README for Apache::LogFiler 0.03

WHATIS

Apache::LogIgnore is a mod_perl log handler can be used to ignore connections which match certain criteria.

INSTALLING

Apache::LogIgnore can be installed easily by using the CPAN module.

perl -MCPAN -e"install Apache::LogIgnore"

or manually by untarring the archive and running the following commands.

perl Makefile.PM
make
make test
make install

You'll then need to edit your httpd.conf (or appropriate Apache config file)

<Location /path>
PerlLogHandler Apache::LogIgnore

PerlSetVar     DebugFlag 1
PerlSetVar     IgnoreHost 192.168.0.2
PerlSetVar     IgnoreAgent Moz
PerlSetVar     IgnoreReferer 192.168.0.2
PerlSetVar     IgnoreFrom foo@bar.com
PerlSetVar     IgnoreMinSize 100
PerlSetVar     IgnoreMaxSize 400000
PerlSetVar     IgnoreType Image
PerlSetVar     IgnoreStatus 403

</Location>

Any of those PerlSetVar statements can be left out. /path is the directory you wish to apply Apache::LogIgnore on.

Negating
You can negate all of the above values with a ! (except DebugFlag). Example would be :

IgnoreStatus !200

Don't log any request beside the ones resulting in a 200 status.

TESTING

This module has been tested on Linux 2.4.x (x86) with Perl 5.6.1

REQUIREMENTS

Apache::LogIgnore requires

mod_perl

Apache ofcourse

AUTHOR

Apache::LogIgnore was written by Hendrik Van Belleghem. Suggestions & Questions are welcome at beatnik - at - quickndirty - dot - org.

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