An access log is a text file containing a complete report on all the files accessed by your website visitors. All the files that were requested in one way or another will be included, so when you have a PHP script program and a website visitor opens only the home page, for example, you may find a lot of files inside the log. This is because there are resources on the home page that are embedded - parts of other web pages, graphics, and so on. All of these files will be listed in the access log, so you're able to get a detailed picture of the way your Internet site functions. The info 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, as well as the user’s IP address, web browser and OS. More information, such as the referrer Internet site, is typically provided too. A log file could be processed by various desktop applications for statistical purposes as an addition to the web statistics created by your server.

Access Log Manager in Shared Website Hosting

If you get a shared website hosting from us, you'll be able to decide if access logs should be produced and for which domains or subdomains inside your account this must be done. You'll be able to enable this function from the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia CP, integrated with all shared accounts. Each domain name you host or subdomain you set up shall be listed there and you see an On/Off option next to each and every one of them, so you can easily activate or disable the generation of access logs independently for every website that you have. You can save a log to your PC by clicking on the Download link that you shall see within the same section of the Control Panel. The link will be available even after you stop the log generation, so you will still have access to the data collected by our system.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you host your sites inside a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you will have the option to activate or deactivate the generation of access logs with only a couple of mouse clicks in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You'll find this feature within the Access/Error Logs section, which you can access once you sign in. All it takes for our system to start creating logs is one click on the On button that you'll see there. The feature can be activated individually for any Internet site no matter if it uses a domain name or a subdomain and you'll find a complete list of all the hosts in that section. Any access log can be downloaded as a text file with a click and you can then look at 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 CP.