An access log is a text file that contains a thorough list of all the files accessed by your Internet site visitors. All the files that were requested in one way or another shall be included, so when you have a PHP script application and a website visitor opens only the home page, for instance, you might find a lot of files inside the log. It is because there are resources on the home page that are embedded - parts of other pages, pictures, and so on. All these files will be listed in the access log, so you can get a complete picture of the way your website functions. The information is in plain text format, so the logs are sometimes called "raw data" too. An access log shows the name of each requested file, the path to it, the date it was accessed, in addition to the user’s IP address, world-wide web browser and Operating System. Additional information, such as the referrer site, is oftentimes provided too. A log file can be processed by various desktop apps for statistical purposes as an addition to the web stats generated by your hosting server.

Access Log Manager in Web Hosting

Enabling the generation of access logs shall be extremely simple when you buy a web hosting from us. The Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, provided with all of the accounts, features a section dedicated to different logs which is where you shall find the access logs as well. Once you navigate there, you shall see a list of all the domain names hosted within the account and the subdomains created for them. Our custom cloud hosting platform shall start generating an access log for each of them as early as you click on the On button, which you'll see on the right. If you no longer require logs, disabling the option is just as simple and can be accomplished by clicking on the Off button within the same section. All of the logs are downloadable, which means that you can conveniently save and manage them on your desktop computer or laptop.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server account with our company, it shall not take more than a couple of mouse clicks to permit the generation of access logs by our system if you need them. The function could be activated via the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and this could be done independently for each and every domain name or subdomain which you have in your account. When 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. One click shall trigger the log generation and another one shall deactivate it, so you can control this feature with great convenience. A Download link inside the same section will permit you to save the compiled content as a text file, that you could then use on your laptop or computer. Whether or not the logs are disabled, you will still be able to download the data that has been previously generated.