server busy",
"504", "Gateway timeout",
"505", "HTTP version not supported",
"506", "Redirection failed",
#[Unknown]
"xxx" ,"[Unknown]"

ValidSMTPCodes
Version : 5.0+
# By default, AWStats considers that records found in mail log file are
# successful mail transfers if field that represent return code in analyzed
# log file match values defined by this parameter.
# Change : Effective for new updates only
# Example: "1 250 200"
# Default: "1 250"
#
ValidSMTPCodes="1 250"

AuthenticatedUsersNotCaseSensitive
Version : 5.3+
# Some web servers on some Operating systems (IIS-Windows) considers that a
# login with same value but different case are the same login. To tell AWStats
# to also considers them as one, set this parameter to 1.
# Possible values: 0 or 1
# Default: 0
#
AuthenticatedUsersNotCaseSensitive=0

URLNotCaseSensitive
Version : 5.1+
# Some web servers on some Operating systems (IIS-Windows) considers that two
# URLs with same value but different case are the same URL. To tell AWStats to
# also considers them as one, set this parameter to 1.
# Possible values: 0 or 1
# Default: 0
#
URLNotCaseSensitive=0

URLWithAnchor
Version : 5.4+
# Keep or remove the anchor string you can find in some URLs.
# Possible values: 0 or 1
# Default: 0
#
URLWithAnchor=0

URLQuerySeparators
Version : 5.2+
# In URL links, "?" char is used to add parameter's list in URLs. Syntax is:
# /mypage.html?param1=value1
# However, some servers/sites have also others chars to isolate dynamic part of
# their URLs. You can complete this list with all such characters.
# Example: "?;,"
# Default: "?;"
#
URLQuerySeparators="?;"

URLWithQuery
Version : 3.2+
# Keep or remove the query string to the URL in the statistics for individual
# pages. This is primarily used to differentiate between the URLs of dynamic
# pages. If set to 1, mypage.html?id=x and mypage.html?id=y are counted as two
# different pages.
# Warning, when set to 1, memory required to run AWStats is dramatically
# increased if you have a lot of changing URLs (for example URLs with a random
# id inside). Such web sites should not set this option to 1 or use seriously
# the next parameter URLWithQueryWithoutFollowingParameters.
# Possible values:
# 0 - URLs are cleaned from the query string (ie: "/mypage.html")
# 1 - Full URL with query string is used (ie: "/mypage.html?p=x&q=y")
# Default: 0
#
URLWithQuery=0

URLWithQueryWithOnlyFollowingParameters
Version : 6.0+
# When URLWithQuery is on, you will get the full URL with all parameters in
# URL reports. But among thoose parameters, sometimes you don't need a
# particular parameter because it does not identify the page or because it's
# a random ID changing for each access even if URL points to same page. In
# such cases, it is higly recommanded to ask AWStats to keep only parameters
# you need (if you know them) before counting, manipulating and storing URL.
# Enter here list of wanted parameters. For example, with "param", one hit on
# /mypage.cgi?param=abc&id=Yo4UomP9d and /mypage.cgi?param=abc&id=Mu8fdxl3r
# will be reported as 2 hits on /mypage.cgi?param=abc
# This parameter is not used when URLWithQuery is 0 and can't be used with
# URLWithQueryWithoutFollowingParameters.
# Change : Effective for new updates only
# Example: "param"
# Default: ""
#
URLWithQueryWithOnlyFollowingParameters=""

URLWithQueryWithoutFollowingParameters
Version : 5.1+
# When URLWithQuery is on, you will get the full URL with all parameters in
# URL reports. But among thoose parameters, sometimes you don't need a
# particular parameter because it does not identify the page or because it's
# a random ID changing for each access even if URL points to same page. In
# such cases, it is higly recommanded to ask AWStats to remove such parameters
# from the URL before counting, manipulating and storing URL. Enter here list
# of all non wanted parameters. For example, if you enter "id", one hit on
# /mypage.cgi?param=abc&id=Yo4UomP9d and /mypage.cgi?param=abc&id=Mu8fdxl3r
# will be reported as 2 hits on /mypage.cgi?param=abc
# This parameter is not used when URLWithQuery is 0 and can't be used with
# URLWithQueryWithOnlyFollowingParameters.
# Change : Effective for new updates only
# Example: "PHPSESSID jsessionid"
# Default: ""
#
URLWithQueryWithoutFollowingParameters=""

