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NewsStats (c) 2010-2013, 2025 Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
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NewsStats is a software package used to gather statistical information
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from a live Usenet feed and for its subsequent examination.
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This script package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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modify it under the terms of the GNU Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation.
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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1) Install the scripts
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* Download the current version of NewsStats from
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<https://th-h.de/net/software/newsstats/>.
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* Untar it into a directory of your choice:
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# tar -xzf newsstats-nn.tar.gz
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Scripts in this path - at least feedlog.pl - should be executable by the
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news user.
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2) Configuration
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* Copy the sample configuration file newsstats.conf.sample to
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newsstats.conf and modify it for your purposes:
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# cp etc/newsstats.conf.sample etc/newsstats.conf
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# vim etc/newsstats.conf
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a) Mandatory configuration options
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* DBDriver = mysql
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Database driver used; currently only mysql is supported.
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* DBHost = localhost
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The host your mysql server is running on.
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* DBUser =
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The username to connect to the database server.
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* DBPw =
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Matching password for your username.
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* DBDatabase = newsstats
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Database name.
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NewsStats will use those credentials to connect to your mysql
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installation.
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* DBTableRaw = raw_de
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Table holding raw statistical data.
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* DBTableGrps = groups_de
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Table holding data on postings per group.
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* DBTableHosts = hosts_de
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Table holding data on postings per server.
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b) Optional configuration options
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* TLH = de
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Limit examination to that top-level hierarchy.
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3) Database (mysql) setup
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* Setup your database server with a username, password and
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database matching the NewsStats configuration (see 2 a).
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* Start the database creation script:
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# bin/dbcreate.pl
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It will setup the necessary database tables and display some
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information on the next steps.
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4) Feed (INN) setup
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You have to setup an INN feed to feedlog.pl.
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* Edit your 'newsfeeds' file and insert something like
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## gather statistics for NewsStats
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newsstats!\
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:!*,de.*\
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:Tc,WmtfbsPNH,Ac:/path/to/feedlog.pl
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* You should only feed that hierarchy (those hierarchies ...) to
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feedlog.pl you'll want to cover with your statistical
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examination. It may be a good idea to setup different feeds (to
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different databases ...) for different hierarchies.
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* Please double check that your path to feedlog.pl is correct and
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feedlog.pl can be executed by the news user
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* Check your 'newsfeeds' syntax:
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# ctlinnd checkfile
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* Reload 'newsfeeds':
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# ctlinnd reload newsfeeds 'Adding newsstats! feed'
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* Watch your 'news.notice' and 'errlog' files:
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# tail -f /var/log/news/news.notice
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...
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# tail -f /var/log/news/errlog
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Everything should be going smoothly now.
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* If INN is spewing error messages to 'errlog' or reporting
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continous respawns of feedlog.pl to 'news.notice', stop your feed:
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# ctlinnd drop 'newsstats!'
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and investigate. 'errlog' may be helpful here.
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* You can restart the feed with
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# ctlinnd begin 'newsstats!'
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later.
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You should be done now.
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Just have a look at your raw data (DBTableRaw). It should now start to
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fill up.
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