Web Server Log Parser

Overview

This Python script serves as a basic web server log parser. It reads a log file, extracts relevant information from each entry, and performs a simple analysis to count the frequency of HTTP status codes. This tool can be useful in a DevOps context for monitoring and troubleshooting web applications.

Features

• Reads a web server log file line by line.
• Parses important data such as IP address, timestamp, request type, and status codes.
• Counts the frequency of each HTTP status code encountered in the log file.

Usage

1. Download or clone this repository.

2. Run the script using Python 3.x.

   python logparser.py

3. When prompted, enter the full path to the log file you wish to analyze.

Output

The script will output the parsed log entries in the following format:

IP: [IP Address], Timestamp: [Timestamp], Request: [HTTP Request], Status Code: [HTTP Status Code], Size: [Response Size]

At the end, it will display the frequency of each HTTP status code found in the log file.

Dependencies

• Python 3.x
• re library for regular expressions
• collections library for counting occurrences