How to install and configure LightSquid Log analyzer

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What is LightSquid?
LightSquid is lite and fast log analizer for squid proxy

root@prox:~# apt -y install lightsquid libcgi-session-perl

root@prox:~# vi /etc/lightsquid/lightsquid.cfg

# line 23: change the PATH to log file

$logpath ="/var/log/squid";

root@prox:~# vi /etc/apache2/conf-available/lightsquid.conf

<Location "/lightsquid/">
    # add CGI permission and network range you allow to access from
    Options +ExecCGI
    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
    Require local
    Require ip 10.0.0.0/24

root@prox:~# a2enmod cgid

Enabling module cgid.

To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl restart apache2

root@prox:~# a2enconf lightsquid

Enabling conf lightsquid.

To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2

root@prox:~# systemctl restart apache2

# generate reports

root@prox:~# /usr/share/lightsquid/lightparser.pl

# reports are generated daily by /etc/cron.d/lightsquid

Access to [http://(hostname or IP address)/lightsquid/] with Web Browser on a Client Computer, then Squid Log Reports site is shown and it's possible to Proxy statics.