I would recommend a small daemon who logtails the existing squid log file and pumps the data into the database of choice.
The File::Tail perl module is a good help for this job. Kind of a tail -f on steroids. Regards Henrik On Thursday 05 June 2003 18.21, Lucas Brasilino wrote: > Hi All: > > Maybe I'm crossposting but anyway.... > I'm intending do develop an application to store in > a database all users traffic in a way to easier create reports. > I'm considering two solutions: > > 1) Create a daemon which will read all squids logs by a pipe > in /dev, configure this pipe as squid's log file and store > users_ip and URL in the database, or > > 2) Create a daemon which will connect to squid's port and > send a "GET cache_object://hostname/filedescriptors", > and store only Description field which content is "^http://"; > (URL's). > > I'm wondering which will be the better way to accomplish my > duty. Suggestion?? :) > > PS: as a database I'll use Berkeley DB or GDBM, which are MUCH MORE > lighter. > > > thanks in advance -- Donations welcome if you consider my Free Squid support helpful. https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=hno%40squid-cache.org If you need commercial Squid support or cost effective Squid or firewall appliances please refer to MARA Systems AB, Sweden http://www.marasystems.com/, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