URLReferrerWithQuery
Version : 5.1+
# Keep or remove the query string to the referrer URL in the statistics for
# external referrer pages. This is used to differentiate between the URLs of
# dynamic referrer pages. If set to 1, mypage.html?id=x and mypage.html?id=y
# are counted as two different referrer pages.
# Possible values:
# 0 - Referrer URLs are cleaned from the query string (ie: "/mypage.html")
# 1 - Full URL with query string is used (ie: "/mypage.html?p=x&q=y")
# Default: 0
#
URLReferrerWithQuery=0

WarningMessages
Version : 1.0+
# AWStats can detect setup problems or show you important informations to have
# a better use. Keep this to 1, except if AWStats says you can change it.
# Possible values: 0 or 1
# Default: 1
#
WarningMessages=1

ErrorMessages
Version : 5.2+
# When an error occurs, AWStats output a message related to errors. If you
# want (in most cases for security reasons) to have no error messages, you
# can set this parameter to your personalized generic message.
# Example: "An error occured. Contact your Administrator"
# Default: ""
#
ErrorMessages=""

DebugMessages
Version : 5.2+
# AWStat can be run with debug=x parameter to output various informations
# to help in debugging or solving troubles. If you want to allow this (not
# enabled by default for security reasons), set this parameter to 0.
# Change : Effective immediatly
# Possible values: 0 or 1
# Default: 0
#
DebugMessages=0

NbOfLinesForCorruptedLog
Version : 3.2+
# To help you to detect if your log format is good, AWStats report an error
# if all the first NbOfLinesForCorruptedLog lines have a format that does not
# match the LogFormat parameter.
# However, some worm virus attack on your web server can result in a very high
# number of corrupted lines in your log. So if you experience awstats stop
# because of bad virus records at the beginning of your log file, you can
# increase this parameter (very rare).
# Default: 50
#
NbOfLinesForCorruptedLog=50

SplitSearchString
Version : 2.24 - 4.0 (deprecated since 4.1)
This parameter has been removed since 4.1.
AWStats 4.1+ supports both keywords AND keyphrases by default with no need of any parameter.

WrapperScript
Version : 4.0+
# For some particular integration needs, you may want to have CGI links to
# point to another script than awstats.pl.
# Use the name of this script in WrapperScript parameter.
# Example: "awstatslauncher.pl"
# Default: ""
#
WrapperScript=""

DecodeUA
Version : 5.0+
# DecodeUA must be set to 1 if you use Roxen web server. This server converts
# all spaces in user agent field into %20. This make the AWStats robots, os
# and browsers detection fail in some cases. Just change it to 1 if and only
# if your web server is Roxen.
# Possible values: 0 or 1
# Default: 0
#
DecodeUA=0

MiscTrackerUrl
Version : 5.6+
# MiscTrackerUrl can be used to make AWStats able to detect some miscellanous
# things, that can not be tracked on other way like:
# - Screen size
# - Screen color depth
# - Java enabled
# - Macromedia Director plugin
# - Macromedia Shockwave plugin
# - Realplayer G2 plugin
# - QuickTime plugin
# - Mediaplayer plugin
# - Acrobat PDF plugin
# To enable all this features, you must copy the awstats_misc_tracker.js file
# into a /js/ directory stored in your web document root and add the following
# HTML code at the end of your index page (before </BODY>) :
# <script language=javascript src="/js/awstats_misc_tracker.js"></script>
# If code is not added in index page, all this detection capabilities will be
# disabled. You must also check that ShowScreenSizeStats and ShowMiscStats
# parameters are set to 1 to make results appear in report page.
# If you want to use another directory than /js/, you must also change the
# awstatsmisctrackerurl variable into the awstats_misc_tracker.js file.
# Change : Effective for new updates only.
# Possible value: Full URL of javascript tracker file added in HTML code
# Default: "/js/awstats_misc_tracker.js"
#
MiscTrackerUrl="/js/awstats_misc_tracker.js"

