An access log is a text file containing a full report on all of the files accessed by your site visitors. All the files which were requested in one way or another shall be included, so if you have a PHP script application and a site visitor opens just the home page, for instance, you may find numerous files inside the log. This is because there are things on the home page which are embedded - parts of other webpages, images, and so on. All of these files shall be listed inside the access log, so that you can get a detailed picture of the way your site works. The information is in plain text format, so the logs are frequently referred to as "raw data" too. An access log provides the name of every requested file, the path to it, the date it was accessed, in addition to the user’s IP address, Internet browser and OS. More info, like the referrer website, is sometimes provided too. A log file can be processed by various desktop programs for statistical purposes as an addition to the web statistics generated by your web server.

Access Log Manager in Hosting

Our custom-built Hepsia Control Panel has a section focused on various logs and the access logs are one of them. As you sign in to your hosting account and go to this section, you will find a list of all the domain names and subdomains which 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. When the option is enabled, you will see a download link as well as the file size so far, so you shall be able to save the file to your laptop or computer and view it or process it with some application. Enabling or disabling the logs becomes effective instantaneously, so if you don't need one, you could stop it with just a click from the very same section of the CP. You shall still be able to access the already generated content by simply clicking on the Download link.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you host your websites within a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you'll have the option to enable or deactivate the generation of access logs with only a couple of mouse clicks from your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You shall find this function in the Access/Error Logs section, which you can access as soon as you sign in. All it takes for our system to start producing logs is a click on the On button that you will see there. The feature can be activated separately for any site regardless if it uses a domain name or a subdomain and you will find the full list of all the hosts in that section. Any access log can be downloaded as a text file with simply a click and you may then view it manually or use some software on your PC. The log generation could be disabled by simply switching the On option to Off within the Logs section of your Control Panel.