[Apache]Monitoring web traffic in real-time
There are tool endemic to Apache web server allowing a real-time analysis of the web traffic:
Log files can be used by specialized software to develop a comprehensive and complete analysis of the traffic
The output "
server-status" that can be displayed as a command line, simply by launching the "
apachectl status" or "
apachectl fullstatus" or online at
http://servername/server-status
For the server statut to be accessible the server must be compiled with mod_status module and its use should be allowed in the configuration file.
However, these methods as such, give too much information to make an optimal use, especially on servers with a large traffic. There is a tool allowing you to analyze the Apache server traffic in real time:
ApacheTop.
ApacheTop be downloaded at:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/apachetop