visuaLOG

:::: SUMMARY ::::

visuaLOG is a visual and animated representation of your web access log files.

:::: SUPPORTED DEVICES ::::

- iPad 3/4/5/Air/Mini
- Optimised for iOS 7


:::: REQUIREMENTS ::::

- Internet connection is required using Wifi. 3G/4G/LTE is also possible however load speeds will vary.

- You will require a Dropbox account, where you can temporarily upload your website access log to use within visuaLOG.


:::: SUPPORTED LOG FILE FORMATS ::::
*visuaLOG supports several standardized access.log formats used by web servers such as Apache and Nginx

NCSA Common Log Format (CLF)
"%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b"

NCSA Common Log Format with Virtual Host
"%v %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b"

NCSA extended/combined log format
"%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-agent}i\""

NCSA extended/combined log format with Virtual Host
"%v %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-agent}i\""

*If a format is chosen that is not supported an error alert will be shown.


:::: HOW TO USE visuaLOG? ::::

- Upload your Apache/Nginx website access log files (supported formats only) to your Dropbox account.

- Start visuaLOG

- Tap at the top on the Dropbox image. This will ask you to enable access to your Dropbox account. Dropbox will then be shown.

- Choose the relevant website access log file you want to analyse, and wait for the loading of the data into visuaLOG.

*NOTICE: We access your website access log files using a secure connection using SSL.

- Within the app you will be able to STOP and/or PAUSE/RESUME the visualisation and if required RELOAD the same website access log again for another visualisation run.

- You are also able to slow down or speed up the animation of the visualisation of the packets, using the SLOW, NORMAL and FAST radio buttons provided.

- Totals for the different status messages will be shown:
*colour coded and matching the animation

1xx - Informational
2xx - Success *most often seen
3xx - Redirectional *sometimes seen
4xx - Client Error
5xx - Server Error

- Packets animated from origin to destination (LEFT to RIGHT) will also be colour coded based on the type of status.

- Packet sizes are represented using SMALL, MEDIUM and LARGE circles when and while animated.

SMALL: 1 to 5000 bytes
MEDIUM: 5001 to 12000 bytes
LARGE: 12000+ bytes

- visuaLOG parses through the website access log file (date and time) to animate and visualise your file.


:::: SAMPLE LOG FILES FOR YOU ::::

*if you require some sample log files to test we have provided a few below (available also online for industry testing purposes), so simply use the links provided, download the log files, place them into your Dropbox account and test away with visuaLOG.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2dn7ijnlu9v12xx/access_log

https://www.dropbox.com/s/48l7v45u3wgxinz/access2_log

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4aescda5n4j0qoo/example.log

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2d17oz98wdr2c1r/access_combined1.log