LevelFor
Version : 4.0+
6.0+ for LevelForFileTypesDetection, LevelForSearchEnginesDetection, LevelForKeywordsDetection, LevelForWormsDetection
# Following values allows you to define accuracy of AWStats entities (robots,
# browsers, os, referers, file types) detection.
# It might be a good idea for large web sites or ISP that provides AWStats to
# high number of customers, to set this parameter to 1 (or 0), instead of 2.
# Possible values:
# 0 = No detection,
# 1 = Medium/Standard detection
# 2 = Full detection
# Change : Effective for new updates only
# Default: 2 (0 for LevelForWormsDetection)
#
LevelForBrowsersDetection=2 # 0 disables Browsers detection.
# 2 reduces AWStats speed by 2%
LevelForOSDetection=2 # 0 disables OS detection.
# 2 reduces AWStats speed by 3%
LevelForRefererAnalyze=2 # 0 disables Origin detection.
# 2 reduces AWStats speed by 14%
LevelForRobotsDetection=2 # 0 disables Robots detection.
# 2 reduces AWStats speed by 2.5%
LevelForSearchEnginesDetection=2 # 0 disables Search engines detection.
# 2 reduces AWStats speed by 9%
LevelForKeywordsDetection=2 # 0 disables Keyphrases/Keywords detection.
# 2 reduces AWStats speed by 1%
LevelForFileTypesDetection=2 # 0 disables File types detection.
# 2 reduces AWStats speed by 1%
LevelForWormsDetection=0 # 0 disables Worms detection.
# 2 reduces AWStats speed by 15%

UseFramesWhenCGI
Version : 5.0+
# When you use AWStats as a CGI, you can have the reports shown in HTML views.
# Frames are only available for report viewed dynamically. When you build
# pages from command line, this option is not used and no frames are built.
# Possible values: 0 or 1
# Default: 1
#
UseFramesWhenCGI=1

DetailedReportsOnNewWindows
Version : 4.1+ (5.0+ for value 2)
# This parameter ask your browser to open detailed reports into a different
# window than the main page.
# Possible values:
# 0 - Open all in same browser window
# 1 - Open detailed reports in another window except if using frames
# 2 - Open always in a different window even if reports are framed
# Default: 1
#
DetailedReportsOnNewWindows=1

Expires
Version : 3.1+
# You can add, in the HTML report page, a cache lifetime (in seconds) that
# will be returned to browser in HTTP header answer by server.
# This parameter is not used when report are built with -staticlinks option.
# Example: 3600
# Default: 0
#
Expires=0

MaxRowsInHTMLOutput
Version : 4.0+
# To avoid too large web pages, you can ask AWStats to limit number of rows of
# all reported charts to this number when no other limit apply.
# Default: 1000
#
MaxRowsInHTMLOutput=1000

Lang
Version : 2.1+
# Set your primary language.
# Possible value:
# Albanian=al, Bosnian=ba, Bulgarian=bg,
# Chinese (Taiwan)=tw, Chinese (Simpliefied)=cn, Czech=cz,
# Danish=dk, Dutch=nl, English=en, Estonian=et, Finnish=fi, French=fr,
# German=de, Greek=gr, Hebrew=he, Hungarian=hu, Indonesian=id, Italian=it,
# Japanese=jp, Korean=kr, Latvian=lv, Norwegian (Nynorsk)=nn,
# Norwegian (Bokmal)=nb, Polish=pl, Portuguese=pt, Portuguese (Brazilian)=br,
# Romanian=ro, Russian=ru, Serbian=sr, Slovak=sk, Spanish=es,
# Spanish (Catalan)=es_cat, Swedish=se, Turkish=tr, Ukrainian=ua, Welsh=wlk.
# First available language accepted by browser=auto
# Default: "auto"
#
Lang="auto"

