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-# nginx-proxy-manager-goaccess
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+# nginx-proxy-manager-goaccess
+
+run "docker-compose up -d"
+
+stop the goaccess container
+
+**Edit the following file: ./goaccess/storage/goaccess.conf** *(I've included my goaccess configuration)*
+
+verify:
+- real-time-html true
+
+comment out:
+- log-format COMBINED
+
+add:
+- log_format [%d:%t %^] %s - %m %^ %v "%U" [Client %h] [Length %b] [Gzip %^] "%u" "%R"
+- time-format %T
+- date-format %d/%b/%Y
+
+update:
+- log-file /opt/log/default.log
+
+start the goaccess container
+
+visit goaccess at: http://[ip]:7889