An access log is a text file containing a thorough list of all the files accessed by your website visitors. All of the files that were requested in one way or another shall be included, so when you have a PHP script app and a visitor opens just the home page, for instance, you might find a lot of files in the log. This is because there are resources on the home page that are embedded - parts of other Internet pages, graphics, and so forth. All of these files will be listed within the access log, so you can get a detailed picture of the way your website performs. The information is in plain text format, so the logs are frequently referred to as "raw data" as well. An access log provides the name of every requested file, the path to it, the date it was accessed, and also the user’s IP address, world-wide web browser and Operating System. More info, such as the referrer website, is usually included too. A log file could be processed by various desktop applications for statistical purposes as an addition to the web stats provided by your hosting server.

Access Log Manager in Website Hosting

Our in-house built Hepsia CP includes a section focused on 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 domain names and subdomains that you have. All it takes to allow the generation of access logs is to press a button that'll be available next to each and every domain/subdomain. When the option is active, you shall see a download link along with the file size so far, so you'll be able to save the file to your PC and examine it or process it with some application. Enabling or disabling the logs becomes effective instantaneously, so if you no longer need one, you may stop it with a mouse click from the exact same section of the Control Panel. You shall still have the ability to access the already created content by simply clicking the Download link.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers

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