DirLang
Version : 2.1+
# Set the location of language files.
# Example: "/usr/share/awstats/lang"
# Default: "./lang" (means lang directory is in same location than awstats.pl)
#
DirLang="./lang"

Show...
Version :
3.2 - 5.0 for ShowCompressionStats (deprecated since 5.1, use code C with ShowFileTypesStats instead)
3.2 - 5.3 for ShowHeader (deprecated since 5.4)
3.2+ for ShowMenu,ShowMonthStats,ShowDaysOfWeekStats,ShowHoursStats, ShowDomainsStats,ShowHostsStats,ShowAuthenticatedUsers,ShowRobotsStats, ShowPagesStats,ShowFileTypesStats,ShowFileSizesStats,ShowBrowsersStats, ShowOSStats,ShowOriginStats,ShowKeyphrasesStats,ShowKeywordsStats,ShowHTTPErrorsStats
4.1+ for ShowSessionsStats, ShowKeywordsStats
5.1+ for all letters codes
5.5+ for ShowDaysOfMonthStats
5.6+ for ShowMiscStats,ShowSMTPErrorsStats
5.8+ for ShowClusterStats
6.0+ for ShowWormsStats
6.4+ for ShowSummary
7.0+ for ShowDownloadsStats
# You choose here which reports you want to see in the main page and what you
# want to see in those reports.
# Possible values:
# 0 - Report is not shown at all
# 1 - Report is shown in main page with an entry in menu and default columns
# XYZ - Report shows column informations defined by code X,Y,Z...
# X,Y,Z... are code letters among the following:
# U = Unique visitors
# V = Visits
# P = Number of pages
# H = Number of hits (or mails)
# B = Bandwith (or total mail size for mail logs)
# L = Last access date
# E = Entry pages
# X = Exit pages
# C = Web compression (mod_gzip,mod_deflate)
# M = Average mail size (mail logs)
#
# Show menu header with reports' links
# Possible values: 0 or 1
# Default: 1
#
ShowMenu=1
# Show monthly summary
# Context: Web, Streaming, Mail, Ftp
# Default: UVPHB, Possible column codes: UVPHB
ShowSummary=UVPHB
# Show monthly chart
# Context: Web, Streaming, Mail, Ftp
# Default: UVPHB, Possible column codes: UVPHB
ShowMonthStats=UVPHB
# Show days of month chart
# Context: Web, Streaming, Mail, Ftp
# Default: VPHB, Possible column codes: VPHB
ShowDaysOfMonthStats=VPHB
# Show days of week chart
# Context: Web, Streaming, Mail, Ftp
# Default: PHB, Possible column codes: PHB
ShowDaysOfWeekStats=PHB
# Show hourly chart
# Context: Web, Streaming, Mail, Ftp
# Default: PHB, Possible column codes: PHB
ShowHoursStats=PHB
# Show domains/country chart
# Context: Web, Streaming, Mail, Ftp
# Default: PHB, Possible column codes: PHB
ShowDomainsStats=PHB
# Show hosts chart
# Context: Web, Streaming, Mail, Ftp
# Default: PHBL, Possible column codes: PHBL
ShowHostsStats=PHBL
