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@@ -12,15 +12,11 @@ By parsing web server log files with Netdata, and seeing the volume of redirects
you can better understand what's happening on your infrastructure. Too many bad requests? Maybe a recent deploy missed a
few small SVG icons. Too many requests? Time to batten down the hatches—it's a DDoS.
-Netdata has been capable of monitoring web log files for quite some time, thanks for the [weblog python.d
-module](/collectors/python.d.plugin/web_log/README.md), but we recently refactored this module in Go, and that effort
-comes with a ton of improvements.
-
-You can now use the [LTSV log format](http://ltsv.org/), track TLS and cipher usage, and the whole parser is faster than
+You can use the [LTSV log format](http://ltsv.org/), track TLS and cipher usage, and the whole parser is faster than
ever. In one test on a system with SSD storage, the collector consistently parsed the logs for 200,000 requests in
-200ms, using ~30% of a single core. To learn more about these improvements, see our [v1.19 release post](https://blog.netdata.cloud/posts/release-1.19/).
+200ms, using ~30% of a single core.
-The [go.d plugin](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/agent/collectors/go.d.plugin/modules/weblog/) is currently compatible
+The [web_log](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/agent/collectors/go.d.plugin/modules/weblog/) collector is currently compatible
with [Nginx](https://nginx.org/en/) and [Apache](https://httpd.apache.org/).
This guide will walk you through using the new Go-based web log collector to turn the logs these web servers
@@ -34,33 +30,6 @@ installation procedures.
Almost all web server installations will need _no_ configuration to start collecting metrics. As long as your web server
has readable access log file, you can configure the web log plugin to access and parse it.
-## Configure the web log collector
-
-To use the Go version of this plugin, you need to explicitly enable it, and disable the deprecated Python version.
-First, open `python.d.conf`:
-
-```bash
-cd /etc/netdata/ # Replace with your Netdata configuration directory, if not /etc/netdata/
-./edit-config python.d.conf
-```
-
-Find the `web_log` line, uncomment it, and set it to `web_log: no`. Next, open the `go.d.conf` file for editing.
-
-```bash
-./edit-config go.d.conf
-```
-
-Find the `web_log` line again, uncomment it, and set it to `web_log: yes`.
-
-Finally, restart Netdata with `sudo systemctl restart netdata`, or the [appropriate
-method](/docs/configure/start-stop-restart.md) for your system. You should see metrics in your Netdata dashboard!
-
-![Example of real-time web server log metrics in Netdata's
-dashboard](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1153921/69448130-2980c280-0d15-11ea-9fa5-6dcff25a92c3.png)
-
-If you don't see web log charts, or **web log nginx**/**web log apache** menus on the right-hand side of your dashboard,
-continue reading for other configuration options.
-
## Custom configuration of the web log collector
The web log collector's default configuration comes with a few example jobs that should cover most Linux distributions
@@ -152,11 +121,7 @@ documentation](/health/README.md).
## What's next?
-Now that you have web log collection up and running, we recommend you take a look at the documentation for our
-[python.d](/collectors/python.d.plugin/web_log/README.md) for some ideas of how you can turn these rather "boring" logs
-into powerful real-time tools for keeping your servers happy.
+Now that you have web log collection up and running, we recommend you take a look at the collector's [documentation](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/agent/collectors/go.d.plugin/modules/weblog/) for some ideas of how you can turn these rather "boring" logs into powerful real-time tools for keeping your servers happy.
Don't forget to give GitHub user [Wing924](https://github.com/Wing924) a big 👍 for his hard work in starting up the Go
refactoring effort.
-
-