Mac servers

Requirement
Perl is required as W3Perl is written in Perl. MacOS X provide a default Perl binary.
Fly is also required but is available in the dmg disk image.


Installation
W3Perl 3.133 is the first version with a MacOS installer. Any feedback on improvements is welcome.

* First STAGE : Install the scripts

- Package : Download the dmg file, open the disk image and click on the pkg file to install the scripts
OR
- Manual : If you want to use the tar.gz package. Uncompress it in your /Library/WebServer/Documents directory.
Then edit the install.pl file and change the following settings :
$pathcgi = "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/w3perl"; and
$pathw3perl = "/Library/WebServer/Documents/w3perl";
and run the install.pl script as admin.

* 2nd STAGE : Build configuration file

- Now use your opened browser (http://127.0.0.1/w3perl/admin/) to build a configuration file.
- Click on Make configuration file and follow the procedures outlined. By filling in the details you will create a file called config.pl or use the Clone option to use the default MacOS file as a template.
- Once created, look for this file in /config/ and copy it to your /cgi-bin/w3perl directory.

* 3th STAGE : Ready

- You should now be able to analyse your logs.
- In admin go through the Launch area links that will start your statistics from zero.
- Then run the incremental statistics function every week to accumulate your statistics (or use a crontab on MacOS X).

* Problem ?

If you have any trouble with w3perl installation, send me an email or ask for help in the forum. There is a dedicated forum for MacOS users


Limitations
- Need MacOS X, not tested on older mac system