Summary runs on many platforms including
- Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
- Mac OS X 10.3.9 or newer, including native support for Intel Macs.
- Linux running on x86 family hardware
- FreeBSD running on x86 family hardware, with the Linux emulator
(most newer FreeBSD systems include it)
Summary uses a Web browser for its interface. You can use any Web browser to access Summary.
Memory requirements will vary depending on the size of the log file being
analyzed. A small log file might require 6MB free (this is in addition to
whatever memory your Web browser is already using). Larger log files can
require far more memory.
Summary works with logs from the following servers (and many others)
- Apache - some log formats will require manual configuration
- Apple Personal Web Server
- Apple Share IP - version 5.0 or higher
- Boulevard
- Demon Internet
- FileMaker Pro - with some limitations
- iPlanet Web Server
- Lotus Domino - when set to NCSA Common format only
- MacHTTP
- Mac OS X Server
- Microsoft IIS
- Microsoft Personal Web Server for Macintosh
- NCSA httpd
- Netscape web servers, including FastTrack, Commerce, and Enterprise
- O’Reilly WebSite Professional
- OS X bulitin web server
- QuidProQuo
- Rumpus - version 1.2 or higher, earlier versions with some limitations
- Sun Java System Web Server
- Web Server 4D
- WebSTAR - version 1.2.1 or higher
- WebTen - when set to produce NCSA Common or NCSA Combined format logs
- WN
- WU-FTP
- Zeus - when set to produce NCSA Common or NCSA Combined format logs
- and many others
Summary will automatically recognize the following log formats
- Demon Internet native log format
- MacHTTP
- Microsoft IIS native format from version 3 or newer
- NCSA Combined (sometimes called NCSA Extended)
- NCSA Common (sometimes called Common Log File Format)
- Netscape
- O’Reilly WebSite Professional native format
- WebSTAR (used by several others: QuidProQuo, Web Server 4D, etc.)
- W3C Extended Log Format (ExLF) with or without Microsoft extensions
- WN Verbose
- WU-FTP xferlog log format
You can also create a custom description for almost any log format, as long as each log entry takes a single line.
