How to change statistics tool from AWStats to GoAccess for domains in Plesk?

Leo Mastropierro

Updated July 14, 2026 18:28

kb: technical Plesk Obsidian for Linux

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Plesk for Linux
Plesk for Windows

Question

How to change statistics from AWStats to GoAccess/Webalizer statistics tools in Plesk?

Answer

GoAccess is now the default web statistics tool starting on Plesk Obsidian 18.0.79.
Prior to Plesk version 18.0.79, you may need to install GoAccess from Plesk installer, which is available under Web Hosting option.

Once installed, use your preferred below method to switch to GoAccess:

For one domain

Log in to Plesk.
Go Domains > example.com > Hosting Settings > Web scripting and statistics section**.**
Select the required web statistics utility from the drop-down menu and click Ok

For selected/all domains and Service plans in Plesk for Linux

Connect to the Plesk server via SSH.
Create a backup of psa database:

# plesk db dump > /root/dump_psa_before_script.sql
Download the script file (it switches statistics from AWstats to GoAccess for plans and domains) and make it executable:

# wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plesk/kb-scripts/master/webstat-goaccess-change/webstat-goaccess-change.sh && chmod +x webstat-goaccess-change.sh
Run the script webstat-goaccess-change.sh to switch the webstat from AWStats to GoAccess for all domains and Service Plans:

# ./webstat-goaccess-change.sh
Make sure that there are no service plans or domains with AWStats webstat (no output should appear as a result of the execution of commands below):

# plesk db "select Templates.id,Templates.name,TmplData.value from Templates, TmplData where Templates.type='domain' and Templates.id=TmplData.tmpl_id and TmplData.element='webstat' and TmplData.value='awstats';"

# plesk db "select domains.name, hosting.webstat from hosting,domains where hosting.webstat='awstats' and hosting.dom_id=domains.id;"

For selected/all domains and Service plans in Plesk for Windows

Connect to the Plesk server via RDP.
Start a command prompt as an Administrator.
Create a backup of psa database:

C:\> plesk db dump psa > C:\psa_backup_webstat.sql
Execute the following commands to switch the webstat from AWStats to Webalizer:

C:\> plesk db "update TmplData set value='webalizer' where element='webstat' and value='awstats';"
plesk db -N -e "select domains.name from hosting,domains where hosting.webstat='awstats' and hosting.dom_id=domains.id;" > C:\domains.txt
for /f "tokens=*" %a in ('type C:\domains.txt') do plesk bin domain -u "%a" -webstat webalizer \
Make sure that there are no service plans or domains with AWStats webstat (no output should appear as a result of the execution of commands below):

C:\> plesk db "select * from TmplData where element='webstat' and value='awstats';"
plesk db "select domains.name from hosting,domains where hosting.webstat='awstats' and hosting.dom_id=domains.id;"

Comments

5 comments

Kurt Ludikovsky
June 28, 2026 07:53

I am not happy, because I don't have the option to select GoAccess.

And yes I have the right version.

Whats wrong here?

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Jack Stringer
June 28, 2026 09:32

Kurt, I had to install GoAccess first. Its under the Webhosting tab in the Plesk Installer.It's

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Kurt Ludikovsky
June 28, 2026 13:17

Thanks. Done.
But this hint should be added to this page.

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Leo Mastropierro
July 14, 2026 18:36

Hello Kurt Ludikovsky
Thanks for your feedback, the article was updated.

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Sascha Dengler
July 16, 2026 10:03

If anyone has the same problem while executing the script “webstat-goaccess-change.sh”.
An error occurred during domain update: An error occurred during changing of hosting settings: The component __webstat_goaccess_support was not installed
Resyncing Package-Management-Database solved the problem:
plesk sbin packagemng -sdf

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