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NewsStats 0.1 (c) 2010-2013 Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
NewsStats is a software package used to gather statistical information
from a live Usenet feed and for its subsequent examination.
This script package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation.
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
1) Install the scripts
* Download the current version of NewsStats from
<http://th-h.de/download/scripts.php>.
* Untar it into a directory of your choice:
# tar -xzf newsstats-nn.tar.gz
Scripts in this path - at least feedlog.pl - should be executable by the
news user.
2) Configuration
* Copy the sample configuration file newsstats.conf.sample to
newsstats.conf and modify it for your purposes:
# cp etc/newsstats.conf.sample etc/newsstats.conf
# vim etc/newsstats.conf
a) Mandatory configuration options
* DBDriver = mysql
Database driver used; currently only mysql is supported.
* DBHost = localhost
The host your mysql server is running on.
* DBUser =
The username to connect to the database server.
* DBPw =
Matching password for your username.
* DBDatabase = newsstats
Database name.
NewsStats will use those credentials to connect to your mysql
installation.
* DBTableRaw = raw_de
Table holding raw statistical data.
* DBTableGrps = groups_de
Table holding data on postings per group.
b) Optional configuration options
* TLH = de
Limit examination to that top-level hierarchy.
3) Database (mysql) setup
* Setup your database server with a username, password and
database matching the NewsStats configuration (see 2 a).
* Start the installation script:
# install/install.pl
It will setup the necessary database tables and display some
information on the next steps.
4) Feed (INN) setup
You have to setup an INN feed to feedlog.pl.
* Edit your 'newsfeeds' file and insert something like
## gather statistics for NewsStats
newsstats!\
:!*,de.*\
:Tc,WmtfbsPNH,Ac:/path/to/feedlog.pl
* You should only feed that hierarchy (those hierarchies ...) to
feedlog.pl you'll want to cover with your statistical
examination. It may be a good idea to setup different feeds (to
different databases ...) for different hierarchies.
* Please double check that your path to feedlog.pl is correct and
feedlog.pl can be executed by the news user
* Check your 'newsfeeds' syntax:
# ctlinnd checkfile
* Reload 'newsfeeds':
# ctlinnd reload newsfeeds 'Adding newsstats! feed'
* Watch your 'news.notice' and 'errlog' files:
# tail -f /var/log/news/news.notice
...
# tail -f /var/log/news/errlog
Everything should be going smoothly now.
* If INN is spewing error messages to 'errlog' or reporting
continous respawns of feedlog.pl to 'news.notice', stop your feed:
# ctlinnd drop 'newsstats!'
and investigate. 'errlog' may be helpful here.
* You can restart the feed with
# ctlinnd begin 'newsstats!'
later.
You should be done now.
Just have a look at your raw data (DBTableRaw). It should now start to
fill up.