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Apache Log Analysis Basics II

log-analysis-webserver-logs | Level: Easy  | Total Lab Runs: 0 | Premium Lab

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Apache web access logs are in the file apache_access.log. Answer the following questions using basic Linux utilities like grep, awk, sort, uniq etc.

    1. List the super-set of all HTTP request methods present in the logs.
    2. How many requests were made using protocol defined in RFC 1945?
    3. How many requests were originated from Android Kitkat devices?
    4. How many POST requests were made for "/administrator/index.php" page?
    5. Which browser was used to make GET requests to the server between 03:40 and 03:49 on 13th December 2015? 
    6. How many request were made by Google's crawling bots?
    7. Which image was fetched from the server second most time? 

    Dataset used: http://www.almhuette-raith.at/apache-log/access.log

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