Overview

Urchin is installed on all (gs) Grid-Service hosting services.

The (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server has a program that tracks your statistics.

Instructions

1. Log into the AccountCenter.
2. Click on the Urchin link next to your primary domain, see Figure 1.

   
   Figure 1.

Built-in statistics for the (dv) 4.0

Here's how to access:

1. Log into the Plesk Control Panel for your domain. See Figure 1:

   
   Figure 1. The Plesk Control Panel. Click for a larger view.

   TIP:

   If you log into Plesk with the admin user, you will be in the Server Administration Panel by default. To get to the Control Panel, click on Domains, then on the Control Panel link next to your domain.

   You can also create a user that will log into the Control Panel by default, which will save you a few clicks on day-to-day webmaster tasks. See Control Panel user.

2. From the Home page, click on Websites & Domains. See Figure 2:

   
   Figure 2: Click on the "Websites & Domains" tab.

3. Next, click on Web Statistics. When prompted to login, use your FTP login credentials. See Figure 3 for the location of this icon.

   
   Figure 3: Click the icon to view your statistics in a pop-up window.

   
   Figure 4: Click for larger view.This will open a new window for your browser. Please ensure that you have not blocked pop-up windows for your domain.

4. The statistics log rotation is set in the Service Plan on which your domain is hosted. For more information, please see: Parallels Plesk Panel 10.4: Administrator's Guide - Hosting Plans and Subscriptions.

Built-in statistics for the (dv) 3.5

1. Log into Plesk.
2. Go to the Domains tab.
3. Click on your domain.
4. Click on Setup.
5. Towards the bottom, choose either Webalizer or AWstats for your statistics. Decide whether you want to password-protect your statistics or not.
6. Visit http://example.com/plesk-stat/ in your browser. If you elected to password-protect this directory, the login information will be the same as your FTP login information for this domain.

Awstats

AWStats is an open source-reporting tool that comes pre-installed on your (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server.

• Awstats Homepage
• Using Awstats on your (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server

Webalizer

Webalizer is an open source-reporting tool that comes pre-installed on your (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server.

• Webalizer Homepage
• Using Webalizer on your (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server

Urchin

Urchin was previously available as a (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server add-on. See (dv):Urchin.

• Visit http://example.com:9999 to access Urchin for your server.

Third-party statistics software

Here are a few of the more popular statistics software programs you can install yourself:

• google.com/analytics
• reinvigorate.net
• haveamint.com
• woopra.com
• getclicky.com
• piwik.org