HOWTO : Logwatch for Hiawatha on Ubuntu 11.04 Server

Logwatch reads your log files and alert you about the unusual log entries. It is working perfect for Apache. However, the log directory of Hiawatha is different from Apache. You should do something else on logwatch in order to make it to read Hiawatha log files.

Step 0 :

Install logwatch.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install logwatch

Step 1 :

Make changes to the logwatch configure file in order to tell her to send you a email report.

sudo nano /usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logwatch.conf

Change the settings of the following lines.

Output = mail
Format = html
MailTo = samiux@gmail.com

Step 2 :

Make logwatch to read Hiawatha log files.

sudo nano /usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/http.conf

Add the following lines on the appropriate sections.

LogFile = hiawatha/*access.log
LogFile = hiawatha/*access.log.1
LogFile = hiawatha/*error.log
LogFile = hiawatha/*error.log.1
LogFile = hiawatha/*system.log
LogFile = hiawatha/*system.log.1
LogFile = hiawatha/*garbage.log
LogFile = hiawatha/*garbage.log.1
LogFile = hiawatha/*php-fcgi.log
LogFile = hiawatha/*php-fcgi.log.1
LogFile = hiawatha/*exploit.log
LogFile = hiawatha/*exploit.log.1

Archive = hiawatha/*access.log.*.gz
Archive = hiawatha/*error.log.*.gz
Archive = hiawatha/*system.log.*.gz
Archive = hiawatha/*garbage.log.*.gz
Archive = hiawatha/*php-fcgi.log.*.gz
Archive = hiawatha/*exploit.log.*.gz

That's all. See you!