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* <b><code>--default</code></b> or <b><code>-d</code></b> as an optional first argument, followed by: | * <b><code>--default</code></b> or <b><code>-d</code></b> as an optional first argument, followed by: | ||
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Author: Andrew Smith | Author: Andrew Smith | ||
− | The source code in this file ( | + | The source code in this file (check_apache_log.py) is original work written |
by Andrew Smith and has not been copied from any other source including any | by Andrew Smith and has not been copied from any other source including any | ||
person, textbook, or online resource. I have not shared this work with anyone | person, textbook, or online resource. I have not shared this work with anyone |
Revision as of 20:35, 4 September 2017
Contents
Assignment 1 - Parsing a log file
Weight: 15% of the overall grade.
Due Date: Ask your professor for exact date.
Late penalty: 10% per day (including weekends), and the assignment must be completed in order to pass the course.
Overview
Often, system administrators need to analyze log files. This can be done using a paginator such as less
when your system has just been set up and/or you're the only user. On a production system it is not unusual to have thousands of legitimate users per month accessing the server's services, plus thousands more bots looking for unpatched vulnerabilities, brute-forcing username/password pairs, or just downloading every available file on your web server.
In this assignment you will create a program that will help you as a Apache server administrator to answer questions about the status, load, and security of your web server. You will not need to set up a mail server for this assignment, though you're welcome to use the one you've set up in OPS335 as a practice machine.
Instructions
Name and Parameters
Your Python3 program will be named check_apache_log.py
and it will accept the following parameters:
-
--default
or-d
as an optional first argument, followed by: -
filename
, or: -
filename1 filename2 filename3
etc... - any number of filenames from 1 to as many as the command-line supports.
Header
Your program must be a single source file, and at the top of that file it will contain the following true statement as a comment (replace Andrew Smith with your own name):
OPS435 Assignment 1 - Fall 2017
check_apache_log.py
Author: Andrew Smith
The source code in this file (check_apache_log.py) is original work written
by Andrew Smith and has not been copied from any other source including any
person, textbook, or online resource. I have not shared this work with anyone
or anything except for submission for grading. I understand that the
Academic Honesty Policy is not a joke and violators will be punished.