README.md

Bash Log Analyzer

A simple Bash project that analyzes web server logs and generates a summary report.

This project was built as part of a learning toward Cloud and DevOps roles.

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Features

• Reads a log file.
• Count the number of errors.
• Identify the most frequent IP addresses.
• Generates a report file automatically.

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Technologies Used

• Bash
• grep
• awk
• sort
• uniq
• pipes
• Linux command line

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Project Structure

bash-log-analyzer | |---scripts/ | |---log_analyzer.sh | |---sample_logs/ | |---access.log | |---reports |---log_report.txt

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How to Run

Make the script executable:

chmod +x scripts/log_analyzer.sh

Run the analyzer:

./scripts/log_analyzer.sh sample_logs/access.log

Log Analysis Report

total Errors: 2

Top IP Addresses: 2 192.168.1.20 2 192.168.1.10 1 192.168.1.30

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Learning Goals

This project demonstrates:

• Bash scripting basics
• Text processing with Linux tools
• Simple automation
• Log file analysis
• Basic DevOps style scripting

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Author

Alonso Solano Ramirez Learning Cloud / DevOps