An access log is a text file that contains a thorough list of all the files accessed by your website visitors. All the files that were requested in one way or another will be included, so if you have a PHP script application and a visitor opens just the home page, for instance, you may find plenty of files inside the log. It is because there are resources on the home page that are embedded - parts of other pages, pics, etc. These files shall be listed in the access log, allowing you to get a detailed picture of the way your website functions. The information is in plain text format, so the logs are frequently described as "raw data" too. An access log shows the name of each requested file, the path to it, the date it was accessed, plus the user’s IP address, Internet browser and OS. More info, including the referrer site, is oftentimes supplied too. A log file can be processed by various desktop programs for statistical purposes as an addition to the web statistics supplied by your web server.

Access Log Manager in Web Hosting

Enabling the generation of access logs shall be exceptionally easy if you get a web hosting from us. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, included with all of the accounts, features a section dedicated to different logs and this is where you will find the access logs as well. As you navigate there, you'll see a list of all the domains hosted within the account and the subdomains created for them. Our custom made cloud hosting platform will start producing an access log for any of them the instant you click on the On button, that you will see on the right. If you no longer require logs, disabling the option is just as fast and can be accomplished by clicking on the Off button in the same exact section. All the logs are downloadable, which means that you can easily save and manage them on your desktop computer or notebook.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our state-of-the-art website hosting platform shall generate access logs for every website hosted within a semi-dedicated server account, as long as this feature is permitted. All domains and subdomains that you have will be listed in the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia CP, that we offer with all of the accounts, so if you'd like our system to start producing logs for any of them, you should just click on the small button on the right side of the respective domain/subdomain and switch the default Off option to On. You may deactivate this feature anytime by following the very same steps. You will find a Download link for each and every log inside the same section of the CP, so you can save the content generated by our system in .txt format with just a mouse click. An existing log file may be downloaded even after the function has been deactivated, so you'll still be able to look at the data that's already been generated.