# Show authenticated users chart
# Context: Web, Streaming, Ftp
# Default: 0, Possible column codes: PHBL
ShowAuthenticatedUsers=0
# Show robots chart
# Context: Web, Streaming
# Default: HBL, Possible column codes: HBL
ShowRobotsStats=HBL
# Show worms chart
# Context: Web, Streaming
# Default: 0 (If set to other than 0, see also LevelForWormsDetection), Possible column codes: HBL
ShowWormsStats=0
# Show email senders chart (For use when analyzing mail log files)
# Context: Mail
# Default: 0, Possible column codes: HBML
ShowEMailSenders=0
# Show email receivers chart (For use when analyzing mail log files)
# Context: Mail
# Default: 0, Possible column codes: HBML
ShowEMailReceivers=0
# Show session chart
# Context: Web, Streaming, Ftp
# Default: 1, Possible column codes: None
ShowSessionsStats=1
# Show pages-url chart.
# Context: Web, Streaming, Ftp
# Default: PBEX, Possible column codes: PBEX
ShowPagesStats=PBEX
# Show file types chart.
# Context: Web, Streaming, Ftp
# Default: HB, Possible column codes: HBC
ShowFileTypesStats=HB
# Show file size chart (Not yet available)
# Context: Web, Streaming, Mail, Ftp
# Default: 1, Possible column codes: None
ShowFileSizesStats=0
# Show downloads chart.
# Context: Web, Streaming, Ftp
# Default: HB, Possible column codes: HB
ShowDownloadsStats=HB
# Show operating systems chart
# Context: Web, Streaming, Ftp
# Default: 1, Possible column codes: None
ShowOSStats=1
# Show browsers chart
# Context: Web, Streaming
# Default: 1, Possible column codes: None
ShowBrowsersStats=1
# Show screen size chart
# Context: Web, Streaming
# Default: 0 (If set to 1, see also MiscTrackerUrl), Possible column codes: None
ShowScreenSizeStats=0
# Show origin chart
# Context: Web, Streaming
# Default: PH, Possible column codes: PH
ShowOriginStats=PH
# Show keyphrases chart
# Context: Web, Streaming
# Default: 1, Possible column codes: None
ShowKeyphrasesStats=1
# Show keywords chart
# Context: Web, Streaming
# Default: 1, Possible column codes: None
ShowKeywordsStats=1
# Show misc chart
# Context: Web, Streaming
# Default: a (See also MiscTrackerUrl parameter), Possible column codes: anjdfrqwp
ShowMiscStats=a
# Show http errors chart
# Context: Web, Streaming
# Default: 1, Possible column codes: None
ShowHTTPErrorsStats=1
# Show smtp errors chart (For use when analyzing mail log files)
# Context: Mail
# Default: 0, Possible column codes: None
ShowSMTPErrorsStats=0
# Show the cluster report (Your LogFormat must contains the %cluster tag)
# Context: Web, Streaming, Ftp
# Default: 0, Possible column codes: PHB
ShowClusterStats=0

