Apache Log Parser – Deliverable 1

This project parses Apache access logs generated by XAMPP.
The PowerShell function reads the log word by word into a PSCustomObject
and filters the results to show only addresses in the 10. network*.

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How to Run

Open PowerShell (or PowerShell ISE) in this repository folder and run:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\main.ps1

The script will output a table of log entries where the IP address starts with 10..

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Parser Function (Apache-Parse.ps1)

function Get-ApacheTable10 {
    param([string]$Path = "C:\xampp\apache\logs\access.log")

    if (-not (Test-Path $Path)) { throw "Log not found at $Path" }

    $lines   = Get-Content -Path $Path
    $records = @()

    for ($i = 0; $i -lt $lines.Count; $i++) {
        $line = $lines[$i]
        if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($line)) { continue }

        # Split the log line into individual words
        $w = $line.Split(' ')
        if ($w.Count -lt 9) { continue }

        # Build a custom object for each log line
        $records += [pscustomobject]@{
            IP       = $w[0]
            Time     = $w[3].Trim('[')
            Method   = $w[5].Trim('"')
            Page     = $w[6]
            Protocol = $w[7].Trim('"')
            Response = $w[8]
            Referrer = if ($w.Count -ge 11) { $w[10].Trim('"') } else { "-" }
            Client   = if ($w.Count -ge 12) { ($w[11..($w.Count-1)] -join ' ').Trim('"') } else { "-" }
        }
    }

    # Return only addresses from the 10.* network
    return $records | Where-Object { $_.IP -like '10.*' }
}

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Main Script (main.ps1)

# Load the parser function
. "$PSScriptRoot\Apache-Parse.ps1"

# Call the function and format the output as a table
$tableRecords = Get-ApacheTable10 -Path "C:\xampp\apache\logs\access.log"
$tableRecords |
  Format-Table IP, Time, Method, Page, Protocol, Response, Referrer -AutoSize -Wrap

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Screenshot

Insert a screenshot of the script running successfully below
(showing the formatted table of 10.* IP addresses).

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Notes

• Make sure Apache is running in XAMPP and that you have generated traffic (visit existing and non-existing pages) so the access log contains entries.
• $PSScriptRoot ensures the function file is loaded from the same folder as main.ps1.
• Both scripts should be committed to this repository along with this README and the screenshot.