ssp-statistics-parser

The script is applicable to those who have enabled the Authentication Process Filter "statistics:StatisticsWithAttribute" but not the SimpleSAMLphp statistics module on the Identity Provider.

It converts the simplesamlphp.log log file into the format compatible with the statistics module.

Instructions

1. Enable statistics module simplesamlphp/config/config.php:

   • sudo vim /var/simplesamlphp/config/config.php

     'module.enable' => [
        'statistics' => true,
     ],

2. Configure it:

   • cp simplesamlphp/modules/statistics/config-templates/*.php simplesamlphp/config/

   • vim simplesamlphp/config/module_statistics.php

     'inputfile' => '/var/log/simplesamlphp.stat',
     'statdir' => '/var/simplesamlphp/stats/',

3. Create the stats directory and assign the ownership to the apache user:

   • sudo mkdir /var/simplesamlphp/stats
   • sudo chown www-data /var/simplesamlphp/stats

4. Insert ssp-statistics-parser.py into the same directory of the simplesamlphp.log:

   • wget "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ConsortiumGARR/ssp-statistics-parser/main/ssp-statistics-parser.py" -O /var/simplesamlphp/log/ssp-statistics-parser.py

5. Create the input file simplesamlphp.stat:

   • Python 2: python ssp-statistics-parser.py > /var/log/simplesamlphp.stat
   • Python 3: python3 ssp-statistics-parser.py > /var/log/simplesamlphp.stat

6. Configuring the syntax of the logfile as explained in the SimpleSAMLphp statistics module documentation:

   • cd simplesamlphp/modules/statistics/bin/
   • loganalyzer.php --debug

7. If check is OK, create statistics with:

   • sudo loganalyzer.php

8. Find statistical data on the statistics web page of your SSP IdP administrative panel.

Authors

• Marco Malavolti ([email protected])