AddDataArray...
Version :
5.4+ for AddDataArrayMonthStats,AddDataArrayShowDaysOfWeekStats,AddDataArrayShowHoursStats
5.5+ for AddDataArrayShowDaysOfMonthStats
# Some graphical reports are followed by the data array of values.
# If you don't want this array (to reduce report size for example), you can
# set thoose options to 0.
# Possible values: 0 or 1
# Default: 1
#
# Data array values for the ShowMonthStats report
AddDataArrayMonthStats=1
# Data array values for the ShowDaysOfMonthStats report
AddDataArrayShowDaysOfMonthStats=1
# Data array values for the ShowDaysOfWeekStats report
AddDataArrayShowDaysOfWeekStats=1
# Data array values for the ShowHoursStats report
AddDataArrayShowHoursStats=1

IncludeInternalLinksInOriginSection
Version : 6.1+
# In the Origin chart, you have stats on where your hits came from. You can
# includes hits on pages that comes from pages of same sites in this chart.
# Possible values: 0 or 1
# Default: 0
#
IncludeInternalLinksInOriginSection=0

Max...
Version : 1.0+
# This value can be used to choose maximum number of lines shown for each
# particular reporting.
#
# Stats by domains
MaxNbOfDomain = 10
MinHitDomain = 1
# Stats by hosts
MaxNbOfHostsShown = 10
MinHitHost = 1
# Stats by authenticated users
MaxNbOfLoginShown = 10
MinHitLogin = 1
# Stats by robots
MaxNbOfRobotShown = 10
MinHitRobot = 1
# Stats for Downloads
MaxNbOfDownloadsShown = 10
MinHitDownloads = 1
# Stats by pages
MaxNbOfPageShown = 10
MinHitFile = 1
# Stats by OS
MaxNbOfOsShown = 10
MinHitOs = 1
# Stats by browsers
MaxNbOfBrowsersShown = 10
MinHitBrowser = 1
# Stats by screen size
MaxNbOfScreenSizesShown = 5
MinHitScreenSize = 1
# Stats by referers
MaxNbOfRefererShown = 10
MinHitRefer = 1
# Stats for keywords
MaxNbOfKeywordsShown = 10
MinHitKeyword = 1
# Stats for sender or receiver emails
MaxNbOfEMailsShown = 20
MinHitEMail = 1

FirstDayOfWeek
Version : 3.2+
# Choose if you want week to start on sunday or monday
# Possible values:
# 0 - Week start on sunday
# 1 - Week start on monday
# Default: 1
#
FirstDayOfWeek=1

ShowFlagLinks
Version : 3.2+
# List of visible flags with link to other language translations.
# See Lang parameter for list of allowed flag/language codes.
# If you don't want any flag link, set ShowFlagLinks to "".
# This parameter is used only if ShowMenu parameter is set to 1.
# Possible values: "" or "language_codes_separated_by_space"
# Default: "en es fr it nl es"
#
ShowFlagLinks="en fr de it nl es"

ShowLinksOnUrl
Version : 3.1+
# Each URL shown in stats report views are links you can click.
# Possible values: 0 or 1
# Default: 1
#
ShowLinksOnUrl=1

UseHTTPSLinkForUrl
Version : 4.0+
# When AWStats build HTML links in its report pages, it starts thoose link
# with "http://". However some links might be HTTPS links, so you can enter
# here the root of all your HTTPS links. If all your site is a SSL web site,
# just enter "/".
# This parameter is not used if ShowLinksOnUrl is 0.
# Example: "/shopping"
# Example: "/"
# Default: ""
#
UseHTTPSLinkForUrl=""

MaxLengthOfShownURL
Version : 1.0+
# Maximum length of URL part shown on stats page (number of characters).
# This affects only URL visible text, larger links still work.
# Default: 64
#
MaxLengthOfShownURL=64

ShowLinksToWhoIs
Version : 4.0 - 5.6 (deprecated since 5.7, replaced by plugin 'hostinfo')
This parameter has been removed since 5.7.
You must enable the plugin 'hostinfo' to get the same result if you were using this parameter.

LinksToWhoIs
Version : 4.0 - 5.9 (deprecated since 6.0, replaced by plugin 'hostinfo')
This parameter has been removed since 6.0.
This parameter is no more required.

LinksToIPWhoIs
Version : 5.0 - 5.9 (deprecated since 6.0, replaced by plugin 'hostinfo')
This parameter has been removed since 6.0.
This parameter is no more required.

HTMLHeadSection
Version : 3.2+
# You can enter HTML code that will be added at the top of AWStats reports.
# Default: ""
#
HTMLHeadSection=""

HTMLEndSection
Version : 3.2+
# You can enter HTML code that will be added at the end of AWStats reports.
# Great to add advert ban.
# Default: ""
#
HTMLEndSection=""

Bar...
Version : 1.0+
# Value of maximum bar width/height for horizontal/vertical HTML graphics bar.
# Default: 260/90
#
BarWidth = 260
BarHeight = 90

Logo...
Version : 3.1+
# You can set Logo and LogoLink to use your own logo.
# Logo must be the name of image file (must be in $DirIcons/other directory).
# LogoLink is the expected URL when clicking on Logo.
# Default: "awstats_logo1.png"
#
Logo="awstats_logo1.png"
LogoLink="http://www.awstats.org"

