IIS log files queries

These examples assume the log format used is `W3C Extended`. If a different format is used, the field names may need to be changed.

Get the number of requests and total bytes sent during each hour
``

    SELECT	QUANTIZE(TO_TIMESTAMP(date, time), 3600) AS Hour,
    	COUNT(*) AS Total,
    	SUM(sc-bytes) AS TotBytesSent
    FROM ex*.log
    GROUP BY Hour
    ORDER BY Hour

Create a pie chart with the total number of bytes generated by each extension
To use: "LogParser file:ExtensionByte.sql -charttype:PieExploded -charttitle:"Bytes per extension" -categories:off" ``

    SELECT	EXTRACT_EXTENSION( cs-uri-stem ) AS Extension,
    	MUL(PROPSUM(sc-bytes),100.0) AS Bytes
    INTO Pie.gif
    FROM <1>
    GROUP BY Extension
    ORDER BY Bytes DESC

Get the Top 20 verbs with the maximum and average time taken, and with the average number of bytes sent
``

    SELECT TOP 20 	cs-method,
    		COUNT(*) AS Total,
    		MAX(time-taken) AS MaxTime,
    		AVG(time-taken) AS AvgTime,
    		AVG(sc-bytes) AS AvgBytesSent
    FROM ex*.log
    GROUP BY cs-method
    ORDER BY Total DESC

Get the Top 20 URIs with the maximum and average time taken, and with the average number of bytes sent
``

    SELECT TOP 20 	cs-uri-stem,
    		COUNT(*) AS Total,
    		MAX(time-taken) AS MaxTime,
    		AVG(time-taken) AS AvgTime,
    		AVG(sc-bytes) AS AvgBytesSent
    FROM ex*.log
    GROUP BY cs-uri-stem
    ORDER BY Total DESC

Get the full HTTP status codes by number of hits
``

    SELECT 	STRCAT(TO_STRING(sc-status), STRCAT('.', TO_STRING(sc-substatus))) AS Status,
    	COUNT(*) AS Total
    FROM ex*.log
    GROUP BY Status
    ORDER BY Total DESC

For each ASP error, get the Url and the ASP script line number
``

    SELECT  EXTRACT_TOKEN(FullUri, 0, '|') AS Uri,
            EXTRACT_TOKEN(cs-uri-query, -1, '|') AS ErrorMsg,
            EXTRACT_TOKEN(cs-uri-query, 1, '|') AS LineNo,
            COUNT(*) AS Total
    USING   STRCAT( cs-uri-stem,
                    REPLACE_IF_NOT_NULL(cs-uri-query, STRCAT('?', cs-uri-query))
            ) AS FullUri
    FROM ex*.log
    WHERE (sc-status = 500) AND (cs-uri-stem LIKE '%.asp')
    GROUP BY Uri, ErrorMsg, LineNo
    ORDER BY Total DESC

Get requests and full status by number of hits
``

    SELECT 	STRCAT(	cs-uri-stem,
    		REPLACE_IF_NOT_NULL(cs-uri-query, STRCAT('?',cs-uri-query))
    		) AS Request,
    	STRCAT(	TO_STRING(sc-status),
    		STRCAT(	'.',
    			COALESCE(TO_STRING(sc-substatus), '?' )
    			)
    		) AS Status,
    	COUNT(*) AS Total
    FROM ex*.log
    WHERE (sc-status >= 400)
    GROUP BY Request, Status
    ORDER BY Total DESC

Get hit counts for each extension
``

    SELECT  EXTRACT_EXTENSION( cs-uri-stem ) AS Extension,
    	COUNT(*) AS Total
    FROM ex*.log
    GROUP BY Extension
    ORDER BY Total DESC

Get authentication and authorization failures
``

    SELECT 	cs-username,
    	sc-status,
    	COUNT(*) AS Total
    FROM ex*.log
    WHERE cs-username IS NOT NULL AND sc-status BETWEEN 401 AND 403
    GROUP BY cs-username,sc-status
    ORDER BY Total DESC

Event log queries

Get logon failures from the Security Event Log
``

    SELECT 	STRCAT(	EXTRACT_TOKEN(	Strings,
    				1,
    				'|'),
    		STRCAT(	'\\',
    			EXTRACT_TOKEN(	Strings,
    					0,
    					'|'
    					)
    			)
    		) AS User,
    		COUNT(*) AS Total
    FROM Security
    WHERE EventType = 16 AND EventCategory = 2
    GROUP BY User
    ORDER BY Total DESC

Get logon failure statistics from the Security Event Log
To use: "LogParser file:LogonFailureStats.sql?machine=MyMachineName" ``

