I am using Advanced Web Statistics(Awstats) for many years. I haven’t upgrade my installation for a long time. Last time, I upgrade my Awstats to 7.1, is almost two years ago.
Now it is 7.3.
Let’s have a look at the changes since Awstats 7.1
***** 7.3 *****
New features:
- Add command line option -version
- Better error management of geoip modules.
- Update domains, robots and search engines database:
- #877 Windows 8 + iOS Support in AWStats
- Detection of 8.1 and IE11.
Fixes:
- When using builddate option of script awstats_buildstaticpages,
static link is wrong.
- Restore detection of Opera browsers versions.
- #838 GeoIP Cities page doesnt work.
- Add missing icons.
- #881 Avoid warning mixed http/https with module graphgooglechartapi.
- #918 $MinHit{'Host'} rather than $MinHit{'Login'} used in sub HTMLShowLogins.
Other:
- Move version system to sourceforge Git instead of CVS.
***** 7.2 *****
New features:
- Upgrade licence to GPL v3+.
- Update documentation.
- Support modCloudFlareIIS.
Fixes:
- Since updating Webmin to 1.53, the Add New Config File screen layout is
totally messed up and unusable.
- Update broken links to maxmind.
Here is how I upgrade my Awstats from 7.1 to 7.3
1) Download the gz file from the official site in the terminal window of VPS.
2) Decompress the gz file in command line.
3) Copy the files which in wwwroot folder and overwrite the old files.
4) No need to upgrade database file.
