Providing usage data stats for web service subscribers
Our server is running an online dictionary (www.buddhism-dict.net) that is subscribed to by university libraries around the world. The libraries would like to be able to obtain reports of their annual usage data. Right now we are doing this locally with a Windows app called WebLog service, but we would like to include a service directly on our site that the librarians can access for themselves. Can anyone offer a recommendation for an application we can set up for this purpose?
-- Chuck
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jyoo
Linode Staff
Since you're looking for wider availability, you'll likely want to use a GUI tool such as Grafana. Grafana allows you to integrate your information sources in a graphical interface for easier tracking. You'd want to use Grafana with another tool like Prometheus, or with your existing WebLog if supported. In this setup, your data tracker (Prometheus) would provide data to your Grafana account. You would need to filter results based on IP addresses or login information in order to provide individual results to each library; this resource might be helpful in doing so, but it will depend on your setup and how libraries interact with your site.