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UserOnline
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Module: mod_useronline
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.. meta::
:keywords: lighttpd, online user, tracking, unique ips
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Description
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Module that tracks users online/active by unique ips (no cookies), includes counting hits, and linking into mod_status (http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/wiki/Docs%3AModStatus#server-statistics).
Options
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useronline.enable
enable or disable tracking for given area
Default: 0 [disabled]
Example: useronline.enable = 1
useronline.online_age
number of seconds till user/ip is no longer considered online
Default: 300
Example: useronline.online_age = 600
useronline.active_age
number of seconds till user/ip is no longer considered active (note: setting this higher than online_age will give you the same active count as online)
Default: useronline.online_age / 3 = 100
Example: useronline.active_age = 60
useronline.max_ips
max number of ips to track (note: if this limit is hit, the server will not track new users/ips)
Memory Usage: 16 * max_ips (on a 64bit system)
Default: 1024
Example: useronline.max_ips = 4096
useronline.status_name
name to associate to the variables shown in server-statistics (if not set, it will not report)
Default: unset
Example: useronline.status_name = "myWonderfulSite"
Output/Result
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When configured properly, you will notice a few new environment variables accessible to you. In PHP you can output the number of online users like so:
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<?php echo $_ENV['USERS_ONLINE'] ?>
Here is a current list of environment variables generated by this module:
users_online
number of online users (IPs that last hit >= online_age seconds ago)
users_active
number of active users (IPs that last hit >= min(online_age, active_age) seconds ago)
user_hits
number of hits seen by the current ip while being online/active
users_online_age
number of seconds that a user is still considered online (just reports the current setting)
users_active_age
number of seconds that a user is still considered active (just reports the current setting)
users_online_max_ips
max number of ips tracked (just reports the current setting)
users_online_id
site/conditional id, where the tracking data is located (may be used in the future to link)
Server Statistics
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If useronline.status_name is set, the module will report to status counters that will be displayed in http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/wiki/Docs%3AModStatus#server-statistics
Example: (using: useronline.status_name = "myWonderfulSite")
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useronline.myWonderfulSite.active_age: 100
useronline.myWonderfulSite.id: 9
useronline.myWonderfulSite.max_ips: 4096
useronline.myWonderfulSite.online_age: 300
useronline.myWonderfulSite.users_active: 110
useronline.myWonderfulSite.users_online: 296
The top 4 lines report settings, while the last 2 report the current counters.
You will notice an id number listed, this is the id where the data for that site/conditional is stored. It may be used in the future to link multiple sites/conditonals together to use the same counters, to make it easier to count online users across multiple domains.
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