    SELECT
    	COUNT(EventID) AS TotalLogonFailures,
    	TO_LOWERCASE(EXTRACT_TOKEN(Strings,0,'|')) AS User,
    	TO_LOWERCASE(EXTRACT_TOKEN(Strings,1,'|')) AS Domain,
    	TO_LOWERCASE(EXTRACT_TOKEN(Strings,5,'|')) AS WorkStation,
    	CASE TO_INT(EXTRACT_TOKEN(Strings,2,'|'))
    		WHEN 2 THEN  'Interactive - Intended for users who will be interactively using the machine, such as a user being logged on by a terminal server, remote shell, or similar process.'
    		WHEN 3 THEN  'Network - Intended for high performance servers to authenticate clear text passwords. LogonUser does not cache credentials for this logon type.'
    		WHEN 4 THEN  'Batch - Intended for batch servers, where processes may be executing on behalf of a user without their direct intervention; or for higher performance servers that process many clear-text authentication attempts at a time, such as mail or web servers. LogonUser does not cache credentials for this logon type.'
    		WHEN 5 THEN  'Service - Indicates a service-type logon. The account provided must have the service privilege enabled.'
    		WHEN 6 THEN  'Proxy - Indicates a proxy-type logon.'
    		WHEN 7 THEN  'Unlock - This logon type is intended for GINA DLLs logging on users who will be interactively using the machine. This logon type allows a unique audit record to be generated that shows when the workstation was unlocked.'
    		WHEN 8 THEN  'NetworkCleartext - Windows 2000; Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 family:  Preserves the name and password in the authentication packages, allowing the server to make connections to other network servers while impersonating the client. This allows a server to accept clear text credentials from a client, call LogonUser, verify that the user can access the system across the network, and still communicate with other servers.'
    		WHEN 9 THEN  'NewCredentials - Windows 2000; Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 family:  Allows the caller to clone its current token and specify new credentials for outbound connections. The new logon session has the same local identity, but uses different credentials for other network connections.'
    		WHEN 10 THEN 'RemoteInteractive - Terminal Server session that is both remote and interactive.'
    		WHEN 11 THEN 'CachedInteractive - Attempt cached credentials without accessing the network.'
    		WHEN 12 THEN 'CachedRemoteInteractive - Same as RemoteInteractive. This is used for internal auditing.'
    		WHEN 13 THEN 'CachedUnlock - Workstation logon'
    		ELSE EXTRACT_TOKEN(Strings,2,'|')
    	END AS Type
    INTO DATAGRID
    FROM \\%machine%\security
    WHERE EventID IN (529)
    GROUP BY User,Domain,WorkStation,Type
    ORDER BY TotalLogonFailures DESC

Get logon successes from the Security Event Log
``

    SELECT 	STRCAT(	EXTRACT_TOKEN(	Strings,
    				1,
    				'|'),
    		STRCAT(	'\\',
    			EXTRACT_TOKEN(	Strings,
    					0,
    					'|'
    					)
    			)
    		) AS User,
    		COUNT(*) AS Total
    FROM Security
    WHERE EventType = 8 AND EventCategory = 2
    GROUP BY User
    ORDER BY Total DESC

Get the distribution of EventID values for each Source
``

    SELECT	SourceName,
    	EventID,
    	MUL(PROPCOUNT(*) ON (SourceName), 100.0) AS Percent
    FROM System
    GROUP BY SourceName, EventID
    ORDER BY SourceName, Percent DESC

UrlScan queries

Get the clients whose requests have been rejected by UrlScan
``

    SELECT	ClientIP,
    	COUNT(*)
    FROM URLSCAN
    WHERE Comment LIKE 'Url%'
    GROUP BY ClientIP

Get all the UrlScan comments
``

    SELECT DISTINCT Comment
    FROM URLSCAN

ETW log queries

Get the number of hits for each IIS AppPool
To use: "LogParser file:AppPools.sql -fmode:full -providers:"HTTP Service Trace"" ``

    SELECT 	AppPoolName,
    	COUNT(*) AS Total
    FROM *.etl
    WHERE EventTypeName = 'Deliver'
    GROUP BY AppPoolName
    ORDER BY Total DESC

ADS queries

Get the IIS Virtual Directories that allow WRITE access
To use: "LogParser file:VirtualDirWrite.sql -i:ADS -class:IIsWebVirtualDir" ``

    SELECT ObjectPath
    FROM IIS://localhost/W3SVC
    WHERE BIT_AND(AccessFlags, 0x02) <> 0

NETMON queries

Get the total network bytes per second
``

    SELECT 	QUANTIZE(DateTime, 1) AS Second,
    	SUM(FrameBytes)
    FROM myCapture.cap
    GROUP BY Second

Generic queries

TEXTWORD Input: Get a list of all the words in these text files ordered by number of times they appear
To use: "LogParser file:Words.sql -i:TEXTWORD" ``

    SELECT	Text,
    	COUNT(*) AS Total
    FROM C:\*.txt
    GROUP BY Text
    ORDER BY Total DESC

FS Input: Get a list of all the hidden files in the C: drive ordered by their size
To use: "LogParser file:HiddenFiles.sql -i:FS" ``

    SELECT 	Path,
    	Size
    FROM C:\*.*
    WHERE NOT Attributes LIKE '%D%' AND Attributes LIKE '%H%'
    ORDER BY Size DESC

FS Input: Get the distribution of file name lengths in the C: drive
To use: "LogParser file:FilenameLengths.sql -i:FS" ``

    SELECT 	STRLEN(Name) AS NameLen,
    	COUNT(*) AS Total
    FROM C:\*.*
    GROUP BY NameLen
    ORDER BY Total

Helper functions

Get the status code in the "status.substatus" form:
  `

      STRCAT(TO_STRING(sc-status), STRCAT('.', TO_STRING(sc-substatus))) AS Status

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Get the request in the "uri-stem?uri-query" form:
  `

      STRCAT(cs-uri-stem, REPLACE_IF_NOT_NULL(cs-uri-query,STRCAT('?',cs-uri-query))) AS Request

  `