Today i have successfully installed and configured SARG on my work ClearOS 6.x based router. Main goal was to get better reports from existing data.

What we need is:

• ClearOS 6.x
• working squid configuration (web proxy)
• working apache configuration (web server)
• working dhcp server (dhcp server)

1. Installing WGET
   
   Shell

   # yum --enablerepo=clearos-core install wget

   1	# yum --enablerepo=clearos-core install wget

2. Installing RPMForge repo
   
   Shell

   # wget http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/i386/dag/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.i686.rpm # rpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.i686.rpm

   1 2	# wget http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/i386/dag/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.i686.rpm # rpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.i686.rpm

   
   Now we have to disable rpmforge repo to avoid conflicts between different software (for example during yum update process). You have to edit /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo and change enabled=1 to 0 (zero).
3. Installing SARG
   
   Shell

   # yum --enablerepo=rpmforge-testing install sarg

   1	# yum --enablerepo=rpmforge-testing install sarg

4. Configuring SARG
   You can edit /etc/sarg/sarg.conf to modify any variables you want. Also we have to fix problem with subdirectories
   
   Shell

   # mkdir /usr/share/sarg/ # ln -s /etc/sarg/fonts/ /usr/share/sarg/ # ln -s /etc/sarg/languages/ /usr/share/sarg/ # ln -s /etc/sarg/images/ /usr/share/sarg/

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   # mkdir /usr/share/sarg/ # ln -s /etc/sarg/fonts/ /usr/share/sarg/ # ln -s /etc/sarg/languages/ /usr/share/sarg/ # ln -s /etc/sarg/images/ /usr/share/sarg/

5. Testing SARG – generate one-shoot report
   
   Shell

   # sarg -x

   1

   # sarg -x

6. Access SARG reports from your IP
   To see reports generated by SARG you have to edit “/etc/httpd/conf.d/sarg.conf” and the line “# Allow from your-workstation.com” to the IP of your workstation. You can add as many IP as you want. After that it is required to restart webserver
   
   Shell

   # service httpd restart

   1	# service httpd restart

7. Testing SARG scripts
   
   Shell

   # /etc/cron.daily/sarg # /etc/cron.weekly/sarg # /etc/cron.monthly/sarg

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   # /etc/cron.daily/sarg   # /etc/cron.weekly/sarg # /etc/cron.monthly/sarg

   
   There should be no information after running those scripts
8. The end
   If feverything goes ok, you should visit http://you-server-ip/sarg/ to see reports generated by SARG 🙂

ps. Thanks Tony Ellis from clearfundation forum for tips how to do it right.