An access log is a text file that contains a thorough report on all of the files accessed by your Internet site visitors. All of the files that were requested in one way or another will be included, so when you have a PHP script program and a site visitor opens just the home page, for example, you may find a lot of files inside the log. It is because there are elements on the home page which are embedded - parts of other pages, images, etc. These files will be listed in the access log, allowing you to get a detailed picture of the way your Internet site works. The information is in plain text format, so the logs are occasionally termed "raw data" too. An access log provides the name of each and every requested file, the path to it, the date it was accessed, plus the user’s IP address, browser and Operating System. More info, like the referrer Internet site, is sometimes included as well. A log file may be processed by various desktop apps for statistical purposes as an addition to the web stats supplied by your web server.

Access Log Manager in Cloud Hosting

Our custom Hepsia Control Panel features a section focused on various logs and the access logs are one of them. When you sign in to your cloud hosting account and visit this section, you will find a list of all the domains and subdomains which you have. All it takes to allow the generation of access logs is to press a button which will be available next to each and every domain/subdomain. If the option is enabled, you shall see a download link together with the file size so far, so you will be able to save the file to your personal computer and examine it or process it with some application. Enabling or disabling the logs becomes effective right away, so if you no longer need one, you may stop it with a click from the very same section of the Control Panel. You shall still be able to access the already created content by simply clicking on the Download link.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server account with our company, it will not take more than a couple of mouse clicks to permit the generation of access logs by our system if you require them. The feature may be enabled from the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and this may be done independently for every single domain or subdomain you have in your account. As soon as you log in and visit the Access/Error Logs section of the Control Panel, you'll find a list of all the hostnames with an On/Off button next to each one. A single click shall trigger the log generation and a second one will deactivate it, so you can control this feature with great ease. A Download link inside the same section will permit you to save the gathered content as a text file, that you may then use on your computer. Even if the logs are deactivated, you'll still be able to download the data that's been previously generated.