An access log is a text file that contains a thorough list of all of the files accessed by your site visitors. All the files that were requested in one way or another shall be included, so if you have a PHP script application and a site visitor opens only the home page, for instance, you may find plenty of files inside the log. The reason is that there are elements on the home page that are embedded - parts of other Internet pages, graphics, etcetera. All these files shall be listed within the access log, so that you can get a full picture of the way your site performs. The information is in plain text format, so the logs are sometimes called "raw data" too. An access log shows the name of each and 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 Operating System. More information, including the referrer website, is typically included as well. A log file may be processed by various desktop apps for statistical purposes as an addition to the web stats created by your hosting server.

Access Log Manager in Cloud Hosting

When you buy a cloud hosting from us, you shall be able to decide if access logs have to be produced and for which domains or subdomains inside your account this should be done. You'll be able to activate this feature from the Access/Error Logs section of the Hepsia Control Panel, incorporated with all shared accounts. Each and every domain you host or subdomain you set up shall be listed there and you see an On/Off option next to each one of them, so you can conveniently activate or disable the generation of access logs individually for every website that you have. You'll be able to save a log to your laptop or computer by clicking on the Download link that you will see in the very same section of the Control Panel. The link is available even if you disable the log generation, so you shall still have access to the data compiled by our system.

Access Log Manager in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you host your Internet sites within a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you will have the option to trigger or disable the generation of access logs with only a few clicks from your Hepsia hosting CP. You shall find this function in the Access/Error Logs section, which you can access once you sign in. All it takes for our system to start generating logs is one click on the On button that you'll see there. The feature can be enabled independently for any site regardless of whether it uses a domain or a subdomain and you'll find the complete list of all the hosts inside that section. Any access log can be downloaded as a text file with only a click and you could then view it manually or use some software on your personal computer. The log generation could be disabled by simply switching the On option to Off inside the Logs section of your Control Panel.