An access log is a text file containing a thorough list of all of the files accessed by your site visitors. All the files which were requested in one way or another shall be included, so when you have a PHP script program and a site visitor opens just the home page, for example, you may find plenty of files inside the log. It is because there are components on the home page which are embedded - parts of other webpages, pictures, etc. These files will be listed within the access log, so you're able to get a complete picture of the way your website performs. The data is in plain text format, so the logs are occasionally referred to as "raw data" as well. An access log shows the name of every requested file, the path to it, the date it was accessed, in addition to the user’s IP address, world-wide web browser and OS. 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 statistics created by your hosting server.

Access Log Manager in Website Hosting

Our custom Hepsia Control Panel has a section dedicated to various logs and the access logs are among them. As soon as you sign in to your website hosting account and visit this section, you'll find a list of all the domain names and subdomains which you have. All it takes to permit the generation of access logs is to click on a button that will be available next to each domain/subdomain. When the option is enabled, you will 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 examine it or process it with some program. Enabling or disabling the logs takes effect instantaneously, so if you no longer need one, you'll be able to stop it with just a click from the very same section of the Control Panel. You'll still be able to access the already developed content by simply clicking on the Download link.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our sophisticated web hosting platform shall generate access logs for every single site hosted in a semi-dedicated server account, assuming that this function is activated. All domain names and subdomains that you have will be listed inside the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia CP, which we provide 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 change the default Off option to On. You'll be able to disable this function whenever you want by following the very same steps. You can find a Download link for each log within the same exact section of the Control Panel, so you may save the content gathered by our system in .txt format with only a mouse click. An existing log file may be downloaded even after the feature has been disabled, so you will still be able to see the data that's already been generated.