An access log is a text file which contains a thorough list of all the files accessed by your site visitors. All of the files that were requested in one way or another will be included, so when you have a PHP script app and a visitor opens only the home page, for instance, you may find numerous files inside the log. This is because there are components on the home page that are embedded - parts of other Internet pages, graphics, etc. All these files will be listed in the access log, so that you can get a full picture of the way your Internet site functions. The info is in plain text format, so the logs are sometimes described as "raw data" too. An access log provides the name of each requested file, the path to it, the date it was accessed, as well as the user’s IP address, Internet browser and OS. More information, including the referrer website, is usually included as well. A log file may be processed by various desktop apps for statistical purposes as an addition to the web stats provided by your server.

Access Log Manager in Shared Website Hosting

Our custom-built Hepsia Control Panel features a section focused on various logs and the access logs are among them. When you sign in to your shared website hosting account and visit this section, you'll find a list of all the domains and subdomains that you have. All it takes to enable the generation of access logs is to click on a button that will be available next to each and every domain/subdomain. If the option is enabled, you will see a download link as well as the file size so far, so you will be able to save the file to your PC and examine it or process it with some app. Enabling or disabling the logs becomes effective instantly, so if you don't require one, you can stop it with simply a click from the exact same section of the CP. You shall still be able to access the already created content by simply clicking the Download link.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our leading-edge website hosting platform will create access logs for every single site hosted in a semi-dedicated server account, assuming that this feature is enabled. All domains and subdomains that you have will be listed inside the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia Control Panel, which we supply with all of the accounts, so if you need our system to start creating logs for any of them, you should just click on the little button on the right side of the respective domain/subdomain and change the default Off option to On. You could disable this feature anytime by following the very same steps. You can find a Download link for each and every log in the exact same section of the CP, so you can easily save the content generated by our system in .txt format with simply a mouse click. An existing log file can be downloaded even after the option has been disabled, so you'll still be able to look at the data that has already been generated.