An access log is a text file which contains a thorough report on all the files accessed by your Internet site visitors. All the files which were requested in one way or another shall be included, so when you have a PHP script application and a visitor opens only the home page, for instance, you might find many files in the log. It is because there are resources on the home page that are embedded - parts of other web pages, images, and so forth. These files will be listed inside the access log, so you can get a complete picture of the way your 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, as well as the user’s IP address, web browser and Operating System. More information, like the referrer website, is sometimes included too. A log file can be processed by various desktop applications for statistical purposes as an addition to the web stats supplied by your website hosting server.

Access Log Manager in Website Hosting

Our custom-built Hepsia Control Panel includes a section dedicated to various logs and the access logs are one of them. Once you sign in to your website hosting account and visit this section, you will find a list of all the domains and subdomains you have. All it takes to enable the generation of access logs is to press a button which will be available next to every domain/subdomain. When the option is enabled, you shall see a download link along with the file size so far, so you'll be able to save the file to your personal computer and view it or process it with some application. Enabling or disabling the logs becomes effective right away, so if you don't need one, you'll be able to stop it with just a click from the exact same section of the CP. You will still have the ability to access the already generated content by simply clicking the Download link.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our state-of-the-art hosting platform will create access logs for every single Internet site hosted within a semi-dedicated server account, as long as this feature is activated. All domains and subdomains that you have shall be listed within the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia Control Panel, which we supply with all of the accounts, so if you want our system to start producing logs for any of them, you should just click on the compact button on the right side of the respective domain/subdomain and switch the default Off option to On. You'll be able to stop this feature whenever you want by following the exact same steps. You'll find a Download link for each and every log within the exact same section of the Control Panel, so you will be able to save the content generated by our system in .txt format with no more than a click. An existing log file can be downloaded even after the feature has been deactivated, so you'll still be able to view the data that has already been generated.