StyleSheet
Version : 5.6+
# You can ask AWStats to use a particular CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) to
# change its look. To create a style sheet, you can use samples provided with
# AWStats in wwwroot/css directory.
# Example: "/awstatscss/awstats_bw.css"
# Example: "/css/awstats_bw.css"
# Default: ""
#
StyleSheet=""

color_...
Version :
3.1 for color_Background,color_TableBGTitle,color_TableTitle,color_TableBG, color_TableRowTitle,color_TableBGRowTitle,color_TableBorder,color_text, color_textpercent,color_titletext,color_weekend,color_link,color_hover, color_u,color_v,color_p,color_h,color_k,color_s
4.1 for color_e,color_x
5.0 for color_other
# Those colors parameters can be used (if StyleSheet parameter is not used)
# to change AWStats look.
# Example: color_name="RRGGBB" # RRGGBB is Red Green Blue components in Hex
#
color_Background="FFFFFF" # Background color for main page (Default = "FFFFFF")
color_TableBGTitle="CCCCDD" # Background color for table title (Default = "CCCCDD")
color_TableTitle="000000" # Table title font color (Default = "000000")
color_TableBG="CCCCDD" # Background color for table (Default = "CCCCDD")
color_TableRowTitle="FFFFFF" # Table row title font color (Default = "FFFFFF")
color_TableBGRowTitle="ECECEC" # Background color for row title (Default = "ECECEC")
color_TableBorder="ECECEC" # Table border color (Default = "ECECEC")
color_text="000000" # Color of text (Default = "000000")
color_textpercent="606060" # Color of text for percent values (Default = "606060")
color_titletext="000000" # Color of text title within colored Title Rows (Default = "000000")
color_weekend="EAEAEA" # Color for week-end days (Default = "EAEAEA")
color_link="0011BB" # Color of HTML links (Default = "0011BB")
color_hover="605040" # Color of HTML on-mouseover links (Default = "605040")
color_other="666688" # Color of text for 'other' record in charts (Default = "666688")
color_u="FFB055" # Background color for number of unique visitors (Default = "FFB055")
color_v="F8E880" # Background color for number of visites (Default = "F8E880")
color_p="4477DD" # Background color for number of pages (Default = "4477DD")
color_h="66F0FF" # Background color for number of hits (Default = "66F0FF")
color_k="2EA495" # Background color for number of bytes (Default = "2EA495")
color_s="8888DD" # Background color for number of search (Default = "8888DD")
color_e="CEC2E8" # Background color for number of entry pages (Default = "CEC2E8")
color_x="C1B2E2" # Background color for number of exit pages (Default = "C1B2E2")

LoadPlugin
Version : 5.0+
# Add here all plugins file you want to load.
# Plugin files must be .pm files stored in 'plugins' directory.
# Uncomment LoadPlugin lines to enable a plugin after checking that plugin
# required perl modules are installed.
# Plugin: PluginName
# PluginName description
# Perl modules required: ...
#
LoadPlugin="pluginname"

Extra...
Version :
5.2+
5.8 for ExtraSectionFirstColumnFormatX, ExtraSectionAddAverageRowX, ExtraSectionAddSumRowX
You can see the following page for explanation of all ExtraSection...X directives and how to use them.

ExtraTrackedRowsLimit
Version : 6.1
# There is also a global parameter ExtraTrackedRowsLimit that limit the
# number of possible rows an ExtraSection can report. This parameter is
# here to protect too much memory use when you make a bad setup in your
# ExtraSection. It applies to all ExtraSection independently meaning that
# none ExtraSection can report more rows than value defined by ExtraTrackedRowsLimit.
# If you know an ExtraSection will report more rows than its value, you should
# increase this parameter or AWStats will stop with an error.
# Example: 2000
# Default: 500
#
ExtraTrackedRowsLimit=500

Include
Version : 5.4+
# You can include other config files using the directive with the name of the
# config file.
# This is particularly usefull for users who have a lot of virtual servers, so
# a lot of config files and want to maintain common values in only one file.
# Note that when a variable is defined both in a config file and in an
# included file, AWStats will use the last value read for parameters that
# contains one value and AWStats will concat all values from both files for
# parameters that are lists of value.
#
Include ""

Article written by Laurent Destailleur.