An access log is a text file which contains a complete list of all the files accessed by your Internet site visitors. All the files which were requested in one way or another shall be included, so if you have a PHP script program and a site visitor opens only the home page, for instance, you might find a lot of files inside the log. It is because there are elements on the home page that are embedded - parts of other pages, pictures, and so on. All these files will be listed inside the access log, so you're able to get a full picture of the way your site functions. The info is in plain text format, so the logs are often termed "raw data" as well. An access log contains 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. More information, such as 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 provided by your hosting server.

Access Log Manager in Cloud Hosting

Enabling the generation of access logs shall be extremely easy when you acquire a cloud hosting from us. The Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, provided with all the accounts, features a section dedicated to different logs which is where you will find the access logs too. Once you navigate there, you'll see a list of all the domain names hosted in the account and the subdomains created for them. Our custom cloud hosting platform shall start generating an access log for any of them as soon as you click on the On button, which you will see on the right. If you no longer require logs, disabling the option is just as fast and can be done by clicking on the Off button in the very same section. All of the logs are downloadable, so you can comfortably save and manage them on your desktop computer or laptop.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you have a semi-dedicated server account with our company, it shall not take more than a few clicks to enable the generation of access logs by our system if you need them. The function could be enabled via the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and this can be done individually for every single domain name or subdomain which you have within your account. When you log in and check out the Access/Error Logs section of the CP, you will find a list of all the hostnames with an On/Off button next to every one of them. One click will enable the log generation and a second one shall disable it, so you can control this function with great simplicity. A Download link within the same section will allow you to save the gathered content as a text file, which you could then use on your laptop or computer. Even if the logs are deactivated, you'll still be able to download the data that's been previously generated.