Processing FileZilla FTP Logs with Sawmill Professional
Posted by Derrick on December 8, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression | 
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Processing FileZilla FTP Logs with Sawmill Professional can be very beneficial. Not only is Samwill Professional a great tool for processing log files for streaming servers and web servers but it works well for processing FTP logs. How does Sawmill help you in this case? If you have a scenario where you would like to monitor the videos that your clients have downloaded, Sawmill can assist you. First you’ll to need to download the FileZilla logs from your FTP Server.
OK, Let’s get started. Launch Sawmill Professional and log into the application. First, let’s create a Profile for FileZilla by clicking the Create New Profile button.
When the dialog window appears you’ll see an option to select a file or folder of files. Next, click the Browse button.
When the option comes up to select your file, click on the folder that the FileZilla log files are in. Once you select your folder click the OK button.
When you get back to the log source selection section click the Next button.
Now Sawmill will try to detect the Log Format type you’re processing.
When the detecting process completes select your log type
At the next page you see type in your Profile into the text box. You can call your Profile name FileZilla logs.
Next, Click the Finish button.
When the next screen appears, click on the link that displays Process Data & View Reports.
Once you click the Process Data & View Reports link, Sawmill will start creating your database.
After your database is complete click the Log Details link in the Menu Bar to the left.
You can see now that the database shows the files that have been downloaded designated as RETR in the column to the far right. The downloaded video name is in the Log Details overview as well as the user name of the person that logged into retrieve the file.
Now, this is just one of the items that you can perform in Sawmill. To learn more advanced techniques such as Scheduling Log Processing, Working with Roles, Resolving Domains, attend on our 1-day Sawmill Professional training classes.
