An access log is a text file that contains an extensive list of all of the files accessed by your website visitors. All of the files that were requested in one way or another shall be included, so when you have a PHP script application and a website visitor opens only the home page, for instance, you might find numerous files inside the log. This is because there are components on the home page that are embedded - parts of other Internet pages, images, and so on. These files shall be listed within the access log, allowing you to get a complete picture of the way your Internet site functions. The information is in plain text format, so the logs are occasionally called "raw data" too. An access log shows the name of each requested file, the path to it, the date it was accessed, along with the user’s IP address, browser and OS. Additional information, like the referrer site, is typically provided as well. A log file can be processed by various desktop apps for statistical purposes as an addition to the web stats generated by your web server.

Access Log Manager in Cloud Hosting

When you obtain a cloud hosting from our company, you shall be able to decide if access logs have to be produced and for which domains or subdomains inside your account this should be done. You could enable this function from the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia CP, included with all shared accounts. Each domain you host or subdomain you set up will be listed there and you will see an On/Off option next to each of them, so you can conveniently enable or deactivate the generation of access logs independently for every website that you have. You could save a log to your personal computer by clicking on the Download link that you'll see within the same section of the Control Panel. The link will be available even after you disable the log generation, so you'll still have access to the data collected by our system.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you host your websites inside a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you shall have the option to activate or disable the generation of access logs with just several clicks within your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You will find this feature within the Access/Error Logs section, which you can access after you sign in. All it takes for our system to start creating logs is a click on the On button which you will see there. The feature can be enabled independently for any Internet site regardless of whether it uses a domain or a subdomain and you shall find a full list of all the hosts inside that section. Any access log can be downloaded as a text file with only a click and you can then look at it manually or use some software on your laptop or computer. The log generation can be deactivated by simply switching the On option to Off within the Logs section of your CP.